Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 3 vehicles with inscription “Russian Emergency Situations Ministry” cross Russian Federation-Ukraine border

SUMMARY

On 26 April at 06:45 (Moscow time), the observer team (OT) at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP) observed three vehicles with the inscription “Russian Emergency Situations Ministry” crossing the border from the Russian Federation to Ukraine.

DETAIL

The vehicles arrived from the Russian Federation and bore the inscription “Russian Emergency Situations Ministry”. The make of the vehicles were as follows:  one “Gazel” and two “Kamaz”. Both of the Kamaz trucks bore the additional inscription “Mountain Rescue” written in Russian.

After administrative procedures – without opening the tarpaulins of the trucks – all three vehicles crossed the BCP in the queue that is intended for travelers from Ukraine to the Russian Federation and left for Ukraine. The vehicles had blue emergency lights on. The OT noticed six people (two people in each vehicle) inside the vehicles and the vehicles’ licence plates indicated their registration in the Rostov District of the Russian Federation.