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13/07/2019 2224 Page 1 sur 1 Home Newsroom News and press releases Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 12 July 2019 NEWSROOM DAILY REPORT SHARE English OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Conflict prevention and resolution Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 12 July 2019 KYIV 13 July 2019 Newsroom Stories News archive Media advisories Media contacts Media accreditation to OSCE events OSCE Live Frequently asked questions Multimedia This report is for the media and the general public. Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. The SMM followed up on reports of a woman killed in Holmivskyi due to shrapnel injuries and a woman injured by shrapnel when her house was damaged by gunfire in Olenivka; it observed damage from shelling and gunfire to houses in Horlivka, Chermalyk and Tavrycheske, to a power substation in Irmino and to the House of Culture and a functioning school in Zolote- 5/Mykhailivka. The Mission saw fresh craters and damage from shelling to residential buildings inside the Zolote disengagement area. Small-arms fire was directed at an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near Metalist. The SMM saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government- controlled area of Luhansk region. The Mission saw fresh craters near Zolote, Vodiane, Irmino and Molodizhne. The Mission spotted trucks near Stepne along the border with the Russian Federation. The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to facilitate repairs and the operations of critical civilian infrastructure. Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued, including in non-government- controlled Verkhnoshyrokivske and at a heavy weapons holding area in a government-controlled area of Donetsk region.* Ceasefire violations[1] In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations, including, however, fewer explosions (about 215), compared with the previous reporting period (about 450 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations, including the majority of explosions, were recorded in southerly directions of Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk) and southerly and south-easterly directions of Pyshchevyk (government-controlled, 25km north-east of Mariupol) and of Chermalyk (government-controlled, 31km north-east of Mariupol). In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including fewer explosions (15), compared with the previous reporting period (about 250 explosions). Over half of ceasefire violations, including the majority of explosions, were recorded in areas south-south-east and north of Popasna (government-controlled, 69km west of Luhansk). Woman killed in Holmivskyi due to shrapnel injuries and damage to a residential building In Holmivskyi (non-government-controlled, 49km north-east of Donetsk), on 11 July, the SMM saw the body of a deceased woman (70 years old) lying on a sofa inside her apartment on the fifth floor of a five- storey residential building at 23 Bolnychna Street. At the building, the son (man, in his forties) of the deceased woman told the SMM that at around 08:00 on 11 July he had received a phone call from his mother who reported sustaining injuries from an explosion. He said that he immediately arrived to his mother’s apartment and saw injuries on the right and left sides of her chest. He told the SMM that by the time the ambulance had arrived at 08:50, his mother had already died. About 40m east of the above five-storey residential building, the SMM saw a fresh crater assessed as caused by a 120mm mortar round, but could not assess the direction of fire. It saw fresh shrapnel marks on the building’s east-facing wall and shattered east-facing windows and balcony doors from the second to the fifth floor. Woman injured by shrapnel and damage to residential houses in Olenivka In Olenivka (non-government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk), at 31 Shevchenka Street, a woman (64 years old) with a scratch on her upper left arm told the SMM that on the early morning hours of 12 July she had been at her house when she heard an explosion and was injured by shrapnel. She said that her 17-year old grandson had been sleeping in the room next-door when the explosion occurred. The SMM saw a hole on the south-west-facing outer wall of her one-storey house, assessed as caused by a 30mm high-explosive round (undetermined weapon) fired from a west-south-west direction. Inside the house, it saw about 50 holes in three broken doors, in several walls, in the television screen and in wooden floor boards, all assessed as fresh shrapnel damage. The house is about 400m north-east of a checkpoint of the armed formations on road H-20, a road used daily by civilians to cross the contact line. About 500m north-west, at 64 Lenina Street, the SMM saw a fresh impact in the south-west facing side of the roof of a one-storey residential house, assessed as caused by a projectile (30mm) fired from a west-north-westerly direction. A neighbour (woman in her seventies) told the SMM that shelling had occurred in the early hours of 11 July. About 600m south-west, at 98 Pereizna Street, the SMM saw a tree with broken branches about 3m from the north-facing wall of a one-storey residential house, assessed as caused by a projectile (likely 30mm) fired from a west-north-westerly direction. The SMM saw a fresh hole in a north-facing window, pieces of glass below it and small damage to the surface on the north-facing concrete wall, all assessed as shrapnel damage from the above mentioned projectile. The SMM saw also fresh shrapnel damage to a fence about 2m north of the house. A neighbour (woman in her seventies) told the SMM that she had heard an explosion on 11 July at 03:30. Damage to residential houses from shelling in Tavrycheske and to power substation in Irmino On 11 July, at 8 Zakhidna Street in Tavrycheske (non- government-controlled, 48km west of Luhansk), the SMM saw two fresh craters (including one with shrapnel scattered around it) in a garden about 20 and 100m west of a one-storey house. The Mission was unable to assess the type of weapon(s) used and direction of the fire. The Mission saw a hole on the west-facing corner of the roof of the house and a shattered north-west-facing window pane with shards of glass scattered on the ground underneath it, as well as cracks in the internal walls of the main room. About 4m south-west of the house, the SMM saw a shattered north-west-facing window pane of a one-storey brick building, with shards of glass scattered on the ground underneath it. About 20m west of the aforementioned house, the SMM saw that a 3m-long section of the outer wooden fence had been destroyed and observed at least 15 holes in the remaining part. The SMM assessed all the above damage as fresh and likely caused by shrapnel from the same explosions. A resident of the house (woman in her seventies) told the SMM that she had been at home on the morning of 10 July when she had heard explosions and that nobody had been injured. About 10m north-west of the abovementioned house, at a one-storey house at 6 Zakhidna Street in Tavrycheske, the SMM saw a partially shattered north-west-facing window pane with shards of glass scattered on the ground underneath it, six holes on the north-west-facing wall and a hole on the north- west-facing side of the roof. About 4m south-west of the house, the SMM saw three partially shattered north-east-facing window panes at a one-storey stone building. The SMM assessed all damage as fresh and likely caused by shrapnel from the same abovementioned explosions. Two residents of the house (man and woman in their sixties) told the SMM they had been at home on the morning of 10 July when they had heard explosions and that nobody had been injured. On the same day, at a power station at Diukanova Street in Irmino (non-government-controlled, 54km west of Luhansk), an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted a fresh impact (hole) in the west-north-west-facing side of the roof of a two- storey central building of a power station control point and the SMM saw a corresponding hole through the concrete floor on the second floor while inside the building. The SMM assessed the impact as probably caused by an artillery round fired from an undetermined direction. Inside the building, the SMM saw concrete debris scattered on the second- floor and staircase. It observed four shattered windows, including one with steel security bars bent outwards. At another two-storey building of the power station, 10-15m east, the SMM saw shrapnel damage on the west-facing brick wall and projectile remnants on the ground between the two buildings. The SMM assessed all damage as caused by shrapnel from the above mentioned round. The SMM saw a crater in soft soil, 130m west-south-west of the central building, assessed as probably caused by an artillery round, but could not assess direction of fire. Damage from gunfire to House of Culture and functioning school in Zolote-5/Mykhailivka On 11 July, on the south-western edge of Zolote- 5/Mykhailivka (non-government-controlled, 58km west of Luhansk), about 500m east of the western edge of the disengagement area near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk), an SMM mini-UAV spotted a hole in the west-facing part of the roof of the three-storey building of the House of Culture.
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