OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 221/2019 issued on 18 September 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas placing concrete plates under the broken section of the bridge and workers from non-government-controlled areas repairing the metal section of the bridge.
• The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure, including water pipelines repairs between Zolote-3/Stakhanovets and Popasna.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints in Petrivske, restricting SMM’s access to its camera, and near Verkhnoshyrokivske, all in non-government-controlled areas.*