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Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 1 and 2 November, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 2 and 3 November, the Mission recorded more ceasefire

KYIV, 4 November 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement to the press...

On 1 November, the SMM received a letter from the armed formations in non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk region, notifying that they had completed the withdrawal of forces and hardware in the agreed disengagement area near Zolote...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A boy was injured due to small-arms fire in Zolote-5/Mykhailivka. The SMM saw damage to a house in Oleksandrivka. The Mission observed further withdrawal of forces

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. It recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The SMM saw a crater in the yard of a residential house in Zolote-5/Mykhailivka. The SMM observed further withdrawal of forces

The second training course on good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking, organized as part of an OSCE project, was held from 28 to 31 October 2019 in Kyiv for Ukrainian officials working in this area...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM observed further withdrawal of forces and hardware from the Zolote disengagement area. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission