News and press releases

The Government of Sweden has renewed the mandates of or, alternatively, appointed new members to the Court for a mandate of six years starting in October 2021.

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 134 ceasefire violations, including 15 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 169 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 49 ceasefire violations, including 11 explosions. In the previous reporting

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 169 ceasefire violations, including 70 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 120 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 71 ceasefire violations, including 39 explosions. In the previous reporting

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 120 ceasefire violations, including 38 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 216 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded ten ceasefire violations, including nine explosions. In the previous reporting

This week, the Swedish OSCE Chairpersonship hosted the second high-level retreat for Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde’s Special and Personal Representatives dealing with conflicts in the OSCE region as well as her Special Envoy outside Vienna from 20-21 October.

VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 20 October 2021 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid expressed deep concern over the continuing freedom of movement restrictions faced by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) in non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine.

Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 216 ceasefire violations, including 16 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 255 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 53 ceasefire violations, including two explosions. In the previous reporting