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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 256/2021 issued on 1 November 2021
Publishing date: 1 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 29 and 31 October, the SMM recorded 988 ceasefire violations, including 139 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 321 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 29 and 31 October, the Mission
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 255/2021 issued on 30 October 2021
Publishing date: 30 October 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 321 ceasefire violations, including 90 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 292 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 436 ceasefire violations, including 128 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 254/2021 issued on 29 October 2021
Publishing date: 29 October 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 292 ceasefire violations, including 56 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 681 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations, including five explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 253/2021 issued on 28 October 2021
Publishing date: 28 October 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 681 ceasefire violations, including 192 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 435 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 103 ceasefire violations, including four explosions. In the previous
OSCE SMM Spot Report 22/2021: The SMM resumes patrolling from its Forward Patrol Base in Horlivka
Publishing date: 19 October 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 18 October, at 15:40, the SMM saw that the previously observed padlock and chain (see SMM Spot Report 20/2021 of 17 October 2021) had been removed from the vehicle gates of its Forward Patrol Base (FPB) in Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk), and that the gates were open. In front of the FPB, the Mission observed a previously installed tent, but saw no people or vehicles nearby. The SMM left its FPB to conduct a patrol, and returned at 16:03...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 252/2021 issued on 27 October 2021
Publishing date: 27 October 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 435 ceasefire violations, including 86 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 205 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations, including three explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and Project Co-Ordinator in Ukraine: Inclusion of women’s perspectives is key to peace and security agenda
Publishing date: 2 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
KYIV, 2 November 2021- The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), mark the 21st anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which recognizes the important roles of women and girls in peace and security efforts, and calls for their increased and meaningful participation in related decision-making processes.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 21/2021: Members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage at the checkpoint near Kreminets, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 17 October 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 17 October, an SMM patrol consisting of three vehicles and nine people arrived at a checkpoint of the armed formations on road H-15 near the Kargil plant in Kreminets (non-government-controlled, 16km south-west of Donetsk) at 12:01, intending to travel to non-government-controlled areas. Another SMM patrol, consisting of two vehicles and six people, intending to cross to government-controlled areas, arrived at the same checkpoint ten minutes later. At the checkpoint, two members of the armed formations denied both patrols passage, referring to instructions of their superiors “not to let the SMM pass through the checkpoint in either direction”.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 20/2021: Members of the armed formations prevented the SMM from leaving its Forward Patrol Base in Horlivka
Publishing date: 17 October 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 17 October, at 16:03, the SMM observed that the vehicle gates of its Forward Patrol Base (FPB) in Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk) was being locked with a chain and a padlock, and that a vehicle with blue “DPR” plates was parked south of its gates, blocking the exit. It also saw two members of the armed formations standing next to the vehicle.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 251/2021 issued on 26 October 2021
Publishing date: 26 October 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 205 ceasefire violations, including 31 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 241 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded three ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded seven ceasefire