Moscow accuses OSCE of distorting reports on situation in southeastern Ukraine
MOSCOW. May 15 (Interfax) - The OSCE Monitoring Mission in its reports withholds information on the use of force by Ukrainian security forces against civilians in the southeastern part of the country and on the holding of a referendum there, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
"The OSCE Mission's reports poorly reflect or don't reflect the facts of the daily use of armed force against the local population on the part of the Kyiv authorities, Right Sector gunmen and mercenaries and on the violation of rights and freedoms of ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking members of other ethnic groups," Lukashevich said at a press conference on Thursday.
"That is, we see quite a smooth picture that everything is okay in the country as a whole, while some minor problems emerge in two rebellious areas, the Luhansk and the Donetsk regions," he said.
