A ceasefire agreement between the warring sides stipulated a pullout of artillery from the line of contact within 15 days beginning February 15. Donetsk and Luhansk forces said they had completed the withdrawal March 1, thus meeting the deadline, but accused the OSCE of refusing to immediately confirm the information.
Kiev reported completing their arms withdrawal earlier on March 10.
The diplomat also expressed hope that OSCE mission's reports would be more balanced, but stressed that Moscow was in general satisfied with the organization's work.
The OSCE deployed a Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine last year, when the conflict between government forces and independence supporters of the country's Southeast escalated. OSCE experts currently monitor the ceasefire.