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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 97/2021 issued on 28 April 2021
Publishing date: 28 April 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 217 ceasefire violations, including 79 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 205 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 148 ceasefire violations, including 47 explosions. In the previous reporting
International humanitarian law and state compliance in focus at OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting under Armenian Chairmanship
Publishing date: 28 April 2021
VIENNA, 28 April 2021 — How states comply with international humanitarian law and the challenges they face in its implementation was the focus of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) meeting held online today under the Armenian FSC Chairmanship.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 96/2021 issued on 27 April 2021
Publishing date: 27 April 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 205 ceasefire violations, including 123 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 125 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded four ceasefire
99th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 27 April 2021
ERGNETI, 27 April 2021- The 99th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Annika Söder, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ergneti IPRM was accompanied by all necessary precautionary health measures.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 27 April 2021
Publishing date: 27 April 2021
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.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 95/2021 issued on 26 April 2021
Publishing date: 26 April 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 23 and 25 April, the SMM recorded 382 ceasefire violations, including 297 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 374 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 23 and 25 April, the Mission
Spot Report 12/2021: Members of the armed formations again denied the SMM passage at the checkpoint near Olenivka, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 26 April 2021
On the morning of 26 April, an SMM patrol travelling from non-government-controlled Donetsk city, consisting of two vehicles, one trailer and five mission members, arrived at the checkpoint of the armed formations near Olenivka (non-government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk) to conduct an exchange of trailers with a second SMM patrol arriving from government-controlled areas...