OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 1/2022 issued on 4 January 2022

Summary

• Between the evenings of 30 December 2021 and 3 January 2022, the SMM recorded 399 ceasefire violations, including 25 explosions, in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded ten ceasefire violations in the region.
• Between the evenings of 30 December 2021 and 3 January 2022, the Mission recorded 44 ceasefire violations, including 23 explosions, in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded four ceasefire violations in the region.
• Members of the armed formations denied and delayed the Mission’s passage near Zolote, Molodizhne and Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk region.*
• The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The Mission facilitated the operation and repair of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit checkpoints and three corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission visited three border crossing points outside government control in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations in Staromykhailivka, Donetsk region, and at a border crossing point outside government control near Izvaryne, Luhansk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles encountered instances of GPS signal interference assessed as caused by probable jamming.*