OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 148/2020 issued on 23 June 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a sharp increase in Luhansk region.
• The SMM camera near Shyrokyne was damaged.
• 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 observed people inside the disengagement areas near Zolote and Petrivske during evening hours.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localised ceasefires to enable the assessment, maintenance and operation of critical civilian infrastructure, as well as demining activities.
• The SMM saw civilians travelling towards government- and non-government-controlled areas through the entry-exit checkpoints in Stanytsia Luhanska and near Novotroitske, and saw civilians traveling towards government-controlled areas at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Olenivka.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*