OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 69/2021 issued on 25 March 2021

Summary

• In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 89 ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded two ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded five ceasefire violations in the region.
• An explosion occurred near an SMM patrol near Kamianka, Donetsk region.
• The Mission followed up on reports of a man injured due to small-arms fire in non-government-controlled Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region.
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable maintenance and operation of critical civilian infrastructure and heard an undetermined explosion near the Donetsk Filtration Station.
• The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at three entry-exit checkpoints and two corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Luhansk region.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*