Daily and spot reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Summary During the evening of 27-28 February and from early morning hours on 28 February, the SMM continued to hear multiple explosions, including multiple launch rocket system and heavy artillery fire in and around the cities of Kharkiv and Kherson. The Mission completed the evacuation activities

Until the late hours of the night of 26-27 February and from the early morning hours on 27 February, the SMM continued to hear multiple explosions, including multiple launch rocket system and heavy artillery fire in and around the cities of Kharkiv, Kherson, and Odessa. The Mission completed

From 24 February, the Mission continues to observe a sharp deterioration of the security situation throughout its area of operations, with continued fighting in northern, north-eastern, and southern areas of Ukraine and ongoing reported attacks on key infrastructure sites and military bases throughout the country...

From the evening of 24 February, the Mission has continued to hear multiple explosions, including from multiple launch rocket systems and heavy artillery fire in and near the cities of Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kyiv. In downtown Kyiv, it also heard small-arms fire near its headquarters. The

Since the evening of 24 February and throughout the reporting period, the Mission heard multiple explosions, including multiple launch rocket system fire, near Shchastia as well as in the vicinity of the cities of Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kyiv. The Mission heard aircraft overflying the cities

On 24 February, starting in the early morning and continuing throughout the day, the Mission observed a sharp deterioration of the security situation throughout its area of operations, characterized by heavy exchanges of fire along the full length of the contact line, and attacks in areas with key infrastructure and bases throughout the country...

Since the early hours of 24 February, at various locations across Ukraine, the SMM observed a severely deteriorated security situation.  The Mission heard multiple explosions, including multiple launch rocket system fire. The SMM saw military aircraft overflying Kherson and Kyiv cities. The Mission