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Sustaining progress achieved is key to improving security and alleviating civilian hardship says OSCE SMM Chief Monitor in Permanent Council address
Publishing date: 6 September 2019
VIENNA, 6 September 2019 – A recommitment to the unlimited ceasefire that started on 21 July is a major contributing factor towards the improvement of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, SMM Chief Monitor Yaşar Halit Çevik said yesterday in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 210/2019 issued on 5 September 2019
Publishing date: 5 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. While conducting an impact site assessment in Pikuzy, the Mission heard small-arms fire and saw a bullet impact the
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Small-arms fire near SMM in Pikuzy
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
On 4 September, an SMM patrol consisting of six people and two armoured vehicles was conducting an impact site assessment at Akhmatovoi Street in the north-eastern part of Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 23km north-east of Mariupol)...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 209/2019 issued on 4 September 2019
Publishing date: 4 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed formations inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 208/2019 issued on 3 September 2019
Publishing date: 3 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission observed multiple craters and projectiles in flight in Pikuzy. The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 207/2019 issued on 2 September 2019
Publishing date: 2 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 30 and 31 August, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 31 August and 1 September, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in both
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Explosion near SMM in Pikuzy
Publishing date: 2 September 2019
On 1 September, an SMM patrol consisting of five people and two armoured vehicles was conducting an impact site assessment on Akhmatovoi Street in the north-eastern part of Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 23km north-east of Mariupol). Three members of the armed formations as well as two cameramen were also present.