“The activities of the OSCE SMM observers in Ukraine, which since its inception have been headed by Turkish ambassadors, are of great importance.

We fully support them,” the ministry said on Twitter.

Earlier, Reuters published the news, citing eyewitnesses, that the American representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Donbass began to leave Donetsk in cars.

OSCE Secretary General Schmid said that the observers will continue to fulfill their mandate in Ukraine.