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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 273/2021 issued on 20 November 2021
Publishing date: 20 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, the Mission recorded 421 ceasefire violations, including 95 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 715 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 121 ceasefire violations, including 51 explosions, 37 of which were assessed
OSCE SMM Spot Report 26/2021: Members of the armed formations denied the SMM access to Staromykhailivka and threatened to shoot down an SMM mini-UAV
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 19 November at 09:45, at a checkpoint in Staromykhailivka (non-government-controlled, 15km west of Donetsk), two visibly armed members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage into the settlement, referring to a need to obtain approval from their superiors. The patrol’s task was to follow
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde concludes official visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MOSCOW, 19 November 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ann Linde, concluded her second official visit to Moscow today.
Achievements of regional initiative on asset recovery in focus of OSCE briefing
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
On 19 November, the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized a technical briefing to discuss the impact of a regional project “Strengthening the fight against transnational organized crime in South-Eastern Europe through improved regional co-operation in asset seizure, confiscation, management and re-use”.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 272/2021 issued on 19 November 2021
Publishing date: 19 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, the Mission recorded 715 ceasefire violations, including 98 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 408 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 245 ceasefire violations, including 130 explosions. In the previous reporting
Citizen perception of Police improves, OSCE Mission to Montenegro survey finds
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
About three quarters of citizens perceive the Police more positively as compared to last year, while 41% of citizens claim that the police have experienced changes for the better in the previous 12 months. These are key findings from a Perception of the Police in Montenegro survey commissioned by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, conducted by the Consultancy Agency DeFacto.
OSCE concludes a refresher course for document security instructors
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
A five-day OSCE-supported refresher course for 20 border service’s document security instructors concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 12 November 2021.