According to him, the Ukrainian members of the JCCC were withdrawn from the temporarily occupied territory of Donbas to the town of Soledar. It happened at 10:30 local time on Tuesday, December 19, Venskovich said.
"The Ukrainian members of the JCCC will continue monitoring duties, facilitate the work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, as well as monitor the contact line, record instances of illegal shelling and contribute to the ceasefire," he told UNIAN.
Read also"DPR" reports Russian JCCC monitors leave DonbasAt the same time, according to Venskovich, the Ukrainian side does not have information on the withdrawal of the Russian officers of the JCCC from occupied Donbas to Russia.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry made a statement on December 18 that Russia was going to terminate the work of its representatives at the JCCC in Donbas. The Russian officers planned to leave Ukraine on December 19 allegedly due to the "tense moral and psychological situation" and "Ukrainian servicemen's disrespectful attitude."
