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Parliamentary security committee leaders warn against escalation in Ukraine conflict
Publishing date: 7 April 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 7 April 2021 – Amid reports of rapidly growing military deployments by the Russian Federation in and around Ukraine, senior OSCE Parliamentary Assembly officials warned of the risk of escalation and reaffirmed its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 78/2021 issued on 6 April 2021
Publishing date: 6 April 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 2-5 April, the Mission recorded 1,424 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 594 ceasefire violations in the region. Nine hundred ceasefire violations were shots and bursts of heavy-machine-gun fire heard on the night
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 6 April 2021
Publishing date: 6 April 2021
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons slightly increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 77/2021 issued on 3 April 2021
Publishing date: 3 April 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 594 ceasefire violations, including 453 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 225 ceasefire violation in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 427 ceasefire violations, including 58 explosions. In the previous reporting
Spot Report 5/2021: Members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage at the checkpoint near Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 2 April 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
In the late morning on 2 April, an SMM patrol traveling from non-government-controlled Donetsk city, consisting of three vehicles with three trailers and six mission members, arrived at the checkpoint of the armed formations near Oleksandrivka (non-government-controlled, 20km south-west of Donetsk) to conduct an exchange of trailers with a second SMM patrol arriving from government-controlled areas...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 76/2021 issued on 2 April 2021
Publishing date: 2 April 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 225 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded one ceasefire violation in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 31 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 40 ceasefire violations in the
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 75/2021 issued on 1 April 2021
Publishing date: 1 April 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded one ceasefire violation. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 13 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 40 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in the