OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 35/2022 issued on 15 February 2022

Summary

• In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 17 ceasefire violations, including one explosion. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 157 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 157 ceasefire violations, including 40 explosions. 80 of the ceasefire violations were assessed as a live-fire exercise outside the security zone. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 80 ceasefire violations in the region.
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The SMM observed an anti-personnel mine, assessed as recently laid, on the edge of road H-20 near non-government-controlled Olenivka, Donetsk region.
• The Mission monitored the operation and repair of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The SMM continued to follow up on the situation for civilians, including at entry-exit checkpoints and corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission observed a gathering in Kyiv.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted. Its unmanned aerial vehicles again encountered instances of GPS signal interference, assessed as caused by probable jamming and jamming.*