OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 143/2020 issued on 17 June 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
• The SMM saw a recently destroyed house in Zaitseve, Donetsk region.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*
• At night, the Mission spotted persons near former positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces inside the disengagement area near Zolote and a person near a former position of the armed formations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localised ceasefires to enable repairs to critical civilian infrastructure and the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station.
• The SMM saw that the entry-exit checkpoint in Stanytsia Luhanska, the corresponding checkpoint of the armed formations and the entry-exit checkpoint near Marinka were temporarily open.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*