OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 3/2020 issued on 6 January 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 3 and 4 January, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
• Between the evenings of 4 and 5 January, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle flying over areas near non-government-controlled Obozne, in Luhansk region.*
• Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM observed demining activities near the railway track and former positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
• The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Zolote and Petrivske.
• It saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk region.
• The SMM saw for the first time anti-tank mines near non-government-controlled Nova Marivka, in Donetsk region.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Zaichenko, in southern Donetsk region.*