OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 244/2019 issued on 15 October 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Civilians, including children, injured from hand grenades and landmines in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles near government-controlled Novotroitske and Berezove.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued observing clearing of vegetation by members of the armed formations.
• Inside the disengagement areas near Zolote and Petrivske, the SMM continued seeing military and military-type presence and hardware.
• The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure along the contact line.
• SMMsThe SMM monitored events related to the Defender of Ukraine Day.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s freedom of movement continued, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Bezimenne, Zaichenko, Novoazovsk, and at a border crossing point near non-government-controlled Izvaryne.