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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 223/2019 issued on 20 September 2019
KYIV 20 September 2019
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 19 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 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
- Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas working on the foundations of a bypass bridge east of the broken section of the bridge.
- The Mission observed demining activities inside the disengagement area near Zolote and was, as a result, able to cross through.
- The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs and the operations of critical civilian infrastructure, including repairs to water pipelines and power lines.
- Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints in and near Petrivske and Verkhnoshyrokivske, both in non-government-controlled areas.
