OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 272/2019 issued on 16 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• A man from non-government-controlled Donetsk city was injured by gunfire.
• The SMM continued to monitor the situation at the Petrivske disengagement area.
• The Mission observed personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine dismantling positions and workers from non-government-controlled areas clearing vegetation 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 Mission continued to facilitate repairs to and the operation of 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 Verkhnoshyrokivske and Kruta Balka.