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5/5/2018 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 4 May 2018 | OSCE Latet from the OC pecial Monitoring Miion to Ukraine (MM), aed on information received a of 19:30, 4 Ma 2018 KYIV 5 May 2018 This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region, compared with the previous reporting period. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske; it recorded ceasefire violations inside the Petrivske disengagement area. The SMM’s access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas and elsewhere, including near Shevchenko, Debaltseve and Kreminets. The SMM observed weapons in violation of withdrawal lines on both sides of the contact line. The SMM continued to facilitate access to the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) for Voda Donbassa water company employees; it heard ceasefire violations in the area despite security guarantees. It also continued to facilitate and monitor repairs to high-voltage power lines near Yuzhna-Lomuvatka. The SMM visited two border areas not under government control. It also continued to monitor the situation in Balakliia and monitored a gathering in Uzhhorod. In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations[1], including about 110 explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (about 1,240 explosions). On the evening and night of 3-4 May, the SMM camera at the DFS (15km north of Donetsk) recorded, in sequence, 16 projectiles in ight from north to south, an undetermined explosion, nine projectiles in ight from north to south, followed by totals of six undetermined explosions and 95 projectiles (89 from north to south, six from south to north), all 1-3km west. On the evening of 3 May, while in Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk), the SMM heard and saw 18 airbursts of an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23, 23mm) and heard 15 undetermined explosions and seven shots of small-arms re, all 5-12km south-west and north-west. On the evening and night of 3-4 May, while in Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk), the SMM heard four undetermined explosions, ten explosions assessed as impacts of 120mm mortar rounds, two explosions assessed as impacts of rounds of an undetermined weapon, 140 bursts of heavy-machine-gun re and about 15 minutes of uncountable and overlapping heavy-machine-gun and small-arms re, all 6- 7km east, south-east and south-south-east. At the same location on the morning of 4 May, the SMM heard four undetermined explosions 2-3km east. On the morning of 4 May, positioned 1km north-west of Pyshchevyk (government- controlled, 26km north-east of Mariupol), the SMM heard 18 undetermined explosions and 25 bursts of heavy-machine-gun and small-arms re, all at undetermined distances south-east. https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/379951 1/6 5/5/2018 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 4 May 2018 | OSCE During the day on 4 May, positioned in Avdiivka (government-controlled, 17km north of Donetsk) for about six hours, the SMM heard 27 undetermined explosions and about ve minutes of continuous, uncountable and overlapping small-arms re, and heard and saw two airbursts of an undetermined weapon, all 2-5km east-south-east, south-east and south. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded more ceasere violations, including 51 explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (two explosions). The SMM continued to monitor the disengagement process and to pursue full access to the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska (government-controlled, 16km north-east of Luhansk), Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk) and Petrivske (non-government-controlled, 41km south of Donetsk), as foreseen in the Framework Decision of the Trilateral Contact Group relating to disengagement of forces and hardware of 21 September 2016. The SMM’s access remained restricted, but the Mission was able to partially monitor them.* On the evening of 27 April, the SMM camera in Petrivske recorded six undetermined explosions and two bursts of small-arms re, all 0.1-5km south, west-north-west and north-west (assessed as outside the disengagement area). On the morning of 4 May, positioned in Bohdanivka (government-controlled, 41km south-west of Donetsk), the SMM heard eight undetermined explosions at undetermined distances south and east-south- east (assessed as outside the Petrivske disengagement area). During the night of 3-4 May, while on the eastern edge of the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the SMM heard three undetermined explosions 3-5km south-west and west (assessed as outside the disengagement area). On the morning of 4 May, positioned near the Zolote disengagement area, the SMM heard 39 undetermined explosions 5-10km east and south (assessed as outside the disengagement area). The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons in implementation of the Package of Measures and its Addendum, as well as the Memorandum. In violation of withdrawal lines in government-controlled areas, the SMM saw a mortar (type undetermined) on the eastern edge of Mariupol, six multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) (BM-21 Grad, 122mm) in Topolyne (19km north-west of Mariupol) and 12 self- propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika 122mm) near Kremenivka (27km north-west of Mariupol). In a non-government-controlled area, the SMM saw ve tanks (T-72) – three stationary and two moving – in a row of trees near Bezimenne (30km east of Mariupol). Beyond withdrawal lines but outside designated storage sites in government-controlled areas, the SMM saw two surface-to-air missile systems (9K37) near Topolyne, three surface-to-air missile systems (9K33 Osa) near Kasianivka (22km north of Mariupol). The SMM observed weapons that could not be veried as withdrawn, as their storage did not comply with the criteria set out in the 16 October 2015 notication from the SMM to the signatories of the Package of Measures on eective monitoring and verication of the withdrawal of heavy weapons. In non-government-controlled areas, the SMM saw that six https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/379951 2/6 5/5/2018 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 4 May 2018 | OSCE towed howitzers (2A65, Msta-B, 152mm), four MLRS (BM-21), three self-propelled howitzers (2S1) and nine towed howitzers (D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm) were again missing. The SMM observed armoured combat vehicles[2] in the security zone. In government- controlled-areas, the SMM saw an infantry ghting vehicle (IFV) (BMP variant) south of Novotroitske (36km south-west of Donetsk), an armoured personal carrier (BTR-4) near Kamianka (20km north of Donetsk) and ve IFVs (BMP-1) near Popasna (69km west of Luhansk). The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor repairs to high-voltage power lines near Yuzhna-Lomuvatka (non-government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk). The SMM continued to facilitate the access of Voda Donbassa water company employees to the DFS in order to keep the station operational and monitored demining activities around the DFS. Positioned 2km west of Yasynuvata (non-government- controlled, 16km north-east of Donetsk), in Avdiivka, in Kruta Balka (non-government- controlled, 16km north of Donetsk) and 1.3km south-south-east of Kamianka, the SMM heard ceasere violations in the area (see ceasere violations table below) despite security guarantees having been provided. The SMM visited two border areas not under government control. While at a border crossing point near Novoazovsk (102km south-east of Donetsk) for about 25 minutes, the SMM saw four vehicles (one with Russian Federation license plates and three with “DPR” plates) enter Ukraine. While at a pedestrian border crossing point near Novoborovytsi (79 km south of Luhansk) for about 30 minutes, the SMM observed no pedestrians crossing the border. The SMM continued to monitor the situation in Balakliia (74km south-east of Kharkiv) after explosions at the ammunition storage depot that occurred on 3 May (see SMM Daily Report 4 May 2018). The SMM did not observe any damage to civilian infrastructure in the area where the storage depot is located and saw that the situation in Balakliia was calm. On 3 May the SMM observed a gathering in Uzhhorod. In front of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration building at 10 Zahorska Street the SMM saw about 250 people (mixed ages and genders) carrying Ukrainian ags and banners reading “Together”. A member of the local population told the SMM that the protest was against the merger of several local villages with Uzhhorod city. The SMM saw ten law enforcement ocers present. It observed a calm situation. The SMM continued monitoring in Kherson, Odessa, Lviv, Dnipro, Chernivtsi and Kyiv. *Restrictions of SMM’s freedom of movement or other impediments to fulfilment of its mandate The SMM’s monitoring and freedom of movement are restricted by security hazards and threats, including risks posed by mines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other impediments – which vary from day to day. The SMM’s mandate provides for safe and secure access throughout Ukraine. All signatories of the Package of Measures have agreed on the need for this safe and secure access, that restriction of the SMM’s freedom of movement constitutes a violation, and on the need for rapid response to these violations. They have also agreed that the https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/379951 3/6 5/5/2018 Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 4 May 2018 | OSCE Joint Centre for Control and Co‑ordination (JCCC) should contribute to such response and co- ordinate mine clearance.