KIEV, July 13 – The activities of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in the east of Ukraine help to solve many vital issues in the region, according to the press center of the “anti-terrorist operation“ (ATO).

"Thanks to the intervention of representatives of the OSCE monitoring mission, we managed to break the deadlock in a number of problems on which human lives depend. Despite regular attempts by the militants to block the work of the OSCE monitoring mission, the Armed Forces of Ukraine support its stay and activities in the combat zone," the press center of the press officer of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) Roman Yurchylo has said.