OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 105/2020 issued on 4 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 1 and 2 May, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Between the evenings of 2 and 3 May, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• Explosions occurred near the SMM in Zolote-5/Mykhailivka and Sentianivka, Luhansk region.
• Gunfire was assessed as aimed at SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles flying near Donetsk city and Popasna.
• In Donetsk region, the Mission followed up on reports of a woman who was killed by gunfire in Spartak and saw damage to civilian properties in Holmivskyi.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians amid the COVID-19 outbreak, including at entry-exit checkpoints and their corresponding checkpoints in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including at checkpoints of the armed formations near Bessarabka and Novoazovsk.*