Daily and spot reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A woman was injured by small-arms fire in Novoluhanske. An explosion occurred near the SMM in Yasynuvata. An SMM mini-UAV spotted houses burned by shelling in

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and  more in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area the Mission saw the removal of concrete barriers and the widening of the road approaching the bridge. The

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. While conducting an impact site assessment in Pikuzy, the Mission heard small-arms fire and saw a bullet impact the

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)...

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed formations inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area

Summary Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission observed multiple craters and projectiles in flight in Pikuzy. The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 30 and 31 August, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 31 August and 1 September, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in both

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.

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. • Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near non-government-controlled Tavrycheske. • The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed formations inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area continued to be dismantled. • The Mission recorded ceasefire violations near the disengagement area Zolote and observed military hardware inside the Petrivske disengagement area. • The SMM saw a weapon in violation of withdrawal lines in government-controlled Mariupol.

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. • The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed formations inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area continued to be dismantled. • The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside and near the disengagement area near Zolote. • The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk region. • It monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure. • Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued, including at a checkpoint in non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske.*