Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Russia's blocking of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine is dealing a devastating blow to the Minsk agreements.

“Politically, Russia has taken a step that inflicts a devastating blow on the Minsk agreements, demonstrates that it disregards the logic of these agreements and the settlement process,” the Foreign Minister stressed..

According to Kuleba, Ukraine is only interested in moving forward, in a peaceful settlement.

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US announced in Russia's blocking of the annual OSCE meeting.

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On September 2, Russia announced that it refuses to support the extension of the mandate of the OSCE mission at two checkpoints (" This decision indicates that Russia does not want peace, said Minister for the Reintegration of the Occupied Territories Alexei Reznikov. According to him, due to the blocking of the SMM in the territory not controlled by Ukraine, the supply of weapons and ammunition may increase..