OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 276/2019 issued on 21 November 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
• The construction work at Stanytsia Luhanska Bridge was finalized; civilians started walking over the new section of the bridge while travelling towards government-controlled areas and in the opposite direction.        
• The SMM received a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a notification from the armed formations about the completion of demining activities inside the Petrivske disengagement area.
• The SMM continued to monitor the security situation inside and near the Zolote disengagement area.
• The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repair works to power lines near non-government-controlled Spartak, in Donetsk region.
• Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at checkpoints of the armed formations near Shevchenko and Verkhnoshyrokivske.