AsAs of 7of September 24 July 2017 2020 Report OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) STATUS osce.org/ukraine-smm

MISSION MEMBERS as of 7 September 2 0 2 0

TOTAL M ISSION M ONITORS 1,296 Albania 6 Kyrgyzstan 22 Armenia 2 Latvia 6

124 Austria 7 Lithuania 1 SMM monitoring officers near Olenivka, Donetsk region (OSCE/Alfred Kueppers) Azerbaijan 1 Moldova 42 FACTS MATTER 725 Belarus 5 Mongolia 1  For the sixth week in a row, after additional measures to strengthen the ceasefire took effect, the level of armed violence continues to remain low. Between 24 August and 6 447 Belgium 2 Montenegro 4 September, the SMM recorded 254 ceasefire violations.  The SMM continued monitoring the security situation in and around the three pilot dis- Bosnia and 52 Netherlands 2 engagement areas, recording no ceasefire violations but noting again the regular pres- Herzegovina ence of people within or close to former military and military-type positions inside the * Other international staff includes Chief Monitor, two Deputy Chief Monitors, advisors, analysts, etc. ones near Zolote and Petrivske. North ** National staff includes assistants, advisors and administrative personnel. Bulgaria 45 25  The Mission corroborated reports of three civilian casualties – including one fatality – Macedonia resulting from the detonation of explosive objects, bringing the total number since the beginning of 2020 to 64: nine fatalities and 55 injuries. For the sixth consecutive week, Canada 29 Norway 8 the Mission received no reports of civilian casualties or damage to civilian properties SPECIAL MONITORING MISSION TO UKRAINE due to shelling or small-arms fire. Croatia 10 Poland 32  The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor adherence to localized ceasefires to ena- Who we are Czech ble repairs to and maintenance of critical civilian infrastructure. This included repairs to 11 Romania 33 water infrastructure between Toretsk and Horlivka, providing water to about 150,000  Unarmed civilian monitors; Republic people on both sides of the contact line.  Around 720 monitors across Ukraine; Russian Denmark 4 39  The SMM continued to observe the presence of mines on both sides of the contact line,  Around 550 based in the east; Federation some seen for the first time, including 10 anti-tank mines in the outskirts of Donetsk city  From 44 OSCE participating States. and 22 near Opytne. Estonia 3 Serbia 15  Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the SMM continued to note reduced numbers of civilians What we do crossing the contact line at Stanytsia Luhanska bridge and observed that some civilians Finland 22 Slovakia 13  Report the facts as we observe and establish them; continued to stay overnight near the entry-exit checkpoint (EECP) there. In Donetsk France 14 Slovenia 1 region, where EECPs are mostly open, corresponding checkpoints of the armed for-  Gather information and report on the security situation; mations – except one, which operated only two days a week – remained closed, re-  Report on the humanitarian situation and people’s needs, Georgia 22 Spain 10 sulting in severely restricted movement and hardship for the civilian population. In some and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid of other cases, people had to stay overnight, without shelter or adequate facilities, as they wait- organizations; Germany 32 Sweden 13 ed for permission to cross.  Help to establish dialogue and local ceasefires. Greece 20 Switzerland 5  The Mission’s freedom of movement was restricted 15 times on the ground, all in non- government-controlled areas. SMM unmanned aerial vehicles experienced signal inter- Hungary 17 Tajikistan 12 ference assessed as caused by probable jamming on 20 occasions while flying near the Important to understand: contact line in government- and non-government-controlled areas, including three  It is up to the sides to stop the fighting; Ireland 7 Turkey 10 times over the disengagement area near Petrivske.  We do not conduct investigations, but report on facts; United  Crossing difficulties at the contact line continue to hinder the operations of the SMM in Italy 18 45  We do not deliver but facilitate the delivery of Kingdom non-government-controlled areas. humanitarian aid.  The SMM’s daily reports are available in three languages (English, Ukrainian and Rus- Kazakhstan 4 United States 53 sian) on the OSCE website: www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/reports. TOTAL 725 @osce_smm www.facebook.com/oscesmm Male 588 Female 137