OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 113/2020 issued on 13 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• The Mission followed up on reports of two men injured by shelling in non-government-controlled Sakhanka, Donetsk region.
• The SMM observed shrapnel and gunfire damage to civilian properties in Yasne and Avdiivka, Donetsk region.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the Mission passage at checkpoints along official crossing routes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.*
• The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske and spotted persons during night hours inside the disengagement areas near Zolote and Petrivske.
• The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line.
• The SMM saw for the first time anti-tank mines near government-controlled Lebedynske.
• The Mission continued following up on the situation of civilians amid the COVID-19 outbreak, including at entry-exit checkpoints and their corresponding checkpoints in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*