The representative of the Luhansk People’s Republic considered the departure of the OSCE from the Donetsk People’s Republic a sign of preparing a provocation

The recall of representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from Donetsk indicates the preparation of a large-scale provocation, said “RIA News” Rodion Miroshnik, representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic in the Trilateral Contact Group for Settlement in Donbass.

“Recall of representatives of the EU, the US and Britain from the SMM (Special Monitoring Commission. — RBC) The OSCE is a conscious step by the West to block the flow of official information from Ukraine, and the military danger has nothing to do with it. This is the preparation of some large-scale provocation,” he said.

According to Miroshnik, a provocation will follow from Kiev and Western countries. He noted that the OSCE SMM was an “international monitoring eye” and provided official data on the situation in Ukraine even during the hostilities in 2014-2015, that is, military danger is not the reason for leaving now.

On February 13, sources reported about the departure of American OSCE SMM staff to Ukraine from Donetsk Reuters and Interfax.