Section: OSCE (EU)
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 22 December 2015
Please note that this report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCP). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 20 permanent...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 21 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded a low number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region – mostly around Horlivka – and only one instance in Luhansk region. It experienced no specific freedom-of-movement restrictions during the reporting period. The SMM observed high numbers of people crossing the contact line,...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 20 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed a number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM also observed fresh craters and impact of shelling in Donetsk region. It encountered restrictions to its freedom of movement, including to a border area not controlled by the Government. The SMM continued to...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 18 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including the use of multiple-launch rockets systems and mortars. In Luhansk region, the SMM was prevented* to reach the border in an area outside the control of the Government. The SMM continued to facilitate and monitor the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 17 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed an increase in ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared to previous days*. The SMM encountered restrictions to its freedom of movement, including to a border area not controlled by the Government. The SMM continued to facilitate the enabling of repairs between government and...
Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk: A forty-sixth Russian convoy of 46 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
This report is for the media and general public. SUMMARY On 17 December 2015 at 07:00hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 46 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All but one of 46 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:30hrs on 17...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 16 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded a low number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. It experienced freedom-of-movement restrictions in areas not controlled by the Government*. The SMM continued to observe a low number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region[1]. Positioned 6km...
OSCE/ODIHR event in Kyiv stresses importance of adopting code of conduct for Ukraine parliamentarians
210851 The importance and the benefits of adopting and implementing a code of conduct for members of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, as an essential element in securing public trust and transparency was the focus of a parliamentary hearing co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 17...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 15 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded a low number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It experienced freedom-of-movement restrictions in areas not controlled by the Government*. The SMM spoke to medical personnel in Horlivka City Hospital No. 2, where it heard that medication for dialysis patients...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 14 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations than on previous days in Donetsk and Luhansk regions*. The SMM revisited permanent weapons storage sites on both sides of the contact line in relation to the implementation of the Addendum of the Package of Measures. The SMM facilitated and monitored...
