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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 246/2020 issued on 15 October 2020
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded one ceasefire violation in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded no ceasefire violations in either region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. During
Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 14 October 2020
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 15 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:...
Second Biennial OSCE meeting explores efforts to address risks posed by small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 14 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Efforts by OSCE participating States to address the risks posed by small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (SCA), particularly in preventing and combating the illicit trade in SALW, were the focus of a meeting organized by the German Chair of the Forum for Security Co-operation on 13 and 14 October 2020...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 245/2020 issued on 14 October 2020
Publishing date: 14 October 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in either Donetsk or Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 14 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and one in Luhansk region. The Mission had previously recorded no ceasefire violations in either region between the evenings
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 244/2020 issued on 13 October 2020
Publishing date: 13 October 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded 14 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and one in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded six ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. Two teenage boys were injured by the detonation of an explosive device in Nyzhnia Krynka,
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 13 October 2020
Publishing date: 13 October 2020
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 decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 13 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA/MOSCOW, 13 October, 2020- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today: