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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 25/2020 issued on 31 January 2020
KYIV 31 January 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 30 January 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 continued monitoring the security situation at the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
- The SMM monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to facilitate maintenance to and the operation of critical civilian infrastructure, including the phenol sludge reservoir near Zalizne.
- The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint in non-government-controlled Zaichenko, in southern Donetsk region.*
