OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 271/2019 issued on 15 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission saw deminers from government-controlled areas close to the Petrivske disengagement area.
• The Mission continued to observe demining activities inside the Zolote disengagement area.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued to observe construction works at the broken section of the bridge.
• The Mission observed two convoys of trucks, including some reading “Humanitarian Aid from the Russian Federation”, in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission continued to facilitate repairs to and the operation of critical civilian infrastructure on both sides of the contact line.
• Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at a checkpoint near non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske