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Daily Report 59/2020 - 1 - Daily Report 59/2020 11 March 20201 Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region. A man and woman were injured due to the detonation of mines near Mykolaivka in Luhansk region. The Mission continued to monitor the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It again saw mines inside the disengagement area near Zolote. It saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region. The SMM saw anti-tank mines for the first time near Rozsadky. The Mission’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at checkpoints in and near Staromykhailivka, Donetsk city, Zaichenko, Bezimenne, and Novoazovsk, all in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region. Ceasefire violations2 Number of recorded ceasefire Number of recorded explosions4 violations3 1 Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 10 March 2020. All times are in Eastern European Time. 2 For a complete breakdown of ceasefire violations, please see the annexed table. 3 Including explosions. 4 Including from unidentified weapons. - 2 - Map of recorded ceasefire violations - 3 - In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded more than three times the number of ceasefire violations, including more than four times the number of explosions (about 900), compared with the previous reporting period (about 200 explosions). Over two-thirds of ceasefire violations, including the majority of explosions, were recorded at southerly directions of Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk), in areas south-south-west and east-south-east of Avdiivka (government-controlled, 17km north of Donetsk), north- north-east of Pavlopil (government-controlled, 84km south of Donetsk), and in areas north- west of the Donetsk Railway Station (non-government-controlled, 6km north-west of Donetsk city centre). In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including, however, more explosions (about 130), compared with the previous reporting period (about 60 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations, including the majority of explosions, were recorded in areas west of Kadiivka (formerly Stakhanov, non-government-controlled, 50km west of Luhansk); east, north-north-east, and south-south-west of Kalynove-Borshchuvate (non- government-controlled, 61km west of Luhansk); and south-east of Popasna (government- controlled, 69km west of Luhansk). Man and woman injured due to detonation of mines near Mykolaivka On 9 March, at a hospital in non-government-controlled Luhansk city, the SMM saw a man (in his fifties) with his right leg amputated above the knee and a woman (in her twenties) with her left leg amputated below the knee. The married couple told the SMM that they lived in Mykolaivka (non-government-controlled, 15km east of Luhansk) and had been walking along the nearby bank of the Siverskyi Donets river on 1 March. They said that, although there are mine hazard signs in the area, they had been walking in an area without them when the woman stepped on a mine and heard a clicking sound before it exploded, injuring her left leg. The man said that he had attempted to leave the area to get help, but also stepped on a mine, which exploded and injured his right leg. The couple told the SMM that they had called for help using a mobile phone, but paramedics would not enter the minefield, so members of the armed formations arrived and carried them out. However, while a member of the armed formations was carrying the injured man, the couple saw him step on something and then heard a clicking sound before the object exploded, which injured both the armed formations member carrying the man and other members. On 3 March, medical staff told the SMM that the couple had been admitted on 1 March. On 3 March, in Mykolaivka, two residents (women in their twenties and forties) separately told the SMM that they had heard three explosions on 1 March and had seen an ambulance arrive in the area. While there, the SMM saw a mine hazard sign within 100m of the house where the injured couple reportedly live. Disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske5 On 9 March, outside the disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska (government- controlled, 16km north-east of Luhansk), an SMM mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) again spotted two infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) (BTR-3E) adjacent to a house, assessed as used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, north-east of the Ukrainian Armed Forces entry- exit checkpoint (EECP). The UAV again spotted an anti-aircraft-gun (ZU-23, 23mm) south 5 Disengagement is foreseen in the Framework Decision of the Trilateral Contact Group relating to disengagement of forces and hardware of 21 September 2016. - 4 - of the disengagement area, assessed as belonging to the armed formations. On 10 March, the SMM saw six members of the armed formations (wearing armbands with “JCCC” written on them) inside the disengagement area, between the new span of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge (15km north-east of Luhansk) and their checkpoint south of it. On 9 March, an SMM mini-UAV again spotted at least 500 anti-tank mines in fields south of the railway line and east and west of road T-1316 inside the disengagement area near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk), assessed as belonging to the armed formations. Outside the disengagement area, the same UAV also spotted a probable armoured personnel carrier (BTR type) and an IFV (BMP-1) at a checkpoint of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of the area’s northern edge. On the evening and night of 9-10 March, the SMM camera in Zolote recorded seven undetermined explosions at an assessed range of 3-5km east and east-south-east. During the day on 10 March, while positioned at four locations near the disengagement area, the SMM recorded 23 undetermined explosions as well as 14 shots and bursts of small-arms-fire and heavy-machine-gun. On the evening of 10 March, the SMM camera in Zolote recorded a muzzle flash and a projectile in flight, both at an assessed range of 2-4km east. All of the ceasefire violations were assessed as outside the disengagement area near Zolote but within 5km of its periphery. On 10 March, on the southern edge of the disengagement area, the SMM saw two members of the armed formations (wearing armbands with “JCCC” written on them). On 8 March, an SMM mini-UAV again spotted 16 anti-tank mines in a field about 100m north of the northern edge of the disengagement area near Petrivske (non-government- controlled, 41km south of Donetsk), near a position of the armed formations. On the afternoon of 10 March, while positioned about 1.8km north of Petrivske, the SMM recorded 24 undetermined explosions at an assessed range of 3-5km south, assessed as rounds of a multiple launch rocket system (9K51, BM-21 Grad, 122mm). At the same time, positioned about 1.8km east of Bohdanivka (government-controlled, 41km south-west of Donetsk), it recorded eight shots of small-arms fire at an assessed range of 3-4km south- east. All of the ceasefire violations were assessed as outside the disengagement area near Petrivske but within 5km of its periphery. Around the same time, at the same location near Bohdanivka, it also recorded ten shots of small-arms fire at an assessed range of 2-4km east- south-east, which were unable to be assessed as inside or outside of the disengagement area. 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. The Mission saw seven weapons in violation of withdrawal lines at a former airport in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk region (for further details, see the table below). - 5 - Weapons that the SMM could not verify as withdrawn6 At heavy weapons holding areas in government-controlled areas of Donetsk region 10 March The SMM noted that: - four anti-tank guns (2A29, MT-12 Rapira, 100mm), four anti-tank guided missile systems (9P149 Shturm-S, 130mm), and 11 towed howitzers (2A36 Giatsint-B, 152mm) were present, and - 12 anti-tank guns (2A29), five anti-tank guided missile systems (9P149), and 23 towed howitzers (eight 2A36 and 15 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) continued to be missing. Indications of military presence in the security zone7 The Mission observed armoured combat vehicles in government- and non-government- controlled areas of both Luhansk and Donetsk regions (for further details, see the table below). Mines seen for the first time near Rozsadky On 8 March, an SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time two rows of 50 anti-tank mines, as well as a larger cluster of at least 500 anti-tank mines, in fields north of Rozsadky (62km north-east of Donetsk), all assessed as recently laid and near positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. SMM facilitation of operation of critical civilian infrastructure The SMM facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable repairs to water infrastructure near Pankivka (non-government-controlled, 16km north of Luhansk), power lines between Holubivske (non-government-controlled, 51km west of Luhansk) and Berezivske (non-government-controlled, 53km north-west of Luhansk), and demining activities in Krasnyi Yar (non-government-controlled, 12km north-east of Luhansk). The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station (15km north of Donetsk). Long queues at checkpoints along the contact line On 19 March, at a checkpoint near Kreminets (non-government-controlled, 16km south- west of Donetsk), the SMM saw about 300 vehicles and 50 pedestrians queuing to travel towards government-controlled areas and about 20 vehicles queuing in the opposite direction.
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