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Military observer \\\'freed in Ukraine\\\'

BBC | Sunday, 27 April 2014


Military observer 'freed' in Sloviansk One of the team of European monitors seized by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian flashpoint city of Sloviansk has been freed, news agencies report.
The man was Swedish and was released on medical grounds, a separatist spokeswoman, quoted by Reuters, said.
The group of eight monitors was detained in Sloviansk on Friday, along with five Ukrainian officers.
Intensive diplomacy has been going on to try to secure their freedom.
The observers - from Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark and the Czech Republic - are linked to the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.