OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 149/2020 issued on 24 June 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM found its camera near Shyrokyne destroyed and the camera mast damaged, assessed as caused by a round from an undetermined weapon.
• 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.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localised ceasefires to enable the assessment, maintenance and operation of critical civilian infrastructure, as well as demining activities.
• The SMM saw civilians travelling towards government- and non-government-controlled areas through the entry-exit checkpoint near Stanytsia Luhanska.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*