OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 274/2021 issued on 22 November 2021

Summary

• In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 19 to 21 November, the Mission recorded 223 ceasefire violations, including 59 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 421 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 19 to 21 November, the SMM recorded 64 ceasefire violations, including 37 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 121 ceasefire violations in the region.
• The Mission followed up on recent damage to civilian properties in Lozove and Marinka, Donetsk region, as well as to a civilian property and a working hospital in Zolote-5/Mykhailivka and Dovhe, Luhansk region.
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The SMM facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable the operation of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The Mission continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit checkpoints and four corresponding checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM monitored gatherings in Kharkiv and Lviv.
•  The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Mineralne, Donetsk region, and at a border crossing point outside government-control in Voznesenivka (formerly Chervonopartyzansk), and at the Chervona Mohyla railway station in Voznesenivka, Luhansk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles again experienced instances of probable jamming.*