OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 28/2022 issued on 7 February 2022

Summary

• In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 4 and 6 February, the SMM recorded 416 ceasefire violations, including 38 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 85 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 4 and 6 February, the Mission recorded 35 ceasefire violations, including one explosion. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 73 ceasefire violations in the region.
• Two SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were lost due to signal interference near government-controlled Zolote-2/Karbonit, Luhansk region, and Bohdanivka, Donetsk region; an SMM mini-UAV was assessed as targeted by gunfire near non-government-controlled Pervomaisk, Luhansk region.*
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It observed people inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
• The SMM monitored the operation of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The Mission continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit checkpoints and the corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM monitored two border crossing points outside government control in Donetsk region.
• The Mission observed a gathering in Kharkiv city.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted. The Mission’s UAVs again encountered multiple instances of GPS signal interference, assessed as caused by probable jamming and jamming.*