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.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 16/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 21 and 22 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: twice in Donetsk region and once in Luhansk region, while further attempts to cross into government-controlled areas were also denied, once in
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 94/2020 issued on 21 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission’s passage continued to be denied at checkpoints of the armed formations near Horlivka, Donetsk region and south of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge, Luhansk
OSCE SMM Spot Report 15/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 18, 19, and 20 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: four times in Donetsk region and once in Luhansk region, while further attempts to cross into government-controlled areas were also denied, twice in Luhansk region and twice in Donetsk region...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 93/2020 issued on 20 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 17 and 18 April, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 18 and 19 April, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions,
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 92/2020 issued on 18 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards government-controlled areas at a checkpoint south of Stanytsia Luhanska bridge, Luhansk
OSCE SMM Spot Report 14/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 16 and 17 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: twice in Donetsk region and once in Luhansk region, while a further attempt to cross into government-controlled areas in Luhansk region was
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 91/2020 issued on 17 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas at a checkpoint near Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 90/2020 issued on 16 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas at checkpoints near Verkhnoshyrokivske, Donetsk
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 89/2020 issued on 15 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission observed damage to a railway station and a residential building in Yasynuvata. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards
OSCE SMM Spot Report 13/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 14 and 15 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross along official crossing routes: twice in Luhansk region and once in Donetsk region, while a further attempt to cross into non-government-controlled areas in Donetsk region was unsuccessful due to an obstruction.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 88/2020 issued on 14 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM heard impacts close to its position near the Donetsk Filtration Station. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards
OSCE SMM Spot Report 12/2020: Impacts near SMM patrol members at the railway station in non-government-controlled Yasynuvata
Report type: Spot report
On 13 April, an SMM patrol comprising four members and two vehicles was positioned outside of the railway station in Yasynuvata (non-government-controlled, 16km north-east of Donetsk) to monitor adherence to a localized ceasefire to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station (15km north of Donetsk)...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 87/2020 issued on 13 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 10 and 11 April, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 11 and 12 April, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, compared with the
OSCE SMM Spot Report 11/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 11, 12, and 13 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: four times in Donetsk region and twice in Luhansk region, while a further attempt to cross into government-controlled areas in Luhansk region was also denied...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 86/2020 issued on 11 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas at a checkpoint near Horlivka, Donetsk region and
OSCE SMM Spot Report 10/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 9 and 10 April, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas on official crossing routes: three times in Donetsk region and once in Luhansk region, while a further attempt to cross into government-controlled areas in Luhansk region was
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 85/2020 issued on 10 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. In Donetsk region, small-arms fire was assessed as directed at SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) flying over areas near Petrivske and Hranitne, one of
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 84/2020 issued on 9 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas at checkpoints in Donetsk region and towards
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 83/2020 issued on 8 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region at a checkpoint near Olenivka.
OSCE SMM Spot Report 9/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Report type: Spot report
On 7 and 8 April, members of the armed formations again denied attempts of the SMM to cross into non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region, as well as an attempt to cross into government-controlled areas in Luhansk region, all along official crossing routes. On the morning of 7 April, at a
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 82/2020 issued on 7 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It spotted four persons
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 81/2020 issued on 6 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 3 and 4 April, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 4 and 5 April, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 80/2020 issued on 4 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM saw a fresh crater near a residential building and a school in Novotoshkivske. Members of the armed formations delayed the SMM passage towards
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 79/2020 issued on 3 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region at checkpoints near
OSCE SMM Spot Report 8/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at three checkpoints in Donetsk region and a checkpoint in Luhansk region
Report type: Spot report
On 2 April, members of the armed formations again denied three attempts of the SMM to cross into non-government-controlled areas in Donetsk region as well as an attempt to cross into government-controlled areas in Luhansk region, all along official crossing routes...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 78/2020 issued on 2 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Small-arms fire was assessed as aimed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle flying over areas near Sentianivka, Luhansk region. Members of
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 77/2020 issued on 1 April 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Small-arms fire was assessed as aimed at SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicles flying over areas near government-controlled Hnutove and near non-government-controlled
OSCE SMM Spot Report 7/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at a checkpoint in Luhansk region
Report type: Spot report
On 31 March and 1 April, members of the armed formations again denied attempts of the SMM to travel towards non-government-controlled areas along an official crossing route...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 76/2020 issued on 31 March 2020
Report type: Daily report
Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A woman died and another was injured due to small-arms fire in Staromykhailivka and Avdiivka, respectively. Members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage towards
OSCE SMM Spot Report 6/2020: Members of the armed formations continued to deny SMM patrols passage at three checkpoints in Donetsk region and two in Luhansk region
Report type: Spot report
On 28, 29 and 30 March, members of the armed formations again denied attempts of the SMM to travel towards non-government-controlled areas – seven times in Donetsk region, and three times in Luhansk region, along official crossing routes...