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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 295/2019 issued on 13 December 2019
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement areas near Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska. The SMM monitored adherence to a
A full and comprehensive ceasefire crucial for success and implementation of security measures, says OSCE SMM Chief Monitor to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
VIENNA, 13 December 2019- The commitment undertaken at the Normandy Four Summit in Paris to achieve a full and comprehensive implementation of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by the end of 2019 is encouraging, said OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Chief Monitor, Yaşar Halit Çevik, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council yesterday in Vienna...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 294/2019 issued on 12 December 2019
Publishing date: 12 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement areas near Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska. It recorded ceasefire violations near
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 293/2019 issued on 11 December 2019
Publishing date: 11 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske. The SMM continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 292/2019 issued on 10 December 2019
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Inside the disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska, the Mission saw workers from non-government-controlled areas replacing
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 December 2019
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week. The ninety-second Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk BCP...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 291/2019 issued on 9 December 2019
Publishing date: 9 December 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 6 and 7 December, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 7 and 8 December, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk