OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 223/2019 issued on 20 September 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, and more ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas working on the foundations of a bypass bridge east of the broken section of the bridge.
• The Mission observed demining activities inside the disengagement area near Zolote and was, as a result, able to cross through.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs and the operations of critical civilian infrastructure, including repairs to water pipelines and power lines.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints in and near Petrivske and Verkhnoshyrokivske, both in non-government-controlled areas.