Hostilities continue to endanger civilians in eastern Ukraine

The same day the SMM together with the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire, enabling the resumption of operations at the water filtration station in Yasynuvata. (OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Moreover, the presence of chemicals for water treatment poses an additional threat and could lead to an environmental disaster in the event of a direct hit. (OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A lot of infrastructure across the conflict-affected areas remains damaged, inaccessible, mined or otherwise unusable. (OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka)

At the destroyed bridge in Stanytsia Luhanska, SMM monitors saw large numbers of elderly men and women, among them many with walking difficulties, crossing with great difficulty and danger to themselves. (OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka)