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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 296/2019 issued on 14 December 2019
KYIV 14 December 2019
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 13 December 2019. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. It recorded an explosion in Luhansk region.
- The Mission continued to monitor the situation in the disengagement areas near Petrivske, Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska.
- It saw a tank in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region.
- The SMM saw for the first time six anti-tank mines near a road leading from non-government-controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske to government-controlled Pyshchevyk.
- The SMM monitored adherence to a localized ceasefire to facilitate the drilling of water wells in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region. It continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station.
- Freedom of movement for the SMM continued to be restricted, including near Korsun, Staropetrivske and at a checkpoint close to Verkhnoshyrokivske, all in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.*
