This guy is advocating for the side that "lost" - monitoring or not. So what he reports needs to be weighted against his advocacy bias.
See the post by Mountain Mama (number 130) about this guy. I know him. He's as solid as they get. If he saw an honest election and no Russian troops, that's what he would report--regardless of his biases.
Other agencies are reporting Russian troops today--another thread that is up now refers to two planeloads of Russian troops landing. The difference is, Schaffer is on scene and was reporting it yesterday.