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UK to send 10 armored vehicles in Eastern Ukraine to protect OSCE monitoring mission.
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| UK to send 10 armored vehicles in Eastern Ukraine to protect OSCE's monitoring mission | |||
Britain
is to send 10 armoured vehicles to bolster the international monitoring
mission in eastern Ukraine amid renewed tensions between the pro-Russia
separatist rebels in the government in Kiev. Foreign Secretary Philip
Hammond said the vehicles - worth £1.2 million together with associated
communications equipment - would enable the monitors from the Organisation
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to operate safely in the
more volatile parts of the country. |
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British armored
vehicles would enable OSCE's monitors to operate safely in the more volatile
parts of Ukraine |
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At
the same time, Britain is expanding its contribution to the OSCE mission
staff, with eight additional monitors arriving last week, and three more
due to join them at the end of the month.
It follows an appeal from the current OSCE chairman-in-office, Didier Burkhalter, to member states for additional support. The OSCE is responsible for monitoring a ceasefire agreed between the warring parties in Minsk in September. Mr Hammond said: “The UK stands squarely behind the Ukrainian people and government as they defend their nation’s independence.” |
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