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The SMM’s operations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained restricted following the fatal incident of 23 April near Pryshyb; these restrictions continued to limit the Mission’s observations. The SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period. It recorded more ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.

The SMM’s operations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained restricted following the fatal incident of 23 April near Pryshyb; these restrictions continued to limit the Mission’s observations. The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region – including, however, fewer explosions – compared with the previous reporting period. It recorded more ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The Mission monitored the disengagement areas near Zolote and heard one explosion assessed as outside the Stanytsia Luhanska area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* The SMM visited a border area not under government control. The Mission observed almost 40 trucks- some marked with “Humanitarian Aid from the Russian Federation”- travelling towards Makiivka in Donetsk region and moving east near Teple in Luhansk region.

The SMM’s operations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained restricted following the fatal incident of 23 April near Pryshyb; these restrictions continued to limit the Mission’s observations. In both Donetsk and Luhansk regions the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations and explosions compared with the previous reporting period. It followed up on reports of civilian casualties in Avdiivka, Donetsk city and Pikuzy.

CHISINAU, 25 May 2017 – The Special Representative of the Austrian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Ambassador Wolf Dietrich Heim, today concluded his fourth visit to the region where he met chief negotiators of the sides in Chisinau and Tiraspol...

This report is for the general public and the media. SUMMARY On 25 May 2017 at 06:48 (Moscow time), the sixty-third [1] Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 16 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guards and customs services prior to them crossing

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Kosovo Police concluded on 24 May 2017 in Prishtinë/Priština a two-day workshop on the use of the Internet and social media to counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism for the representatives of the police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, religious groups, journalists and university students...

MINSK, 25 May 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 24 May 2017:...