By blocking the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Russia apparently wants to completely dismantle all the Organization's instruments in Ukraine. This is stated in a statement issued by the EU at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ukrinform. "Russia seems determined to dismantle all OSCE instruments one by one, while remaining committed to obstructing or abolishing all instruments that would bring us closer to transparency, mediation, reconciliation and, ultimately, lasting peace. This has been the case with all OSCE field operations in Ukraine, "the EU said in response to a report...
