OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 124/2020 issued on 26 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous 24 hours, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk 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 all three disengagement areas. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske and spotted persons inside the disengagement areas near Petrivske and Zolote.
• The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area 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.
• In Dnipro, the SMM monitored a peaceful gathering during which participants were expressing messages critical of the Government.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations in Sofiivka.*