1 Jun 2017 09:46

OSCE SMM chief monitor comes to DPR, plans to visit Horlivka

DONETSK. June 1 (Interfax) - The head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (OSCE SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, arrived on Thursday in territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

"OSCE SMM Chief Monitor Ertugrul Apakan has already crossed the contact line and has arrived in DPR territory. He is expected to visit Horlivka today," a DPR defense agency spokesman told reporters.

Meanwhile, the sides in the Donbas conflict agreed on a complete open-ended truce starting from midnight on June 1.