OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 4/2022 issued on 10 January 2022

Summary

• In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 5 and 9 January, the SMM recorded 152 ceasefire violations, including 38 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 85 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 5 and 9 January, the Mission recorded 791 ceasefire violations, including 213 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 58 ceasefire violations in the region.
• Members of the armed formations denied the Mission’s passage near Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk region.*
• The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Zolote.
• The Mission facilitated the operation of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at entry-exit checkpoints and the corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission visited three border crossing points and monitored areas near the border outside government control in Donetsk region.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints of the armed formations near non-government-controlled Staromykhailivka, Horlivka and Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region, as well as at a checkpoint of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near government-controlled Bolotene, Luhansk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles encountered multiple instances of GPS signal interference assessed as caused by probable jamming and jamming.*