OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 236/2019 issued on 5 October 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number in Luhansk region.
• A man was injured by shrapnel in Staromykhailivka.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM observed that the pedestrian bypass bridge was open for passage and that the wooden ramps on the broken section of the bridge had been removed.
• The Mission observed 18 weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas, including multiple-launch rocket systems.
• The SMM saw for the first time anti-tank mines near Verkhnoshyrokivske, on a road being used by civilians, and near Donetskyi.
• The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station and maintenance and repairs to water pipelines near Pankivka and between Zolote-3/Stakhanovets and Popasna.  
• Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at a border crossing point near Izvaryne and at a checkpoint in Petrivske, both in non-government-controlled areas.*