OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 253/2019 issued on 25 October 2019
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Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 24 October 2019. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time.
Summary
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Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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The Mission saw damage from small-arms fire to a functioning school in non-government-controlled Zolote-5/Mykhailivka.
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Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission continued to observe reconstruction works of the broken section of the bridge.
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Inside the Zolote and Petrivske disengagement areas, the SMM observed military presence and hardware. The SMM recorded a ceasefire violation inside the Petrivske disengagement area.
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The SMM saw for the first time about 1,000 anti-tank mines (assessed as not recent) along the eastern edge of government-controlled Vodiane.
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The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate the operation of and repairs to critical civilian infrastructure, including power lines on both sides of the contact line.
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Restrictions of the SMM’s freedom of movement continued, including at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Zaichenko and Bezimenne*.