OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 123/2020 issued on 25 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 22 and 23 May, the Mission recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• Between the evenings of 23 and 24 May, the Mission recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• The SMM followed up on reports of a woman who sustained shrapnel injuries on 7 April in Marinka, Donetsk region.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission 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. Inside the disengagement area near Petrivske, it recorded ceasefire violations and spotted during evening hours persons inside a former position of the armed formations.
• The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines, including in training areas in non-government-controlled areas of 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 Mission monitored a peaceful gathering in Odessa during which participants were expressing messages critical of the Government.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints of the armed formations in Prymorske and near Shevchenko and Bessarabka, all in southern Donetsk region.*