KIEV (Sputnik) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered the country’s foreign ministry to initiate the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission’s (OSCE) “enhanced presence” on the Crimean border, a statement on the presidential website said Thursday.
“The OSCE SMM should be asked to maximize the presence of OSCE observers in the area of the administrative border with Crimea and demand that Russia… allow OSCE SMM officials to facilities in Crimea,” the statement reads.
Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin was ordered to instruct the head of the Ukrainian mission’s in the United Nations to hold UN Security Council consultations, it adds.
The move comes a day after the Russian Federal Security Service said it had foiled terrorist attacks in Crimea organized by the Ukrainian main intelligence directorate, and stamped out a spy ring detaining both Russian and Ukrainian nationals involved in the plot. Two Russian officers were killed.
