OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 60/2020 issued on 12 March 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM observed craters and damage to civilian property in a residential area of Syhnalne, Donetsk region.
• The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• It saw 16 weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line.
• The Mission saw for the first time at least 200 anti-tanks mines near Molodizhne, Luhansk region.
• The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor adherence to localized ceasefires to enable repairs to critical civilian infrastructure and demining activities.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including in non-government-controlled Donetsk city and at checkpoints of the armed formations in southern Donetsk region