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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 161/2020 issued on 8 July 2020
KYIV 8 July 2020
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 7 July 2020. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time.
Summary
- Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
- Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying close to and over the areas close to the disengagement area near Petrivske.
- The SMM followed up on reports of shelling in Horlivka, and its mini-UAVs spotted recent craters near Spartak and Zaitseve, 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 Mission continued monitoring all three disengagement areas: It observed people inside the disengagement area near Zolote during night hours and recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
- The SMM saw civilians queuing to travel towards government- and non-government-controlled areas at entry-exit checkpoints and checkpoints along the contact line. At a temporary checkpoint of the armed formations near Olenivka, the SMM observed long waiting hours and poor conditions for about 200 pedestrians queuing to travel towards government-controlled areas.
- The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*