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Table of Ceasefire Violations As of 24 April 20181 Table of ceasefire violations as of 24 April 20181 SMM Position Distance Direction Means No. Observation Description Weapon Date Time Illumination 1 Other flare in 20:50 vertical flight 23-Apr SMM camera 1km SW of 1 Explosion Undetermined 23:58 Shyrokyne 1-4km N Recorded 4 Projectile W to E N/K 00:26 (20km E of 2 Explosion Undetermined 01:00 Mariupol) 24-Apr 1 Explosion Undetermined 01:36 1 Explosion Undetermined 01:46 SMM camera NE to SW in Zolote (assessed as (government- 1.5-3km S Recorded 1 Projectile inside the N/K 23-Apr 21:20 controlled, disengagement 60km NW of area) Luhansk) 2 Shot 11:35 2-3km NNW Small arms 8 Burst 11:37 3km SW 3 Explosion Undetermined N/K 12:30 2km W of 1-2km WSW 2 Shot 12:49 Yasynuvata (non- NNW 8 Burst 13:23 2-3km government- W Heard 2 Shot Small arms 24-Apr 13:36 controlled, 2km SW 24 Burst 14:05 16km NE of Donetsk) 1-2km NW 2 Shot 14:11 14:14- 3-4km SW 5 Explosion Undetermined N/K 14:20 3km NNW 24 Burst Small arms 14:45 Petrivske (non- Assessed as 11:18- 13 Shot government- inside the DA 11:33 controlled, 1km S Heard Small arms 24-Apr Assessed as 41km S of 1 Burst 11:33 inside the DA Donetsk) N edge of Vuhlehirsk (non- government- 3km NW Heard 1 Explosion Undetermined N/K 24-Apr 09:46 controlled, 49km NE of Donetsk) 5km NNW of Vuhlehirsk (non- 15:00- government- 5km NNW Heard 70 Explosion Undetermined N/K 24-Apr 15:30 controlled, 49km NE of Donetsk) SE edge of 3-4km S 3 Explosion Undetermined 12:32 Avdiivka (government- Heard N/K 24-Apr controlled, 2-3km E 5 Explosion Undetermined 14:16 17km N of 1 The table only includes ceasefire violations directly observed by the SMM and it may include those also assessed to be live-fire exercises, controlled detonations, etc. Details provided – in terms of distance, direction, weapons-type, etc. – are based on assessments provided by monitors on the ground, and are not always necessarily precise. When information is not known (indicated with an “N/K”), the SMM was unable to ascertain such information due to distance, weather conditions and/or other considerations. Ceasefire violations recorded by more than one patrol and assessed to be the same are entered only once. - 2 - Donetsk) 1km NW of 2 Explosion Undetermined 10:05 Pyshchevyk N/K (government- 3 Explosion Undetermined 10:24 N/K SE Heard 24-Apr controlled, 12 Shot Small arms 13:25 25km NE of Mariupol) 20 Explosion Undetermined N/K 10:51- 12 Burst Small arms 11:11 3 Explosion Undetermined N/K 11:15- 2 Burst Small arms 11:20 1km N of SSW Zaichenko 1 Explosion Undetermined N/K 11:35- (non- 2-3km 22 Burst Small arms 11:38 government- Heard 24-Apr controlled, 2 Explosion Undetermined N/K 11:42- 26km NE of 3 Burst 11:48 Mariupol) Small arms 4 Shot 11:49- SW 13 Burst HMG 11:59 2 Explosion Undetermined N/K 12:09- 3-4km NW 10 Shot Small arms 12:11 2.2km SE of Lebedynske (government- N/K N Heard 1 Explosion Undetermined N/K 24-Apr 11:32 controlled, 16km NE of Mariupol) Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non- 300m W Heard 5 Burst Small arms 24-Apr 12:45 government- controlled, 23km NE of Mariupol) Burst and Uncountable 20:05- 3-4km WSW shot overlapping HMG/ 20:10 Burst and Uncountable Small arms 20:12- 4-5km W Heard shot overlapping 20:13 Uncountable 20:20- 3-4km W Burst Small arms overlapping 20:22 7-9km SW 1 Explosion Undetermined N/K 20:25 Airbursts (4-7 Anti-aircraft Heard 20:33- Horlivka (non- 4-5km WSW 20 Other air explosions cannon (ZU- and saw 20:35 government- per air burst) 23, 23mm) controlled, 23-Apr 20:38- W Heard 5 Burst Small arms 39km NE of 20:40 3-4km Donetsk) 20:42- WSW 4 Burst HMG 20:43 Heard Airbursts (4-7 Anti-aircraft and saw 20:56- WSW 10 Other air explosions cannon (ZU- 20:57 4-5km per air burst) 23) W 1 Explosion Undetermined N/K 21:09 3-4km W Heard 5 Burst Small arms 21:12 7-9km SW 5 Explosion Undetermined N/K 22:20 4-6km SW 2 Explosion Undetermined 06:00 Svitlodarsk N/K (government- 4-6km 17 Explosion Undetermined 15:29 SE controlled, 2-5km Heard 12 Burst HMG 24-Apr 15:32 57km NE of 15:33- Donetsk) 4-6km SSE 22 Explosion Undetermined N/K 15:34 - 3 - 16:03- 21 Explosion Undetermined 16:05 16:06- NE 5 Explosion Undetermined 16:07 26 Explosion Undetermined 16:23 3-5km 4 Explosion Undetermined 16:30 SE 7 Burst HMG 16:48 4 Explosion Undetermined N/K 16:56 1.3km SSE of 3-4km SE Heard 1 Explosion Undetermined 14:22 Kamianka (government- N/K 24-Apr controlled, 5-6km SE 1 Explosion Undetermined 14:31 20km N of Donetsk) Maiorsk 6-7km NE 1 Explosion Undetermined 10:25 (government- controlled, Heard N/K 24-Apr 45km NE 5-6km W 1 Explosion Undetermined 11:25 Donetsk) W 3 Burst 10:40 2-3km 6 Shot 10:47 SE edge of NW Kruta Balka 1 Shot 11:35 Small arms (non- 1km S 4 Burst 11:37 government- Heard 24-Apr 100m NW 5 Burst 11:38 controlled, 16km N of 1-2km NW 5 Burst 13:25 Donetsk) 5km S 1 Explosion Undetermined N/K 13:33 3-5km NW 14 Shot Small arms 14:46 Undetermined (unable to E edge of assess whether Stanytsia 3-5km S 8 Explosion inside or N/K 06:46- Luhanska outside the 06:49 (government- Heard disengagement 24-Apr controlled, area) 16km NE of Assessed as Artillery 1-2km W 2 Explosion Luhansk) outside the (type N/K) disengagement 3-4km W 1 Explosion N/K 13:31 area Stanytsia 200m S 1 Shot Assessed as 11:42 Luhanska inside the Heard Small arms 24 April 11:44- bridge (15km 700m NNE 5 Shot disengagement NE of Luhansk) area 11:49 1km SE of Assessed as Stanytsia inside the Luhanska 1.3km N Heard 1 Shot Small arms 24-Apr 11:55 disengagement bridge (15km area NE of Luhansk) - 4 - Map of Donetsk and Luhansk regions2 2 The SMM is deployed to ten locations throughout Ukraine – Kherson, Odessa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro, Chernivtsi, Luhansk and Kyiv – as per Permanent Council Decision 1117 of 21 March 2014. This map of eastern Ukraine is meant for illustrative purposes and indicates locations mentioned in the report, as well as those where the SMM has offices (monitoring teams, patrol hubs, and forward patrol bases) in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. (In red: forward patrol bases from which SMM staff has temporarily relocated based on recommendations of security experts from participating States as well as SMM security considerations). .
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