This report is for media and the general public. The SMM noted a decrease in violence in a number of areas in Donbas. The lustration issue was debated in Lviv and Odesa. The deputy chief of police in Kupyansk (140km southwest of Kharkiv city) told the SMM that a police checkpoint in Petropavlovka (10km further west) was set to be re-enforced with an additional 32 personnel from various security structures, namely police, military and State Security Services (SBU). On 8 October in Luhansk city, the SMM observed a hitherto unseen type of licence plate (LPR in red Cyrillic letters followed …read more
Source: OSCE
