According to the agency, the OSCE did not respond to a request for comment on these reports.

Earlier, in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, they expressed concern that the withdrawal of representatives of the EU, the United States and Britain from the OSCE SMM could be a preparation for a provocation in the Donbass by Kiev.

Also, the Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, noted that US representatives in the OSCE SMM had already packed their things, but had not yet left Ukraine.