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| Ukraine crisis: Second OSCE team freed in Donetsk | 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 Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe observers were detained last month. Another OSCE team was released earlier this week. | The Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe observers were detained last month. Another OSCE team was released earlier this week. |
| The move comes amid a shaky ceasefire between government forces and rebels. | The move comes amid a shaky ceasefire between government forces and rebels. |
| President Petro Poroshenko extended the week-long truce on Friday for three days, but fresh clashes have put it under increasing strain. | President Petro Poroshenko extended the week-long truce on Friday for three days, but fresh clashes have put it under increasing strain. |
| 'A path of peace' | 'A path of peace' |
| In all, two observer teams - a total of eight international monitors and a Ukrainian translator - were detained by gunmen in eastern Ukraine in late May. | In all, two observer teams - a total of eight international monitors and a Ukrainian translator - were detained by gunmen in eastern Ukraine in late May. |
| Four monitors - kidnapped in the Donetsk region on 26 May - were freed in the early hours on Friday. | |
| Negotiations for the release of the other group, who were taken on 29 May in Luhansk, had intensified in recent days. | Negotiations for the release of the other group, who were taken on 29 May in Luhansk, had intensified in recent days. |
| Footage on a Russian TV news channel showed the three men and a woman shaking hands with OSCE representatives and entering a hotel in Donetsk city. | Footage on a Russian TV news channel showed the three men and a woman shaking hands with OSCE representatives and entering a hotel in Donetsk city. |
| In a statement, OSCE chairman Didier Burkhalter said he was relieved to hear of the group's release and said the OSCE was ready to help implement President Poroshenko's peace plan. | In a statement, OSCE chairman Didier Burkhalter said he was relieved to hear of the group's release and said the OSCE was ready to help implement President Poroshenko's peace plan. |
| OSCE spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said: "They're in good health, they're in good spirits." | |
| The release of all observers had been a key demand made by the EU in its policy statement on Ukraine on Friday. | |
| Insurgent leader Alexander Borodai said: "We have fulfilled our obligations." | |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin had publicly called for the release of all hostages under the terms of the temporary ceasefire. | Russian President Vladimir Putin had publicly called for the release of all hostages under the terms of the temporary ceasefire. |
| He had also called for a long-term truce to allow for further negotiations, urging Mr Poroshenko to embark on a "path of peace". | |
| The ceasefire came under increasing strain on Saturday amid reports of fresh clashes between government forces and rebels in the east. | |
| Ukrainian military sources said at least one soldier had been killed near the rebel stronghold of Sloviansk. | Ukrainian military sources said at least one soldier had been killed near the rebel stronghold of Sloviansk. |
| Some rebel leaders have said they will observe the truce but others oppose it. | Some rebel leaders have said they will observe the truce but others oppose it. |
| The Unian news agency quoted a Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council spokesman as saying the government reserved the right to cancel the truce if the breaches continued. | The Unian news agency quoted a Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council spokesman as saying the government reserved the right to cancel the truce if the breaches continued. |
| But it also quoted Defence Minister Mykhailo Koval as saying: "Everyone knows that a bad peace is better than a good war." | But it also quoted Defence Minister Mykhailo Koval as saying: "Everyone knows that a bad peace is better than a good war." |
| 'Drastic measures' | |
| Mr Poroshenko set out a 15-point peace plan on 20 June. It involves decentralising power and holding early local and parliamentary elections. | |
| It also proposes the creation of a 10km (six-mile) buffer zone on the Ukrainian-Russian border, and a safe corridor for pro-Russian separatists to leave the conflict areas. | |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Friday the EU was prepared for "drastic measures" if there was no speedy progress on the plan. | |
| Mr Poroshenko on Friday signed a landmark EU trade pact - the issue that has been the trigger of the recent crisis. | |
| The refusal of Mr Poroshenko's predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, to sign the EU deal - under pressure from Russia - led to protests in Kiev and his eventual overthrow this year. | |
| Russia then annexed Ukraine's Crimea region, and separatists in the east declared independence from Ukraine. | |
| More than 420 people have been killed in fighting between pro-Russia rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine since mid-April, the UN estimates. |