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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 64/2020 issued on 17 March 2020
KYIV 17 March 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 16 March 2020. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, including over 900 explosions in areas east and north-east of Zolote.
- Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle which was flying over areas near Krychnychne, Luhansk region.
- The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations, including explosions, assessed as inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
- The Mission observed measures related to the COVID-19 outbreak at entry-exit checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- It facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable demining activities near Krasnyi Yar and repairs to water pipelines in Zaitseve.
- Members of the armed formations continued to restrict the Mission’s freedom of movement in Donetsk city and at checkpoints in southern Donetsk region, including near Verkhnoshyrokivske, Nova Marivka, and Staromarivka.
