As reported, Russia at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council stated that it would not support the extension of the mandate of the OSCE mission at the Russian checkpoints across the state border " The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine believes that in this way the Russian Federation wants an escalation in the Donbass.

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The Foreign Ministry condemned the destructive position of Russia and considers it in the context of other actions of Moscow aimed at blocking progress in the framework of international political and diplomatic efforts to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict.

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The Foreign Ministry stressed that Ukraine demands from Russia to immediately stop destructive actions against the OSCE observation mission, to fulfill all the commitments undertaken within the framework of the Minsk agreements in order to de-escalate the security situation and further resolve the armed conflict by political and diplomatic means..

The United States of America also expressed disappointment with the situation with the OSCE mission on the border of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

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At the same time, the United States expressed support for the work of the head of the border mission and its employees, who "

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@usosce: Russia's current objection to the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Border is another item on a long list of broken promises and another demonstration that maintaining positive relations with neighbors is not a priority. https: // t. co / QqaPvS8IN4 pic. twitter. com / jAxyowXyF2 - USA in Russian (@USApoRusski) September 2, 2021 The Ukrainian delegation of the TCG stated that the implementation of Russia's intentions is a continuation of the actions of the occupiers aimed at deliberately sabotaging the implementation of the Minsk agreements, in particular paragraph 4 of the Minsk Protocol of September 5, 2014.