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Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 16 September 2020
Publishing date: 17 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 17 September 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 221/2020 issued on 16 September 2020
Publishing date: 16 September 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 four ceasefire violations in Donetsk and none in Luhansk region. The SMM followed up on reports of a man injured by an explosive object while working in a field in
Spot Report 39/2020: SMM camera near government-controlled Berezove disconnected from its power supply
Publishing date: 16 September 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
At 10:20 on 15 September, during a scheduled maintenance of its camera system located near Berezove (government-controlled, 31km south-west of Donetsk), the SMM saw that the power cable located in the meter box that provided the camera with electricity was disconnected and that the system was
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 220/2020 issued on 15 September 2020
Publishing date: 15 September 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 four ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded none in Donetsk region and seven in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. During
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 15 September 2020
Publishing date: 15 September 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...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 219/2020 issued on 14 September 2020
Publishing date: 14 September 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Between the evenings of 11 and 12 September, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 12 in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and one in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 12 and 13
Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 14 September 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PARIS, 14 September 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) held intensive consultations in Paris on September 14. Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (PRCiO) Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the meetings.