Four European monitors released by rebels in east Ukraine

KIEV (AFP) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Saturday that pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have released four of the group's monitors they had detained at the end of May.

"We can confirm 4 members of our Donetsk-based team are now released after 32 days in captivity," the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine said on its Facebook page.

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