OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 33/2022 issued on 12 February 2022

Summary

• In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 114 ceasefire violations, including 68 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 738 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 258 ceasefire violations, including 30 explosions. Of these, it assessed 232 as a live-fire exercise inside the security zone and ten as a live-fire exercise outside the security zone. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 11 ceasefire violations in the region.
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The Mission monitored the operation and repair of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at four entry-exit checkpoints and three corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission visited a border crossing point and a railway station outside government control in Luhansk region.
• The SMM visited areas near the border with Belarus in Chernihiv region.
• The Mission observed a gathering in Kyiv.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a border crossing point and a railway station outside government control in Luhansk region. Its UAVs again encountered instances of GPS signal interference, assessed as caused by probable jamming.*