OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 15/2020 issued on 20 January 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 17 and 18 January, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Between the evenings of 18 and 19 January, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• The SMM followed up on reports that a man had been injured by an explosive device near government-controlled Vozdvyzhenka, Donetsk region.
• The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled and government-controlled areas of Donetsk region, including in residential areas.
• It saw anti-tank mines in government-controlled and non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region, some for the first time, as well as unexploded ordnance near government-controlled Lebedynske.
• It observed a gathering related to a commemoration event in Kyiv.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints of the armed formations in southern Donetsk region and near border areas outside of government control.