News and press releases

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

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...

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

President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, during his visit to Strasbourg, France on 3 December 2019...

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

ROVANIEMI, Finland, 16 December 2019 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on Arctic Issues, Torill Eidsheim (MP, Norway), delivered today a keynote address to the Sub-Committee on External Relations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), convened in Rovaniemi, Finland, for a meeting on developments in the Arctic region and opportunities for international co-operation...

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