OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 245/2021 issued on 19 October 2021

Summary

• In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 255 ceasefire violations, including 29 explosions. In the previous 24 hours it recorded 522 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 135 ceasefire violations, including 36 explosions. In the previous reporting 24 hours, it recorded 72 ceasefire violations in the region.
• The SMM resumed patrolling at its Forward Patrol Base in Horlivka in the afternoon of 18 October.
• The Mission observed that the gathering in front of the hotel where Mission members reside in non-government-controlled Donetsk city continued. There was no patrol movement in and out of its premises on 18 October. The gathering continued on 19 October.*
• The SMM observed a poster with a message critical of its activities attached to the fence of its office premises in Luhansk city.
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.* It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
• The SMM facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable the operation, repairs and construction of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The Mission continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit checkpoints and two corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Luhansk region.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including due to the presence of an anti-personnel mine near a checkpoint of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Popasna, Luhansk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles again experienced instances of probable jamming.*