Denmark says believes OSCE monitors held by separatists in Ukraine

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A Danish government minister said on Tuesday that four missing monitors from European security watchdog the OSCE, including a Dane, were believed detained by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) earlier said it had lost contact with one of its teams of civilian monitors near the city of Donetsk, where rebels are clashing with Ukrainian government forces.

"I can confirm that a Danish person deployed as a part of OSCE's (monitoring mission) according to our knowledge was detained by the armed separatists in Ukraine along with three other observers yesterday," Danish Minister of Trade and Development Mogens Jensen said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/27/us-ukraine-crisis-osce-denmark-idUSKBN0E71XS20140527

[uhnope]

1. how much madness and violence will Putin inspire in Ukraine before he's done?

[Duckhunter935]

2. lets hope they

keep them safe and end up releasing them.

[davidpdx]

4. I hope so too

So far it seems they have just been holding them a few days and releasing them after a light beating (according to Simon). I wish they'd stop holding them at all.

[davidpdx]

3. Of course those Fascist Nazis masquerading as Russians did it

The separatists have a thing for OSCE members and journalists (especially the ones they say spread false information). It speaks volumes about how much they really want a free and fair vote and the people in the country to have information from multiple sources.