1 OSCE staff killed by mine blast in east Ukraine: official

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said today one of its staff was killed after a monitoring mission patrol vehicle hit a mine in rebel-held east Ukraine.

"Tragic news from #Ukraine: SMM patrol drove on mine. One #OSCE patrol member killed, one injured," Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian foreign minister and the OSCE's current chairman, wrote on Twitter.