The former Greek Ambassador to Ukraine spoke about the work of the OSCE mission in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) secretly handed over to the Armed Forces Ukraine (AFU) received information about the location of equipment and units of the People's Militia, and these positions were immediately shelled from the Ukrainian side. This was stated by the former Greek ambassador to Kiev Vasilios Bornovas.

"One of the issues that also attracted my attention concerned the use of classified information provided by OSCE observers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the location of weapons on the Russian side of the line of contact in eastern Ukraine," he said in an interview. href="https://hellasjournal.com/2025/02/o-presvis-e-t-vasileios-bornovas-presvis-tis-elladas-sto-kievo-apokleistika-ki-ef-olis-tis-ylis-sti-hellas-journal-stin-triti-epeteio-tou-polemou-stin-oukrania-v-meros/ " target="_blank">Hellas Journal, published on February 26.

He also stressed that he understood the reasons for the start of the special military operation, as the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that, despite NATO's promises not to expand, the state was almost "surrounded" by the countries of the alliance.

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Why do Russia and the West have different positions on this issue?

On February 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the Russian side, during a meeting with American colleagues, recalled that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has repeatedly pointed out that the expansion of NATO with the absorption of Ukraine is a direct threat to the interests and sovereignty of Russia.