According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao website on April 24, the organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on April 23 that several international military observers of the organization were detained in eastern Ukraine and stressed that efforts were being made to secure the release of these members, but did not provide details.

It is reported that since 2014, OSCE has carried out observation missions in Wudong region. Its observers are unarmed personnel whose task is to observe and report on the local situation in a fair and objective manner.