SMM records ceasefire violations in Luhansk region

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) recorded no ceasefire violations in Donetsk region (compared with one in the previous 24 hours) and three ceasefire violations in Luhansk region (compared with two in the previous 24 hours).

“In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded one ceasefire violation,” reads the daily report of the OSCE SMM to Ukraine issued on August 4.

In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded three ceasefire violations – a projectile in flight in an area north of the disengagement area near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk) and two illumination flares in areas south-west of Kriakivka (government-controlled, 38km north-west of Luhansk). In the previous 24 hours, the SMM recorded two ceasefire violations.

Following agreement reached at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on July 22 regarding additional measures to strengthen the ceasefire, from 00:01 on July 27 until the end of the reporting period, the SMM recorded a total of 246 ceasefire violations, both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (including 44 explosions, two projectiles in flight, two illumination flares and 198 bursts and shots of small-arms fire).

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