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VIENNA, 29 December 2021 — Following a request from the Russian side, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, met today in Vienna with the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Kozak, as well as with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko. Mr. Mayr-Harting was joined by Ambassador Tobias Lorentzson, Deputy Head of the Swedish Mission to the OSCE and Ms. Beata Baranska, First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Poland to the OSCE, representing the current and incoming OSCE Chairs respectively.

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded seven ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 525 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 84 ceasefire violations, including 45 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 22 ceasefire

Summary Between the evenings of 23 and 27 December, the SMM recorded 689 ceasefire violations, including 110 explosions, in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 173 ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 23 and 27 December, the Mission recorded 108

On the morning of 27 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region twice denied and once delayed the Mission passage to government-controlled areas...

In the afternoon of 26 December, the armed formations in Donetsk region denied the Mission’s passage to government-controlled areas...

On the morning of 25 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region denied and delayed the Mission’s passage to non-government-controlled areas...

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 173 ceasefire violations, including 156 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 50 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 84 ceasefire violations, including 45 explosions. In the previous reporting