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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 273/2021 issued on 20 November 2021
Publishing date: 20 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 421 ceasefire violations, including 95 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 715 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 121 ceasefire violations, including 51 explosions, 37 of which were assessed
OSCE SMM Spot Report 26/2021: Members of the armed formations denied the SMM access to Staromykhailivka and threatened to shoot down an SMM mini-UAV
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 19 November at 09:45, at a checkpoint in Staromykhailivka (non-government-controlled, 15km west of Donetsk), two visibly armed members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage into the settlement, referring to a need to obtain approval from their superiors. The patrol’s task was to follow
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 272/2021 issued on 19 November 2021
Publishing date: 19 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 715 ceasefire violations, including 98 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 408 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 245 ceasefire violations, including 130 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 271/2021 issued on 18 November 2021
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 408 ceasefire violations, including 150 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 299 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 256 ceasefire violations, including 205 explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina releases ‘Maglaj- War and Peace’ documentary
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
“There are no winners in war” say the protagonists of ‘Maglaj – War and Peace’, a documentary by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina released publicly online today with the Swedish Embassy in Sarajevo on behalf of the 2021 Swedish Chairpersonship of the OSCE.
103rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 18 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 18 November 2021 — The 103rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) convened today in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all necessary health precautions were followed at the meeting venue.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 270/2021 issued on 17 November 2021
Publishing date: 17 November 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 299 ceasefire violations, including 57 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 268 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 145 ceasefire violations, including 91 explosions. In the previous reporting