DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Denouncing an "atmosphere of terror" directed against local electoral officials in eastern Ukraine, Europe's OSCE democracy watchdog is pulling most of its election monitors from the Donetsk region, an OSCE source said on Saturday.
On the eve of a presidential poll that Kiev hopes can help resolve a confrontation with Russia that has split the country, the source said there would be no foreign monitors in the city of Donetsk and only a few in the whole region, in western areas.
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