OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: An SMM mini-UAV spotted five tanks (T-80) under a camouflage net near Paraskoviivka (75km north of Donetsk), about 1km from where small-arms fire was directed at an SMM mini-UAV (see SMM Daily Report 15 August 2019).

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: On 11 August, aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of three towed howitzers or mortars (types undetermined) in a training area near Ternove (see above) (not seen in imagery from 28 July 2019). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The SMM noted that 13 towed howitzers (2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) and two self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) remained missing. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The SMM noted that 23 tanks (14 T-72 and nine T-64), 15 anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) and nine mortars (2B14 Podnos, 82mm) remained missing. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: An SMM mid-range UAV spotted two armoured personnel carriers (APCs) (BTR variant) north-east of Zolote-4/Rodina. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: An SMM long-range UAV spotted three APCs (two MT-LB and a BTR variant) under a camouflage net on the south-eastern edge of Bezimenne (30km east of Mariupol). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: On 14 August, while at a border crossing point near Uspenka (73km south-east of Donetsk) for about an hour, the SMM saw 16 cars (nine with Ukrainian and two with Russian Federation licence plates and five with “DPR” plates), 12 covered cargo trucks (ten with Ukrainian licence plates and two with “DPR” plates) and two buses with Ukrainian licence plates... https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to a water pipeline between Zolote-3/Stakhanovets (government-controlled, 61km west of Luhansk) and Popasna and the drilling of wells near Raivka (non-government-controlled, 16km north-west of Luhansk) https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The SMM also continued to facilitate the operation of the DFS and to monitor the security situation in the area of the pumping station near Vasylivka (non-government-controlled, 20km north of Donetsk). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: On 14 August, the Mission observed a calm situation at the crossing points between Kalanchak (67km south-east of Kherson), Chaplynka (77km south-east of Kherson) and Crimea. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: Disengagement is foreseen in the Framework Decision of the Trilateral Contact Group relating to disengagement of forces and hardware of 21 September 2016. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The SMM was unable to assess whether these weapons were in violation of withdrawal lines in the absence of information on their calibre. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The SMM visited areas previously holding weapons that could not be verified as withdrawn, as their storage did not comply with the criteria set out in the 16 October 2015 notification from the SMM to the signatories of the Package of Measures on effective monitoring and verification of the withdrawal of heavy weapons https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini unmanned aerial vehicle near government-controlled Zolote-4/Rodina. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs to and the operation of essential civilian infrastructure. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: Restrictions of the Mission’s access continued, including at checkpoints near non-government-controlled Zaichenko and Verkhnoshyrokivske. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: 23 tanks in a training area near Ternove (57km east of Donetsk) (for previous observations, see SMM Daily Report 24 July 2019) and https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: 22 tanks and 24 pieces of towed artillery in a training area near Myrne (28km south-west of Luhansk) (for previous observations, see SMM Daily Report 13 August 2019). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: four IFVs (three BMP-2 and a BMP-1) and an APC (BTR-70) in a compound in Chermalyk (31km north-east of Mariupol) and an IFV (BMP-1) under a camouflage net north of Chermalyk; and https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428135