News and press releases

From 30 May to 5 June, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: six times in Donetsk region and four times in Luhansk region, while further attempts to cross into government-controlled areas were also denied, once in Donetsk region and three times in Luhansk region...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and recorded ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at two SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) flying over areas near Petrivske and

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and

The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) Steering Group held an online meeting, supported by the OSCE, on 3 June 2020...

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as part of its wider initiative to support the country in its pandemic response, on 4 June 2020 in Zenica, provided IT equipment for the social protection institution “Dom porodica”, a home for children without parental care...

On 3 June, an SMM patrol was tasked with maintenance of the SMM camera system located about 200m east of the north-eastern corner of the disengagement area near Petrivske (non-government-controlled, 41km south of Donetsk) after the Mission had lost video feeds from the camera system at about 14:30 on 2 June. The system consists of a daylight and a thermal camera and is generally directed south-west towards the disengagement area. The patrol saw that both boxes housing the cameras had sustained damage, assessed as caused by small-arms fire...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.* The Mission