Daily and spot reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In Kyiv the SMM monitored a violent protest by members of the “Aidar” battalion in front of the Ministry of Defence.

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum. The Ukrainian Major-General, Head of the Ukrainian side within the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC), told the SMM that the JCCC Headquarters (HQ) in Debaltseve was hit multiple times by Grad rockets on 1 February, resulting in a number of casualties. The Russian Federation Armed Forces staff assigned to the JCCC HQ in Debaltseve remains relocated in Soledar.

On 30 January at 12:23hrs, the “emergency services department” of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) informed the SMM that two shelling incidents had just taken place in Donetsk city at “DPR”-controlled Kuibyshevskyi district...

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). Two shelling incidents occurred in Donetsk city resulting in at least five civilian fatalities and eight civilians injured. Evacuation of civilians from “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Lugansk People’s Republic” (“DPR” and “LPR”)- controlled areas continued...

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM observed military equipment and vehicles in Donetsk region...

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In areas under control of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) the SMM observed movement of unmarked military vehicles. In Luhansk the SMM observed damage caused by recent shelling...

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In Donetsk the SMM observed damage caused by recent shelling. The SMM went to the border crossing points between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Marynivka and Uspenka...