OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The SMM noted that two self-propelled howitzers (2S3 Akatsiya, 152 mm) and six anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) were present and that six self-propelled howitzers (2S3) and six anti-tank guns (MT-12) remained missing. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: On 25 August, aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of two new trench extensions (not visible in imagery from 11 August 2019): one 400m in length about 2.6km south-east of Vodiane (government-controlled, 19km north-east of Mariupol) assessed as belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the second one 210m in length about 1.3km south-east of... https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The Mission again saw five anti-tank mines (TM-62) on the side of a road near a checkpoint of the armed formations on the northern edge of Dokuchaievsk (non-government-controlled, 30km south-west of Donetsk). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to the phenol sludge reservoir near Zalizne (government-controlled, 42km north-east of Donetsk). It also monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable the drilling of wells near Raivka (non-government-controlled, 16km north-west of Luhansk). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The SMM also monitored the security situation in the area of the pumping station near Vasylivka (non-government-controlled, 20km north of Donetsk) and facilitated the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station (15km north of Donetsk). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The Mission continued monitoring in Kherson, Odessa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Chernivtsi and Kyiv. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 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/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The SMM observed weapons that could not be verified as withdrawn, as their storage did not comply with the criteria set out in the 16 October 2015 notification from the SMM to the signatories of the Package of Measures on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/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: Small-arms fire was assessed as directed at an SMM mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near non-government-controlled Tavrycheske. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The SMM saw that the former forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and of the armed formations inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area continued to be dismantled. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The Mission recorded ceasefire violations near the disengagement area Zolote and observed military hardware inside the Petrivske disengagement area. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: It 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/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: two probable infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) (BMP variant) near Berezove (31km south-west of Donetsk); https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: At a checkpoint on the western edge of Prymorske (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Mariupol), three armed members of the armed formations did not allow the SMM to proceed towards Naberezhne (non-government-controlled, 33 km north-east of Mariupol), citing “demining activities in the area”. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: After the SMM flew a mini-UAV in the area of the bridge near Shchastia (government-controlled, 20km north of Luhansk), a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer at a checkpoint north of the same bridge told that the patrol to stay there while he clarified with his superiors whether to let the Mission leave without deleting the UAV imagery https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: The sides continued to deny the SMM full access to disengagement areas near Zolote and Petrivske, as well as the ability to travel certain roads previously identified as important for effective monitoring by the Mission and for civilians’ movement, through failure to conduct comprehensive clearance of mines and UXO. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: At a checkpoint north of the bridge near Shchastia, a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer denied the SMM passage towards the bridge by car and only allowed it to proceed further on foot (see above). https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: While conducting a mini-UAV flight north-east of Tavrycheske

OSCE SMM Report 30 Aug: An SMM mini UAV experienced signal interference while flying near Boikivske (formerly Telmanove, non-government-controlled, 67km south-east of Donetsk), assessed as caused by probable jamming. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/428840