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Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 18 December 2019
Publishing date: 19 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 19 December 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 18 December 2019:...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 299/2019 issued on 18 December 2019
Publishing date: 18 December 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The Mission saw personnel of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine and de-miners from non-government-controlled areas enter the disengagement area
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 17 December 2019
Publishing date: 17 December 2019
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 increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week. The ninety-third Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk BCP...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 298/2019 issued on 17 December 2019
Publishing date: 17 December 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Small-arms fire was assessed as aimed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle in government-controlled Raihorodka, Luhansk region. The Mission continued to monitor
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 297/2019 issued on 16 December 2019
Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 13 and 14 December, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 14 and 15 December, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 296/2019 issued on 14 December 2019
Publishing date: 14 December 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. It recorded an explosion in Luhansk region. The Mission continued to monitor the situation in the disengagement areas near Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska. It saw a tank in
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 295/2019 issued on 13 December 2019
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
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