Ukraine: Pro-Russian Separatists Hold European Military Observers Captive -- The Guardian
Monitors held in Slavyansk by Vyacheslav Ponomarev's militants, who captured Vice journalist Simon Ostrovsky
Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine were holding a group of European military observers in the city of Slavyansk on Friday night, claiming they had been travelling with a spy for the Kiev government.
The group was operating under the mandate of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and comprised four Germans, a Pole, a Dane, a Swede and a Czech officer. According to the Ukrainian interior ministry, they were being escorted by five members of the Ukrainian armed forces when their bus was seized by separatists.
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Ukraine Separatists Open to Swap for OSCE Release -- Time/AP
Ukraine Militants Seek Prisoner Swap to Release OSCE Team -- WSJ
Ukraine separatists say suspected "spies" in OSCE delegation could be swapped for prisoners -- US News and World Report
Ukraine rebels accuse detained OSCE team of being 'NATO spies' -- Global Post/AFP
Ukraine crisis: OSCE observers held captive amid simmering tensions -- CNN
Russia 'will take all steps' to free OSCE observers in Ukraine -- ITV
Self-defense forces detain intl military observers in eastern Ukraine -- RT
Foreign military observers held in east Ukraine -- AP
OSCE sends team to Ukraine to secure release of hostages -- Irish Times
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