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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 258/2019 issued on 31 October 2019
KYIV 31 October 2019
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 30 October 2019. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.
- The SMM observed further withdrawal of forces and hardware from the Zolote disengagement area.
- Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued to observe construction works at the broken section of the bridge.
- The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside the Petrivske disengagement area.
- The SMM observed two weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.
- The Mission saw for the first time unexploded ordnance in non-government-controlled Sakhanka and Roza.
- The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure on both sides of the contact line.
- Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued.
