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Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Based on Information Received As of 19:30, 11 August 2019 8/12/2019 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 11 August 2019 Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 9 and 10 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 10 and 11 August, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours. In Troitske, two women sustained injuries due to shelling, prior to the recommitment to the ceasefire. The SMM saw that demining works continued inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area on 10 August. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines at the train station in Bakhmut. The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable the drilling of wells near Raivka and facilitate the operation of essential civilian infrastructure. The Mission observed a calm situation at the crossing point between Chonhar and Crimea and in nearby areas. Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued, including at non-government-controlled checkpoints near Verkhnoshyrokivske, Zaichenko, Oleksandrivka and Kreminets... DAILY REPORT Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 11 August 2019 This report is for the media and the general public. Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 9 and 10 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Between the evenings of 10 and 11 August, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours. In Troitske, two women sustained injuries due to shelling, prior to the recommitment to the ceasefire. The SMM saw that demining works continued inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area on 10 August. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines at the train station in Bakhmut. The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable the drilling of wells near Raivka and facilitate the operation of essential civilian infrastructure. The Mission observed a calm situation at the crossing point between Chonhar and Crimea and in nearby areas. Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued, including at non-government-controlled checkpoints near Verkhnoshyrokivske, Zaichenko, Oleksandrivka and Kreminets.* [1] Ceasefire violations In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 9 and 10 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including fewer explosions (11), compared with the previous reporting period (35 explosions). More than half of the ceasefire violations were recorded in areas between Pyshchevyk (government- controlled, 25km north-east of Mariupol) and Verkhnoshyrokivske (formerly Oktiabr, non-government- controlled, 29km north-east of Mariupol). https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?e=a646e4eace&u=b11aceda364f8f9afa6cadbbb&id=289de9a33f 1/7 8/12/2019 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 11 August 2019 Between the evenings of 10 and 11 August, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including, however, more explosions (17), compared with the previous 24 hours. More than half of the ceasefire violations were recorded in areas west of Hnutove (government-controlled, 20km north-east of Mariupol) and at southerly directions of the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) (15km north of Donetsk), where among other ceasefire violations nine undetermined explosions were recorded. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 9 and 10 August, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including four explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (no explosions). More than half of the ceasefire violations were recorded inside and near the disengagement area near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk) (see below). Between the evenings of 10 and 11 August, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations, including eight explosions, compared with the previous 24 hours. Almost half of the ceasefire violations were again recorded inside and near the Zolote disengagement area (see below). Two women in Troitske sustained injuries due to shelling prior to the recommitment to the ceasefire The SMM followed up on reports of two women (in their sixties) who sustained injuries due to shelling on 28 February in the eastern part of Troitske (government-controlled, 69km west of Luhansk). On 4 March, the head of the Troitske administration (a man, in his thirties) told the Mission that on 1 March on Soniachna Street he had seen two women, both residents of the street – one with injuries to her leg, the other with injuries to her arm, both due to shelling. The SMM was unable to access the street due to security considerations. In late July at a one-storey house at 20 Soniachna Street in Troitske, a woman (in her sixties) told the Mission that she lived there and that on the evening of 28 February she had been at home when she heard an explosion and saw one window pane breaking and pieces of broken glass hitting her leg. She also said that the roof of her house had been damaged. When the SMM was speaking with the woman it saw that three east-facing windows and the roof of the house had been repaired. Also in late July, at 21 Soniachna Street, at a one-storey house across the street from the above- mentioned house, another woman (in her sixties) told the Mission that she lived there and that on the evening of 28 February she had been in the yard in front of her house when she saw and heard three impacts near the house at 20 Soniachna Street. She said that she had sustained injures to her arm and face from the ensuing pieces of shrapnel. She added that three west-facing windows of her house had been damaged. When the SMM was speaking with the woman it saw that three west-facing windows had been repaired. Medical staff at the clinic in Troitske told the Mission that a woman (in her sixties) from 20 Soniachna Street with a cut to her leg caused by glass debris and another woman (in her sixties) from 21 Soniachna Street with injuries caused by shrapnel had been treated at the clinic on the morning of 1 March. Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area On 10 August, inside the disengagement area, the SMM saw up to 15 deminers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine clearing vegetation and conducting demining activities on both sides of the road, about 100m north of the broken section of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge (15km north-east of Luhansk). The Mission also saw about ten deminers from non-government-controlled areas clearing vegetation and conducting demining activities sides on both sides of the broken section of the bridge, starting from the wooden ramps. It also saw a senior member of the armed formations and two other members [2] wearing armbands with “JCCC” written on them south of the bridge. https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?e=a646e4eace&u=b11aceda364f8f9afa6cadbbb&id=289de9a33f 2/7 8/12/2019 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 11 August 2019 On the same day, between 18:30 and 18:45, after the closure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces entry-exit checkpoint (EECP) outside the disengagement area and the checkpoint of the armed formations south of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge (inside the disengagement area), the SMM heard two explosions, assessed as controlled detonations of explosive devices, inside the disengagement area, near the broken section of the bridge. On 11 August, the Mission saw two members of the armed formations wearing armbands with “JCCC” written on them south of the bridge. On both days, the SMM saw that pedestrians continued crossing the bridge without interruption and the shuttle bus continued operating between the EECP and the broken section of the bridge. [3] Other disengagement areas On the evening 9 August, the SMM camera in Zolote recorded four projectiles in flight at an assessed range of 1.5-3km south-south-east, assessed as inside the disengagement area, as well as a projectile in flight at an assessed range of 1-2km east, assessed as outside the disengagement area but within its 5km periphery. On the evening of 10 August, the same camera recorded 12 projectiles in flight at an assessed range of 2-2.5km south-south-east, assessed as inside the disengagement area. On 10 and 11 August, positioned close to the disengagement area near Petrivske (non-government- controlled, 41km south of Donetsk), the Mission observed a calm situation. Withdrawal of weapons The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons in implementation of the Memorandum and the Package of Measures and its Addendum. In violation of withdrawal lines Government-controlled areas 10 August The SMM saw six multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) (BM-21 Grad, 122mm), nine self-propelled howitzers (seven 2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm and two 2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) and four anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) at the train station in Bakhmut (formerly Artemivsk, 67km north of Donetsk). Beyond withdrawal lines but outside of designated storage sites Government-controlled areas 9 August An SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted: three surface-to-air missile systems (9K35, Strela-10) at the train station in Rubizhne (84km north-west of Luhansk) and an anti-tank guided missile system (9P148 Konkurs, 135mm) near Oleksandro-Kalynove (47km west of Donetsk). 10 August An SMM mini-UAV spotted seven self-propelled mortars (2S9 Nona-S, 120mm) at the train station in Rubizhne (see above). The SMM saw three self-propelled howitzers (2S1) near Fedorivka (87km north of Donetsk). https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?e=a646e4eace&u=b11aceda364f8f9afa6cadbbb&id=289de9a33f 3/7 8/12/2019 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 11 August 2019 11 August The SMM saw four towed mortars (2B9 Vasilek, 82mm) at the train station in Rubizhne (see above).
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