Reports

During March 2015, the NGO Forum in Ukraine (along with money from ECHO) conducted a Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) in the 5 affected Oblasts of Eastern Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska, Kharkivska, Zaporizka,Donetska, and Luhanska). The data was stratified…

This report is for media and the general public. Following the escalation of violence in Shyrokyne (22km east of Mariupol) over the Orthodox Easter weekend, SMM Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug and his team travelled to Mariupol…

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and by security considerations*. Fighting continued unabated in the area of Donetsk…

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations – observed…

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements” which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations. The SMM observed an increase in the number of…

This Technical Briefing Note reviews the types of landmines documented in the Ukraine conflict since early 2014, specifically focusing on mines that can function as antipersonnel mines. There is significant evidence from various locations that several types…

The crisis in Ukraine presents one of the gravest threats to global order in the past quarter century. Military action by Russia against Ukraine is a breach of international law and a violation of the terms…

OVERVIEW A second agreement in Minsk on 12 February produced a ceasefire that for now is mostly holding and measures to de-escalate the conflict. Many officials locally and in Kyiv, Moscow and the West, nevertheless, believe war…

Executive summary Introduction After anti-government protests that began in Kiev in late 2013 resulted in a change of government in Ukraine and, following the Russian annexation of Crimea, in April 2014 tensions erupted between pro-Russian and proUkrainian groups…

This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by…