News and press releases

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Inside and near the disengagement area near Petrivske, SMM unmanned aerial vehicles spotted anti-tank mines and repairs to the road north of the 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 decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week. The ninety-first Russian convoy crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk BCP...

Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Outside the disengagement area near Petrivske, the SMM saw that some anti-tank mines previously laid across a road had been removed and trenches

On 28 November at 06:50 (Moscow time), the ninety-first Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of twelve vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All twelve vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 12:38 on 28 November...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 29 and 30 November, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 30 November and 1 December, the Mission recorded more ceasefire

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Small-arms fire occurred close to SMM patrol in non-government-controlled Pikuzy. The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In fields inside the Zolote disengagement area, an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle spotted again anti-tank mines, assessed as belonging to the armed formations.