OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 19/2020 issued on 24 January 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. A member of the armed formations again restricted the Mission’s access near the latter area, including to the SMM camera.
• The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line, including three mortars in a residential area of non-government-controlled Donetsk city.
• The Mission visited border crossing points in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at three checkpoints of the armed formations in southern Donetsk region.