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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 187/2021 issued on 12 August 2021
Publishing date: 12 August 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 SMM recorded 33 ceasefire violations, including 12 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 174 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 99
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 100th Russian convoy of four vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 12 August 2021
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 12 August at 06:23 (Moscow time), the hundredth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of four vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All four vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 12:35 on 12 August.
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to develop local economy by enhancing potential of Local Development Funds
Publishing date: 12 August 2021
Since June 2021, more than 160 participants from across Jalal-Abad and Osh provinces in Kyrgyzstan have taken part in a series of OSCE-supported training sessions focused on developing and implementing projects to promote local economic development.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 186/2021 issued on 11 August 2021
Publishing date: 11 August 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 SMM recorded 174 ceasefire violations, including 12 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 28 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 99 ceasefire violations, including 21 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes seminar on international experience on implementing digital technologies in water industry
Publishing date: 11 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities, Water management
International experiences on implementing digital technologies in the water industry was the focus of an OSCE-organized online seminar held on 10 and 11 August 2021 in Ashgabat.
Training canines in Kyrgyzstan to help detect potential COVID-19 cases
Publishing date: 11 August 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
A team of service dogs in Kyrgyzstan have now finished an eight-week training course to detect sources of heat above 37 C, which has also opened the door for these dogs to potentially help detect human body temperature increases associated with COVID-19.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 185/2021 issued on 10 August 2021
Publishing date: 10 August 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 SMM recorded 28 ceasefire violations, including one explosion. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 116 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 75 ceasefire violations.