ROSTOV-ON-DON, July 28 (RIA Novosti) – The first group of monitors of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Permanent Mission is due to arrive in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia on July 29, a spokesman for the local authorities told RIA Novosti.
“Tomorrow the first OSCE monitors are to arrive in Rostov Region,” spokesman Aleksander Titov said.
Other monitors are expected to arrive on July 30-31.
Two weeks ago, OSCE representatives visited Russia’s checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk and later sent a report to the representatives of the organization’s 57 member states.
The OSCE has decided to send 19 staff members, including 16 monitors.
Earlier this month, Moscow invited the OSCE to assess the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, which has been hit multiple times by Ukrainian artillery. On July 13, shells exploded in the Russian city of Donetsk in Rostov Region, killing one civilian and injuring two more.
