Daily and spot reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

On the morning of 23 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region twice denied and once delayed the Mission passage to government-controlled areas. The SMM patrols were travelling from non-government-controlled areas....

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 738 ceasefire violations, including 156 explosions, 277 of which were assessed as live-fire exercises outside the security zone. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 27 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 27 ceasefire violations, including 11 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 11 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 224 ceasefire violations, including 23 explosions. In the previous reporting

On the morning of 21 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region once denied the Mission’s passage to non-government-controlled areas and once delayed its passage to government-controlled areas...

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 11 ceasefire violations, including seven explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 76 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 169 ceasefire violations, including 29 explosions. In the previous reporting

On the morning of 20 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region denied the Mission passage to an electricity box, part of the power supply to the SMM’s camera system in the disengagement area near Zolote. The box was located 100m south of the southern edge of the disengagement area. The SMM patrol, embedded with two technical specialists, was travelling from the direction of Kadiivka (formerly Stakhanov, non-government-controlled, 50km west of Luhansk)...

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 76 ceasefire violations, including 23 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 34 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 25 ceasefire violations, including 20 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded