OSCE member killed in Ukraine

By Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) – A member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was killed in Ukraine amid its war with Russia, the organization said Wednesday.

“Maryna Fenina, a national member of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), died in shelling in Kharkiv yesterday, 1 March,” said the OSCE in a statement.

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Foreign Minister of Poland, Zbigniew Rau, and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid were quoted in the statement as saying that “Maryna was a valued member of the SMM team, and our colleagues in Ukraine remain in close contact with her family to offer our support.”

According to the OSCE, Fenina was killed while getting supplies for her family in the city, which became “a war zone.”

“Despite repeated calls from across the international community and from across the OSCE, the unprovoked military operation against Ukraine continues,” said the statement.

“We strongly condemn the increased shelling in urban areas (and) centers causing death and injury to civilians and reiterate our call on the Russian Federation for an immediate cessation of hostilities and to engage in a meaningful dialogue,” it added.