OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 26/2020 issued on 1 February 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• Civilian buildings were damaged by shelling in non-government-controlled Berezivske, in Luhansk region.
• Small-arms fire was assessed as aimed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near Stanytsia Luhanska.
• The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• It saw mortars in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region.
• The SMM monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to facilitate repair works to water wells near Slovianoserbsk.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint in non-government-controlled Diakove in Luhansk region and at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Sosnivske and Tavrycheske, in southern Donetsk region.