OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Daily and spot reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine gathers information and reports each day on the security situation with daily reports, and in response to specific incidents on the ground with spot reports.
Beginning of disengagement at Zolote disengagement area
Report type: Spot report
Shortly after 12:00 (Eastern European Time) on 29 October, the SMM observed the beginning of the disengagement process at the Zolote disengagement area. SMM patrols positioned both on the northern and southern edge of the area saw the launch of flares by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the armed formations, signaling both sides’ readiness to disengage...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Small-arms fire near SMM in Pikuzy
Report type: Spot report
On 4 September, an SMM patrol consisting of six people and two armoured vehicles was conducting an impact site assessment at Akhmatovoi Street in the north-eastern part of Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 23km north-east of Mariupol)...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Explosion near SMM in Pikuzy
Report type: Spot report
On 1 September, an SMM patrol consisting of five people and two armoured vehicles was conducting an impact site assessment on Akhmatovoi Street in the north-eastern part of Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 23km north-east of Mariupol). Three members of the armed formations as well as two cameramen were also present.
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Update on security situation following recommitment to ceasefire
Report type: Spot report
Following a recommitment to the ceasefire which began at 00:01 on 21 July, in connection with the agreement reached at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 17 July, the SMM continued to monitor the security situation...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Gunfire in close vicinity of SMM patrol members at Zolote disengagement area
Report type: Spot report
On 4 July, an SMM patrol consisting of four members and two armoured vehicles was positioned at the checkpoint of the armed formations on the southern edge of the Zolote disengagement area (60km west of Luhansk) preparing to conduct a mini-unmanned aerial vehicle flight. At 11:55, the SMM patrol members, two of whom were outside and two inside the vehicles, with doors open, heard 30-40 bursts of heavy-machine gun and 20-30 shots of small-arms fire, all assessed as originating 1-2km north-north-west of their position. The SMM members heard bullets flying 10-15m above their heads and also heard and saw bullets impacting electricity poles 10-15m south-west of their position...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Receipt of notifications on completion of disengagement in Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area
Report type: Spot report
On 29 June, the SMM received a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine notifying that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had completed disengagement in the agreed disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska.
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): SMM long-range UAV lost near contact line in a non-government-controlled area of Donetsk region
Report type: Spot report
On 27 June, the SMM was flying a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over government- and non-government-controlled areas of southern Donetsk region. At 23:18, while the UAV was flying near Zaichenko (non-government-controlled, 93km south of Donetsk), on-board systems indicated that the temperature of the UAV engine had reached critically high levels and it began to rapidly lose power and altitude. While attempting a controlled descent in an unpopulated area, at 23:22, the SMM lost contact with the UAV...
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Beginning of disengagement at Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area
Report type: Spot report
At 12:00 on 26 June, the SMM observed the beginning of the disengagement process at the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area.
Spot Report: Bullets near SMM patrol in area of Molodizhne
Report type: Spot report
In the afternoon of 9 June, an SMM patrol consisting of six members and two armoured vehicles was positioned about 45m east of a checkpoint of the armed formations about 1.2km south-west of Molodizhne (non-government-controlled, 63km north-west of Luhansk), to monitor the security situation. At 14:34, two members of the armed formations approached the SMM, briefly spoke to three SMM patrol members who were outside the vehicles and returned to the checkpoint.
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Outgoing fire close to SMM near Donetsk Filtration Station
Report type: Spot report
On the morning of 15 May, an SMM patrol consisting of five members and two armoured vehicles was positioned on road H20 about 2km south-east of Kamianka (government-controlled, 20km north of Donetsk) and about 3.5km north-west of the Donetsk Filtration Station (15km north of Donetsk) to monitor the security situation...