Austria expels 4 Russian diplomats linked to espionage, official says Austria has ordered four Russian diplomats to leave the country, accusing them of espionage The Independent UK · Oct 23
Russian delegates defiant at hostile OSCE assembly meeting A contentious Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe parliamentary meeting has ended with a denouncement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — as Russian delegates accused the West of preventing dialogue by supplying weapons to Ukraine The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023
Ukraine shuns OSCE gathering in Vienna over Russian presence A meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s parliamentary assembly has got underway with Ukraine’s delegation, which is boycotting the event The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023
Austria criticised for allowing 18 Russian MPs to attend security meeting Ukraine to boycott OSCE gathering in Vienna, as reports say Russians have also been invited to a nationalist ball The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023
Ukraine to boycott OSCE meeting in Vienna if Russia attends Ukraine has informed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that it won’t attend the next meeting of its parliamentary assembly if sanctioned Russian lawmakers are allowed to participate The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023
Neutral Austria under pressure to get tougher on Russia Neutral Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas that will allow sanctioned Russian lawmakers to attend a Vienna meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023
Russia accuses West of undermining OSCE security body Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday big problems had accumulated in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, accusing the West of spurning the chance to make the OSCE a real bridge with Russia after the Cold War. Reuters · Dec 1, 2022
US Official: Russia Plans to Annex Parts of Eastern Ukraine Russia plans to annex much of eastern Ukraine later this month, a senior US official warned, and the Mariupol steel mill that is the city’s last stronghold of resistance came under renewed assault a day after the first evacuation of civilians from the plant. Michael Carpenter, US ambassador to the… Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2022
Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US officials to meet Zelenskyy Ukraine news from April 24: President Zelenskyy says he hopes to secure heavy weapons at talks with senior US officials. Al Jazeera · Apr 23, 2022
OSCE tries to secure release of staff held in eastern Ukraine The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Saturday it was trying to secure the release of a number of Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) staff members who had been detained in eastern Ukraine. Reuters · Apr 23, 2022
OSCE says it has evacuated its international staff from Ukraine The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has finished evacuating its international staff from Ukraine, its Secretary General Helga Schmid told a meeting of its 57 participating states on Monday. Reuters · Mar 7, 2022
OSCE says member of monitoring mission was killed in Kharkiv shelling A member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's special Ukraine monitoring mission was killed on Tuesday during the shelling of Kharkiv, the OSCE said on Wednesday. Reuters · Mar 2, 2022
OSCE says monitoring mission in Ukraine implementing contingency plans The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's secretary general said on Thursday its Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, which has hundreds of observers in the east of the country, is adapting after Russia's military offensive. Reuters · Feb 24, 2022
Almost 2,000 ceasefire violations logged in eastern Ukraine - diplomatic source Almost 2,000 ceasefire violations were registered in eastern Ukraine by monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Saturday, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday. Reuters · Feb 19, 2022
Reuters · Feb 19, 2022 OSCE reports surge in number of explosions in east Ukraine Two regions in eastern Ukraine where government and separatist forces have been fighting since 2014 were hit by more than 1,400 explosions on Friday, monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said, pointing to a surge in shelling.
Reuters · Feb 18, 2022 Russia has massed up to 190,000 personnel in and near Ukraine, U.S. says Russia's build-up of military personnel threatening Ukraine probably totals up to 190,000, the U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a statement to an OSCE meeting on the Ukraine crisis on Friday.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022 Biden to host call with Nato allies as invasion fears grow – as it happened US president says threat of Russian invasion ‘very high’, after Ukraine government source says shelling ‘looks like provocation’
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 13, 2022 US Staff of OSCE Begins Pullout from Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine US staff at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) started to withdraw by car from the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, amid fears of a possible Russian invasion. The United States and its allies have urged their citizens to…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 12, 2022 US to Pull Out its OSCE Mission Staff from Ukraine The United States has decided to withdraw U.S. staff at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from Ukraine immediately, two diplomatic sources told Reuters on Saturday, amid fears of a possible Russian invasion. The OSCE did not respond to a request for comment. Tensions have been mounting…