OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 224/2019 issued on 21 September 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas working on the foundations of a bypass bridge east of the broken section of the bridge and installing street lights.
• It recorded ceasefire violations assessed as inside the Petrivske disengagement area and directed at the SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles flying over the area.
• The Mission saw 39 weapons in violation of withdrawal lines, all in non-government-controlled areas.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs and the operations of critical civilian infrastructure, including repairs to water pipelines and power lines.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints in and near Petrivske and Verkhnoshyrokivske, both in non-government-controlled areas.