OSCE records almost 450 ceasefire violations over four days

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded 399 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 44 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region between the evenings of 30 December 2021 and 3 January 2022.

“In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 30 December 2021 and 3 January 2022, the SMM recorded 399 ceasefire violations, including 25 explosions (one airburst and 24 undetermined),” reads the OSCE SMM daily report 1/2022.

The majority of ceasefire violations occurred in areas north and north-north-east of Shyrokyne (government-controlled, 100km south of Donetsk), south and south-south-east of the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) (15km north of Donetsk), and north-east and east-north-east of Hnutove (government-controlled, 90km south of Donetsk).

As noted, over the same period in Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 44 ceasefire violations, including 23 undetermined explosions.

The majority of ceasefire violations occurred in areas north-east and south of the disengagement area near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk) and south-east and southwest of Kriakivka (government-controlled, 38km north-west of Luhansk).

As reported, at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on December 22, a common understanding was reached on the need to restore the ceasefire within the relevant measures agreed on July 22, 2020.

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