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Ukraine crisis: Second OSCE team freed in Donetsk | |
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Four European monitors have been released by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, officials say. | Four European monitors have been released by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, officials say. |
The observers, who were working for the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), were detained by gunmen last month. | |
The four were released in the city of Donetsk. Another OSCE team held since May was released earlier this week. | |
A ceasefire between government forces and rebels was extended on Friday but fresh clashes have put it in doubt. | A ceasefire between government forces and rebels was extended on Friday but fresh clashes have put it in doubt. |
In all, two teams - a total of eight international monitors and a Ukrainian translator - were detained in eastern Ukraine in late May. | |
Four of the group who were kidnapped on 26 May in the Donetsk region were freed in the early hours on Friday. | |
Negotiations for the release of the other group, who were taken on 29 May in Luhansk province, had intensified in recent days. |