OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 252/2021 issued on 27 October 2021

Summary

• In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 435 ceasefire violations, including 86 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 205 ceasefire violations in the region.
• In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations, including three explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded three ceasefire violations in the region.
• The Mission followed up on reports of damage to an inhabited apartment in non-government-controlled Zolote-5/Mykhailivka, Luhansk region.
• The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
• The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable the operation and construction of critical civilian infrastructure.
• The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit checkpoints and four checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• The Mission monitored the security situation in east and south-east Kherson region.
• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Bezimenne, Donetsk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles again experienced multiple instances of jamming and probable jamming.*