DAILY REPORT
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 40/2020 issued on 18 February 2020Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 18 February 2020. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary
- Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
- The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
- The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line in Donetsk region and in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region.
- An SMM long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted three electronic warfare systems and an active radar system near non-government-controlled Verbova Balka.
- An SMM long-range UAV spotted a train moving eastwards towards the border near non-government-controlled Voznesenivka.
- Due to signal interference, the SMM lost connection with two of its mini-UAVs near non-government-controlled Holubivske and was unable to recover them.
- The SMM’s freedom of movement was restricted again at checkpoints of the armed formations in Verkhnoshyrokivske in southern Donetsk region and close to a border area near non-government-controlled Voznesenivka in Luhansk region.*
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