Closed field operations and related field activities

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine started its activities on 21 March 2014. It discontinued its operations on 31 March 2022.

The Mission's thematic and programmatic activities

The SMM was deployed following a request to the OSCE by Ukraine’s Government and a consensus decision by all 57 OSCE participating States.

The SMM was an unarmed, civilian mission, operating on the ground 24/7 Ukraine. Its main tasks were to observe and report in an impartial and objective manner on the security situation in Ukraine; and to facilitate dialogue among all parties to the conflict.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 54/2022 issued on 7 March 2022

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 53/2022 issued on 6 March 2022

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 52/2022 issued on 5 March 2022

Archived announcements, press releases, media advisories and other updates

Press statement

OSCE SMM Acting Head of Mission refutes claims and denounces persecution of national Mission members, demands immediate and unconditional release of those deprived of their liberty

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General condemn intimidation and detention of OSCE staff in Donetsk and Luhansk

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General announce upcoming closure of Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General expressed regret that no consensus reached on extension of mandate of Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Archived multimedia material related to the Mission

Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visits the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM)

8 September 2016 OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)

OSCE SMM Monitors Patrolling in Ukraine

25 May 2016 OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)

Hostilities continue to endanger civilians in eastern Ukraine

24 March 2016 OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)

Switzerland provides accommodation modules for OSCE monitors in Ukraine

15 March 2016 OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)

Publications related to the Mission

On Patrol

12 January 2022

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

2021 Trends and observations from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

4 February 2022

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

July – September 2021 Trends and observations from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

17 November 2021

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

April – June 2021 Trends and observations from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Documents related to the Mission

Status Report as of 7 February 2022

15 February 2022

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Status Report as of 24 January 2022

1 February 2022

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Status Report as of 10 January 2022

20 January 2022

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

SMM facilitation of repair and maintenance of civilian infrastructure along the contact line in Donetsk and Luhansk regions

SMM facilitation of repair and maintenance of civilian infrastructure along the contact line in Donetsk and Luhansk regions

30 December 2021

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Document collection

Trends and observations from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Document collection

Status Reports of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

These reports present a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news.

Document collection

Thematic Reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

In-depth thematic reports are the result of the SMM’s work in the human dimension, an important part of the SMM mandate given to the mission by the OSCE 57 Participating States. The reports focus on different aspects of life affected by the conflict in Ukraine and complement the SMM daily reports.

Permanent Council Decision No. 1117

Decision / declaration

Permanent Council Decision No. 1117

Deployment of an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (Ukraine, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Canada, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4).

Survey of OSCE Field Operations

Survey of OSCE Field Operations

Information about the OSCE field operations.

13 September 2021

For more information, contact the OSCE Secretariat’s Conflict Prevention Centre:
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