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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 97th Russian convoy of seven vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 29 October 2020
On 29 October at 06:20 (Moscow time), the ninety-seventh Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of seven vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All seven vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 13:23 on 29 October...
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 28 October 2020
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
KYIV, 28 October 2020 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing:
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 257/2020 issued on 28 October 2020
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
Summary The SMM recorded two ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and again none in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 23 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska,
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 27 October 2020
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
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 decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 256/2020 issued on 27 October 2020
Publishing date: 27 October 2020
Summary The SMM recorded 23 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and ten in Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 255/2020 issued on 26 October 2020
Publishing date: 26 October 2020
Summary Between the evenings of 23 and 25 October, the SMM recorded 38 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 23 and 25 October, the Mission recorded ten ceasefire violations in Luhansk
Ukraine’s local elections administered professionally, despite legal shortcomings and politicization of some commissions, international observers say
Publishing date: 26 October 2020
KYIV, 26 October 2020 – Ukraine’s local elections were conducted under a substantially revised legal framework which, despite some improvements, requires further refinement to address remaining shortcomings, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement today. The Central Election Commission administered the elections professionally and efficiently, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the work of territorial commissions was often politicized, and was negatively affected by frequent replacements of their members.