OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 43/2020 issued on 21 February 2020

Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 20 February 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.
The Mission saw fresh damage from shelling to residential buildings and a power substation in non-government-controlled Zolote-5/Mykhailivka and Holubivske.
The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
The Mission facilitated localized ceasefires to enable a transfer of reportedly human remains of two Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel from non-government- to government-controlled areas, as well as to enable repairs to critical civilian infrastructure.
The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Verkhnoshyrokivske.*
The Mission monitored public gatherings commemorating those who lost their lives during Maidan-related events in 2014.

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