OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 273/2019 issued on 18 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 15 and 16 November, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• Between the evenings of 16 and 17 November, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• The SMM continued to monitor the situation at the Petrivske disengagement area.
• The Mission observed the construction of a 500m long barbed wire fence outside the Zolote disengagement area.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued to observe construction works at the broken section of the bridge.
• The Mission continued to facilitate repairs to and the operation of critical civilian infrastructure, including to power lines near government-controlled areas of Luhansk region.
• Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Zaichenko and Novoazovsk.