Baku-APA. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has strongly condemned Friday’s deadly violence in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, in the Donetsk Region, and urged the conflicting sides to take “immediate steps” towards the resolution of the conflict, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS.
Ukrainian law enforcers reportedly attacked participants in the Victory Day rally on May 9 in Mariupol as they gathered in front of the local police department building in an attempt to prevent its seizure by law enforcers.
The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, said in a statement posted on the organization’s website that “he was saddened to hear of the deadly fighting today in Mariupol.”
“I strongly condemn the violence, and call upon all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to take immediate steps to de-escalate a situation which has caused the loss of many lives, and created a climate of fear and anxiety,” Apakan stated.
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