OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 129/2020 issued on 1 June 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 29 and 30 May, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
• Between the evenings of 30 and 31 May, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• An SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle spotted recent impact craters caused by shelling in non-government-controlled Ozerianivka, Donetsk region.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*
• The Mission continued monitoring all three disengagement areas: it recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske and observed persons near former positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces inside the disengagement area near Zolote.
• The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line in Donetsk region.
• The Mission 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.
• Members of the armed formations continued to restrict the SMM’s freedom of movement, including at a checkpoint in Horlivka and near two border crossing points in Luhansk region.*