OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 96/2020 issued on 23 April 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• The Mission’s passage continued to be denied at checkpoints of the armed formations near Horlivka, Donetsk region and south of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge, Luhansk region.*
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska. It recorded ceasefire violations and saw a person near a former position of the armed formations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske. The Mission also recorded five persons near a former position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces inside the disengagement area near Zolote.
• The Mission monitored and facilitated adherence to localized ceasefires to enable repairs to critical civilian infrastructure, as well as demining activities, including at a cemetery in a government-controlled area of Donetsk region.
• The SMM saw that two entry-exit checkpoints and the corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained close amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*