OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 251/2019 issued on 23 October 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued to observe reconstruction works of the broken section of the bridge.
• The Mission continued to observe the clearing of vegetation inside the disengagement area near Zolote. It saw military presence inside the disengagement areas near Petrivske and Zolote.
• The SMM saw for the first time anti-tank mines near Styla.
• The Mission observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in government- and non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.
• The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure along the contact line.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s freedom of movement continued, including at a border crossing point near and a railway station in non-government-controlled Voznesenivka.*