OSCE Leaders in Kyiv Pledge Readiness to Monitor Ceasefire, Press for Staff Release

Overview

• Chair Ignazio Cassis and Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu concluded meetings in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and other officials, affirming support for a just and lasting peace under international law.
• OSCE leadership said the organization stands ready to help monitor a ceasefire and support implementing any peace arrangement when requested, highlighting concrete tools and experience from past missions.
• During a visit to Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, the delegation viewed the site of a missile strike that killed 23 people as local authorities outlined extensive residential damage and winter hardships from energy‑infrastructure attacks.
• Ukrainian officials briefed the OSCE on alleged war crimes and civilian harm and described ongoing victim assistance, relocations, and phased housing repairs supported by international and charitable organizations.
• The OSCE renewed calls for the immediate release of three detained staff members after meeting their families and said the leadership will travel to Moscow for meetings on February 6.