OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 254/2019 issued on 26 October 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Two men injured near the Kondrashivka pumping station near non-government-controlled Pankivka.    
• The Mission saw damage to civilian properties in non-government-controlled Holmivskyi.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued to observe reconstruction works of the broken section of the bridge and saw members of the armed formations dismantling sand-filled tyres from around the blue container south of the broken section of the bridge.
• Inside the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement areas, the SMM observed military and military-type presence and hardware.
• The SMM saw for the first time about 60 anti-tank mines in a field in government-controlled Shyrokyne.
• The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure, including power lines on both sides of the contact line.
• Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Novoazovsk and Zaichenko, and at border crossing points outside government control near Izvaryne and Sievernyi.