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Ukraine separatists free Swedish observer on medical grounds

2014-04-27 245 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br /> <br />One of the eight European observers being detained by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukraine city of Slaviansk on Sunday (April 27) evening was escorted to an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle and driven away.<br /> <br />The man was brought to the city administration by masked separatists and later walked out escorted by three unarmed men, got into a white OSCE jeep and drove off. The group declined to answer reporters' questions.<br /> <br />Stella Khorosheva, a spokeswoman for the separatist mayor of Slaviansk, said the observer who left is a Swedish national.<br /> <br />Asked if he was the only one of the observers who was to be released on Sunday, she replied: "Yes."<br /> <br />The observers, from Germany, Denmark, Poland and the Czech Republic as well as Sweden, were accused by their captors of spying for NATO and using the OSCE mission as a cover.<br /> <br />The OSCE, a European security body, includes Russia as well as NATO

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