OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 163/2020 issued on 10 July 2020

Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30 9 July 2020. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time.

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region.

• An SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle spotted damage to civilian infrastructure near Horlivka.

• 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 the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.

• The SMM saw civilians queuing to travel towards government-controlled and non-government-controlled areas at the entry-exit checkpoint in Stanytsia Luhanska.

• The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted.*