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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 270/2019 issued on 14 November 2019
KYIV 14 November 2019
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 13 November 2019. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
- The SMM was notified by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and by the armed formations in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region that the withdrawal of forces and hardware in the Petrivske disengagement area was completed. The Mission saw demining activities inside and near the disengagement area.
- The Mission continued to observe demining activities inside the Zolote disengagement area.
- Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM continued to observe construction works at the broken section of the bridge.
- The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure on both sides of the contact line.
- Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Zaichenko, Nova Marivka, Starolaspa and Shevchenko.*
