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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 220/2019 issued on 17 September 2019
KYIV 17 September 2019
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 16 September 2019. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
- Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas completing asphalting of the road north of the broken section of the bridge, and workers from non-government-controlled areas cutting tree branches and repairing the metal sections of the bridge.
- An SMM unmanned aerial vehicle spotted 38 anti-tank mines inside the Petrivske disengagement area.
- The Mission saw four weapons in violation of withdrawal lines, all in non-government-controlled areas.
- The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure, including power line repairs near Spartak.
- Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints in Petrivske and near Verkhnoshyrokivske, all in non-government-controlled areas.*
