OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 286/2021 issued on 6 December 2021

Summary

• In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 3 and 5 December, the SMM recorded 153 ceasefire violations, including 28 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 286 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 3 and 5 December, the Mission recorded 43 ceasefire violations, including 12 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 261 ceasefire violations in the region.
• Members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage three times near Stanytsia Luhanska and Zolote, Luhansk region.*
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
• The SMM facilitated the operation and maintenance of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The Mission continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at three entry-exit checkpoints and three corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Luhansk region.
• The SMM monitored the security situation in eastern and southern Kherson region.
• The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*