Putin backs idea to deploy OSCE armed mission in Donbass - Kremlin

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported the idea of deploying an OSCE armed mission in Donbass, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. "Indeed, Putin agreed to the deployment of this mission during the [Normandy Four] talks," Peskov told reporters. He said the Russian leader had called for using Germany’s current OSCE chairmanship "to boost the work on this issue." On Wednesday night Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko met in Berlin to discuss the settlement in eastern Ukraine. No documents were signed at the meeting. Nevertheless, an agreement was reached on developing a roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk agreements. This document is expected to be drafted and approved until the end of November. Read more