OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 234/2019 issued on 3 October 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued observing works to a temporary pedestrian bypass to the broken section of the bridge.
• The SMM saw small-arms fire damage to two civilian properties in Staromykhailivka.
• The SMM saw a mortar tailfin inside the disengagement area near Zolote and recorded ceasefire violations near the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement areas.
• The Mission observed a weapon in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled Donetsk city.
• The SMM saw anti-tank mines near Vesela Hora and Dokuchaievsk.
• The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station, electrical repair works in Pikuzy, and repair works to water pipelines between Zolote-3/Stakhanovets and Popasna.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at three checkpoints in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region and near a border crossing point in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region.*
• In Kyiv, the SMM monitored a peaceful protest related to the latest political developments.