OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 121/2020 issued on 22 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*
• The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.
• It saw anti-tank mines, including some for the first time, near Dokuchaievsk, 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.*