The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will hold an urgent session on Monday as the Ukraine crisis escalates further. On the same day, Russian top officials will discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Ukraine with their EU colleagues.
OSCE monitors keep track of ceasefire violations along the line separating the Ukrainian Army and the two breakaway regions’ forces. Shelling has intensified there since last week, with the sides blaming each. The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) are mobilizing military-age men and evacuating civilians to Russia. Kiev has denied claims that it was planning to retake the rebel regions by force.
Also on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Berlin has confirmed. Plus, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will talk to his Moscow counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
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