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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 9/2020 issued on 13 January 2020
KYIV 13 January 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 12 January 2020. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 10 and 11 January, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- Between the evenings of 11 and 12 January, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
- A man was injured and civilian properties were damaged by shelling in non-government-controlled Holubivka, in Luhansk region.
- Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near government-controlled Novoluhanske, in Donetsk region.
- The SMM continued monitoring the situation in the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
- The Mission again saw the presence of anti-tank mines near Vodiane and Pikuzy.
- The Mission saw long queues at checkpoints along the contact line.
- Freedom of movement for the SMM continued to be restricted, including near Verkhnoshyrokivske, Markyne, Novoazovsk and Zaichenko, all in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.
