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International monitors suspend Russia-Ukraine mission
By EUobserver
International monitors in Russia-occupied east Ukraine have suspended operations to protect staff following protests in Donetsk over Ukraine's capture of Andrei Kosyak, who Ukraine said was a Russian national on a covert mission. "Because of safety concerns and because of our safety rules and considerations we suspended our operations," Yaşar Halit Çevik, the chief monitor of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's 'special monitoring mission', told Reuters Sunday.