US welcomes postponement of illegal elections in Donbas

At the same time, he urged the parties to ensure an unimpeded access of the OSCE observers on the occupied territory of Ukraine to the border with the Russian Federation. "The United States welcomed the postponement of illegal elections of the Russian-backed separatists in the east of Ukraine," he said. He also welcomed the OSCE report on the start of withdrawal by Ukraine, Russia and the separatists of additional heavy weapons from the contact line, which was agreed by the participants of the Trilateral Contact Group.