OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 12/2020 issued on 16 January 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near non-government-controlled Zaichenko, Donetsk region.
• The Mission continued monitoring the situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines, most of which were in a non-government-controlled area in Luhansk region.
• The Mission monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to facilitate maintenance and repairs to critical civilian water infrastructure.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Zaichenko.