OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 116/2020 issued on 16 May 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• An SMM patrol heard and saw two incoming projectiles explode in the air at close distance while positioned south-west of Berezivske, Luhansk 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. Inside the disengagement area near Petrivske, it recorded ceasefire violations and observed persons near former positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during evening hours.
• The Mission monitored and facilitated adherence to localised ceasefires to enable the operation of and repairs to critical civilian water infrastructure in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The SMM 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.*