OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 263/2019 issued on 6 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
• Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near non-government-controlled Metalist.
• The Mission observed demining activities inside the Zolote disengagement area.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued to observe construction works at the broken section of the bridge.
• The SMM observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk region.
• The SMM continued to monitor the security situation in areas around the Donetsk Filtration Station and the pumping station near Vasylivka.
• The SMM monitored peaceful gatherings in Kyiv, Odessa, Chernivtsi, Kherson, Lviv and Uzhhorod commemorating the anniversary of the death of Kateryna Handziuk.
• Restrictions of the Mission’s freedom of movement continued, including at a checkpoint near non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske.