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Ukraine crisis: Second OSCE team 'freed' 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 Organisation for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), were detained by gunmen last month. The observers, who were working for the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), were detained by gunmen last month.
The AFP news agency quoted the OSCE as saying the monitors had been freed and taken to the city of Donetsk. 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.