OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 270/2019 issued on 14 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• The SMM was notified by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and by the armed formations in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region that the withdrawal of forces and hardware in the Petrivske disengagement area was completed. The Mission saw demining activities inside and near the disengagement area.
• The Mission continued to observe demining activities inside the Zolote disengagement area.
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued to observe construction works at the broken section of the bridge.
• The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure on both sides of the contact line.
• Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Zaichenko, Nova Marivka, Starolaspa and Shevchenko.*