OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 119/2020 issued on 20 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• An SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted recent damage and craters due to shelling at and near an operational water treatment plant close to non-government-controlled Betmanove, Donetsk region.
• Members of the armed formations denied the Mission passage at a checkpoint along an official crossing route in Luhansk region.*
• The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. SMM UAVs spotted people inside the disengagement area near Petrivske, including during night hours.
• The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line.
• An SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time 80 anti-tank mines near government-controlled Novhorodske, Donetsk region.
• The Mission continued following up on measures taken 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.*