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Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 18 August 2019

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Summary

  • Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 16 and 17 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
  • Between the evenings of 17 and 18 August, the Mission recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
  • The SMM continued to monitor the situation inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area.
  • The Mission recorded ceasefire violations inside of the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement areas.
  • It saw self-propelled howitzers in violation of withdrawal lines near Mariupol.
  • The SMM saw unexploded ordnance near Popasna, Novohryhorivka, Verkhnoshyrokivske, and Shyrokyne.
  • The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of essential civilian infrastructure at the Donetsk Filtration Station and the pumping station near Vasylivka.
  • Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued, including at a checkpoint near Kreminets where members of the armed formations behaved aggressively towards the Mission.*

Ceasefire violations

In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 16 and 17 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including, however, more explosions (about 150), compared with the previous reporting period (52 explosions). The majority of the ceasefire violations, including most of the explosions, were recorded in areas south and south-south-east of Pyshchevyk (government-controlled, 25km north-east of Mariupol), north-north-west of Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk) and at southerly directions of Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk).

Between the evenings of 17 and 18 August, the Mission recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations, including, however, fewer explosions (about 60), compared with the previous 24 hours. The majority of the ceasefire violations were recorded in areas south and south-south-east of Pyshchevyk and south-south-west of Svitlodarsk.

In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 16 and 17 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including fewer explosions (four), compared with the previous reporting period (35 explosions). All of the ceasefire violations were recorded in areas west-south-west of Holubivske (non-government-controlled, 51km west of Luhansk), north-west of Nyzhnoteple (government-controlled, 26km north of Luhansk), and south-south-east of Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk).

Between the evenings of 17 and 18 August, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations, and no explosions, compared with the previous 24 hours. All of the ceasefire violations were recorded east-north-east of Popasna (government-controlled, 69km west of Luhansk).