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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 211/2019 issued on 6 September 2019
KYIV 6 September 2019
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 5 September 2019. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time.
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 Mission saw 22 weapons in violation of withdrawal lines, all but one in non-government controlled areas.
- The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure, including a water pipeline between Zolote-3/Stakhanovets and Popasna.
- Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at a checkpoint near Bezimenne.*
- The SMM monitored protests outside the National Council Television and Radio Broadcasting in Kyiv and the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Lviv.
