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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 13/2020 issued on 17 January 2020
KYIV 17 January 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 16 January 2020. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- A man sustained injuries due to the explosion of a mine in non-government-controlled Pionerske, in Luhansk region.
- Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle flying over areas near non-government-controlled Shymshynivka, in Luhansk region.
- The Mission continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations, including 120 explosions, near the Petrivske disengagement area.
- In Donetsk region, the SMM monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable repair works to railway tracks and water pipelines.
- The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Zaichenko, in southern Donetsk region.
