OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 55/2020 issued on 6 March 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• A man died reportedly from injuries caused by an explosive device in non-government-controlled Pionerske.
• The Mission observed a calm situation in the disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska and recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement areas near Petrivske and Zolote.
• It spotted recent trenches near government-controlled Novotoshkivske and non-government-controlled Holubivske.
• The SMM observed anti-tank mines near non-government-controlled Sentianivka and government-controlled Luhanske and Vodiane.
• The SMM continued to facilitate localized ceasefires to enable repairs to power lines near Spartak and demining activities near Krasnyi Yar.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations in Bezimenne and near a border crossing point close to non-government-controlled Dovzhanske.