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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 46/2020 issued on 25 February 2020
KYIV 25 February 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 24 February 2020. All times are in Eastern European Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- The Mission saw damage to a residential building in non-government-controlled Holubivske, reportedly from shelling on 18 February, and saw fresh craters in non-government controlled Oleksandrivka.
- It continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
- The SMM saw three weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- The SMM facilitated localized ceasefires to enable a transfer of human remains from government- to non-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 checkpoints of the armed formations near Verkhnoshyrokivske, Novoazovsk and Shcherbak in southern Donetsk region, and at border crossing points near Izvaryne and Sievernyi in non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk region.*
