Austrian English-language publication LOCAL cited excerpts from yesterday's OSCE statement on the conflict between observers and militants in territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The observers encountered armed men in camouflage without identification marks.
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“When one of the observers got out of the car, the fighter took out a submachine gun... and after releasing the safety, he pointed the weapon at the observer, putting his finger on the trigger...
The observer asked the man to identify his commander, which he did over the radio while still holding the observer at gunpoint. Another soldier approached with an AK-47 assault rifle...
He was accompanied by three other armed men carrying assault rifles, some of them heavily intoxicated. One of them was the commander...
He very aggressively and in Russian stated that he and other armed people present there were representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine...
The observer asked the commander to order his weapon to be lowered. The armed man obeyed, but did not remove his weapon from combat mode. After fifteen minutes, the observers were allowed to leave,” says the document describing the incident.