OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 107/2020 issued on 6 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, including a spike in areas west of Donetsk city, and fewer in Luhansk region.
• An SMM patrol heard five explosions assessed as mortar rounds while positioned close to a checkpoint of the armed formations near Olenivka, Donetsk region.*
• The SMM saw shelling damage to three residential houses in Oleksandrivka.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• It monitored and facilitated adherence to localised ceasefires to enable repairs to critical civilian infrastructure in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.
• The SMM continued following up on measures taken amid the COVID-19 outbreak, including at entry-exit checkpoints and their corresponding checkpoints in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*