Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 19 June 2019 KYIV 20 June 2019 This report is for the media and the general public. Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. One civilian was injured by shelling in Donetsk city. The Mission saw fresh damage from shelling to facilities part ofa children’s hospital in Donetsk city. The Mission saw weapons in violation of withdrawal lines in non- government-controlled areas, including multiple launch rocket systems near Miusynsk. The SMM saw for the first timeanti-tank mines near Shyrokyne and unexploded ordnance near Novooleksandrivka. The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to and the operation of critical civilian infrastructure. Restrictions of the SMM’s access continued in all three disengagement area and elsewhere. Its freedom of movement was also denied at checkpoints near Novoazovsk and Novolaspa, in non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region.* Ceasefire violations[1] In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including fewer explosions (30), compared with the previous reporting period (about 125 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations were recorded at south-easterly directions of Pyshchevyk (government-controlled, 25km north-east of Mariupol)and at southerly and northerly directions of Avdiivka (government-controlled, 17km north of Donetsk). In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations, however a similar number of explosions (about 115), compared with the previous reporting period (about 120 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations were recorded south-south-east of Popasna (government-controlled, 69km west of Luhansk). Man injured by shelling in Donetsk city At a hospital in the Petrovskyi district of Donetsk city (non-government-controlled, 15km south-west of the city), medical staff told the SMM that a man (58 years old) with a shrapnel wound on his right leg had been admitted to hospital on 14 June. At the hospital, the man told the SMM that on 14 June at around 19:00, while walking on Levchenko Street in the Trudivski area of the Petrovskyi district, he had heard two explosions and had sustained injuries from a round that had impacted 20m from him. On 14 June, the SMM observed damage to a house located in the same area (see SMM Daily Report 17 June 2019). Fresh damage from shelling to facilities part of a children’s hospital in Donetsk city In the Petrovskyi district of Donetsk city,about 90m north-west of the Donetsk Children’s hospital No. 4, which provides day-time medical care, the SMM saw broken branches and a partially burned tree (assessed as fresh), assessed as caused by the impact of a round (unable to assess the type of weapon or direction of fire). About 50m south-west of the tree, at a one-storey laundry building of the hospital, the SMM saw nine shattered north-north-east facing windows and several holes on the north- north-east facing wall, and debris on the ground, as well as a hole in the washing machine inside the building. About 15m east of the laundry building, at a one-storey building of a heating plant which provides hot water to the hospital, the SMM saw broken roof sheeting, two shattered windows and bricks that had crumbled and debris on the ground below, all on the north-north-west facing side of the building. The SMM also saw two shattered north-facing windows and three shattered east- facing windows on the same building. The SMM assessed the damage to both buildings as fresh and caused by shrapnel from the same explosion. Medical staff at the hospital told the SMM that a security guard and a staff member at the heating plant had heard an explosion at 04:30 on 19 June. Disengagement areas[2] On 18 June, inside the disengagement area near Stanytsia Luhanska (government- controlled, 16km north-east of Luhansk), an SMM mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) again spotted an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23, 23mm) among uninhabited damaged houses, about 400m north of the southern edge of the disengagement area and about 600m west-south-west of the checkpoint of the armed formations south of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge, near previously reported positions of the armed formations. About 100m further south-west, the same UAV spotted five members of the armed formations, one loading and unloading items from a military-type truck. During the day on 19 June, positioned about 1km north of Kalynove- Borshchuvate(non-government-controlled, 61km west of Luhansk), the SMM heard eight shots of small-arms fire, assessed as within the 5km periphery of the disengagement area near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk). On 19 June, positioned north of the disengagement area near Petrivske (non- government-controlled, 41km south of Donetsk), the SMM observed a calm situation. [3] 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. In violation of withdrawal lines Non-government-controlled areas 16 June Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of nine multiple launch rocket systems (types undetermined)at a training area near Miusynsk (62km south- west of Luhansk) (for previous observations see SMM Daily Report 5 June 2019). 19 June The SMM saw an anti-tank guided missile system (ATGM) mounted on an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) (BMP-2) in Holubivka (formerly Kirovsk, 51km west of Luhansk). Beyond withdrawal lines but outside designated storage sites Government-controlled areas 18 June An SMM long-range UAV spotted: a surface-to-air missile system (9K33 Osa) in the north-eastern outskirts of Kalynove (35km north of Donetsk) and a surface-to-air missile system (9K35 Strela-10) in Ocheretyne (31km north- west of Donetsk). 19 June An SMM mini-UAV spotted a tank (T-64BM) in a compound on the south-eastern edge of Kostiantynivka (60km north of Donetsk). Non-government-controlled areas 14 June Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of a tank on road M-14 near a checkpoint of the armed formations on the north-eastern edge of Novoazovsk (40km east of Mariupol). 16 June Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of: 24 tanks and four surface-to-air missile systems at a training area near Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk) (for previous observations see SMM Daily Report 5 June 2019); 12 tanks and four surface-to-air missile systems, 13 pieces of towed artillery or mortars (types undetermined) and nine pieces of self-propelled artillery or mortars (types undetermined) at a training area near Miusynsk (see above); and 12 tanks at a training area near Shymshynivka (27km south-west of Luhansk) (for previous observations see SMM Daily Report 7 June 2019). Other weapons observed[4] Non-government-controlled areas 16 June Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of 26 pieces of towed artillery or mortars (types undetermined) and 22 pieces of self-propelled artillery or mortars (types undetermined) in a training area near Buhaivka (see above). Weapons that the SMM could not verify as withdrawn[5] At heavy weapons holding areas in government-controlled areas of Luhansk region 19 June The SMM noted that nine self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) and three self-propelled mortars (2S9 Nona-S, 120mm) were presentand that 28 self-propelled howitzers (2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm) and 26 anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) were again missing. Weapons permanent storage site At a permanent storage site in government-controlled area of Luhansk region 19 June The SMM noted that the site was abandoned and that 30 tanks (T-64) and 15 mortars (11 2B9 Vasilek, 82mm and four BM-37, 82mm) were again missing. Indications of military and military-type presence in the security zone[6] Government-controlled areas 16 June Aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of three probable armoured combat vehicles south-east of Hnutove (20km north-east of Mariupol). 18 June An SMM mini-UAV spotted an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23, 23mm) in Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol). An SMM long-range UAV spotted: an IFV (BMP-2) near Krasnohorivka (24km north of Donetsk); three IFVs (two BMP-2 and one BMP-1) in Taramchuk (29km south-west of Donetsk); and an IFV (BMP-2) near Chermalyk(31km north-east of Mariupol). An SMM long-range UAV spotted for the first time a 150m-long extension of a Ukrainian Armed Forces trench (not visible in imagery from 19 April 2019) about 600m south-east of the south-eastern edge of Marinka (government-controlled, 23km south- east of Donetsk), near recently observed trench extensions. On 19 June The SMM saw an IFV (BTR-4) near Novobakhmutivka (28km north of Donetsk). Non-government-controlled areas 18 June An SMM mini-UAV spotted fortified previously reported trenches and positions, assessed as belonging to the armed formations, north of Stepove (27km west of Luhansk) (not visible in imagery from 10 May 2019). An SMM long range-UAV spotted: two IFVs (BMP-1) near Bila Kamianka (51km south of Donetsk) and nine IFVs (six BMP-2 and three BMP-1) in a training area near Svobodne (73km south of Donetsk), in a zone within which deployment of heavy armament and military equipment is proscribed according to Point 5 of the Memorandum of 19 September 2014. 19 June The SMM saw two IFVs (a BMP-1 and a BMP-2) in Holubivka (see above). On 16 June, aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of 58 recent craters caused by undetermined weapons, in an area between the forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the armed formations, about 2.8km south-west of Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 23km north-east of Mariupol) (not visible in imagery from 6 June 2019).
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