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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 76/2020 issued on 31 March 2020
KYIV 31 March 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 30 March 2020. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
- A woman died and another was injured due to small-arms fire in Staromykhailivka and Avdiivka, respectively.
- Members of the armed formations denied the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas at four checkpoints in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions, citing, among other reasons, “orders from superiors related to COVID-19”.
- The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
- The SMM again saw that four entry-exit checkpoints of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
- The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable the operation, construction and repairs of critical civilian infrastructure on both sides of the contact line, as well as to enable demining activities in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region.
