OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 300/2019 issued on 19 December 2019

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission saw personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine driving inside the disengagement area near Zolote and de-miners from non-government-controlled areas exiting it.
• The SMM saw four multiple launch rocket systems in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region.
• The Mission saw long queues of civilians at checkpoints along the contact line.
• It facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to facilitate repairs to power lines near Luhanske, a water pipeline near Zaitseve and the drilling of water wells near Pankivka,
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints of the armed formations near Oleksandrivske and Novoazovsk in southern Donetsk region *