“The Netherlands has indeed decided to withdraw five OSCE staff from Ukraine.
Three OSCE employees remain in Kiev, ”she said in a comment to RIA Novosti.
Earlier, Reuters, citing eyewitnesses, reported that the American representatives of the OSCE SMM in Donbass began to leave Donetsk in cars.
The representative office of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire stated that even if representatives of other countries leave the Donetsk SMM office, the work of the mission will not stop.
OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid assured that the mission will continue to fulfill its mandate in Ukraine without interruption.