OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 284/2019 issued on 30 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Small-arms fire occurred close to SMM patrol in non-government-controlled Pikuzy.
• The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement areas.
• Inside the Stanytsia disengagement area, the SMM saw workers from non-government-controlled areas repairing asphalt and installing new railings on the metal part of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge.
• The SMM observed for the first time anti-tank mines near non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske and mine hazard signs near government-controlled Marinka.
• It monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to critical civilian infrastructure on both sides of the contact line.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Kovske in southern Donetsk region.