OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 220/2019 issued on 17 September 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas completing asphalting of the road north of the broken section of the bridge, and workers from non-government-controlled areas cutting tree branches and repairing the metal sections of the bridge.
• An SMM unmanned aerial vehicle spotted 38 anti-tank mines inside the Petrivske disengagement area.
• The Mission saw four weapons in violation of withdrawal lines, all in non-government-controlled areas.
• The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure, including power line repairs near Spartak.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints in Petrivske and near Verkhnoshyrokivske, all in non-government-controlled areas.*