OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 299/2019 issued on 18 December 2019

Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 17 December 2019. All times are in Eastern European Time.

Summary

Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
The Mission saw personnel of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine and de-miners from non-government-controlled areas enter the disengagement area near Zolote. It also saw SES personnel conducting demining activities along the northern edge of the disengagement area near Petrivske.
The SMM saw three weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area of Donetsk region.
The Mission saw anti-tank mines near Verkhnoshyrokivske.
The Mission monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to facilitate the drilling of water wells near Pankivka and repairs to water pipelines near Horlivka.
The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints of the armed formations near Prymorske, Oleksandrivske, Shevchenko, Novoazovsk and Nova Marivka in southern Donetsk region.

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