OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 299/2019 issued on 18 December 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• The Mission saw personnel of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine and de-miners from non-government-controlled areas enter the disengagement area near Zolote. It also saw SES personnel conducting demining activities along the northern edge of the disengagement area near Petrivske.
• The SMM saw three weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area of Donetsk region.
• The Mission saw anti-tank mines near Verkhnoshyrokivske.
• The Mission monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to facilitate the drilling of water wells near Pankivka and repairs to water pipelines near Horlivka.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints of the armed formations near Prymorske, Oleksandrivske, Shevchenko, Novoazovsk and Nova Marivka in southern Donetsk region.