Reports

The total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Crimea and Donbas in Eastern Ukraine has now exceeded 460,000, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. Of these, some 160,000 have registered with the authorities, according to the…

Highlights • The total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Crimea and Donbas (Eastern Ukraine) exceeded 460,000 as of 17 November, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. • The Ukrainian Parliament adopted the long- awaited…

The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In Luhansk the SMM met with a former “Lugansk…

The government will allocate 50,000 euro in humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The funds are provided from the resources planned in the central government budget for official development aid, and are intended to mitigate the serious socio-economic…

VIENNA, 20 November 2014 – The mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk has been extended by one month to 23 December 2014, following a consensus decision taken by all…

Serious human rights violations persist in eastern Ukraine despite tenuous ceasefire – UN report GENEVA (20 November 2014) – Civilians have continued to be killed, unlawfully detained, tortured and disappeared in eastern Ukraine, and the number of…

Chair of the International Advisory Panel on Ukraine before the Committee of Ministers STRASBOURG The anniversary of the first chapter of the tragic events of the Maidan demonstrations of 30 November approaches. Six months ago the International Advisory…

Highlights Violence continues to increase on a daily base in Eastern Ukraine. The two-month-old ceasefire is under severe threat with each side accusing the other of having violated the terms of the peace plan. Two children were killed…

Military personnel shoot in the direction of an OSCE convoy near government-controlled Mariinka (15km W of Donetsk). 12:38hrs, an OSCE convoy composed of two vehicles was travelling east from Kurakhovo (30km W of Donetsk) towards the city…

On 17 November the SMM met with the governor of Luhansk to discuss ways to facilitate relief activities in the village of Trokhizbenka (45km NW of Luhansk), under the control of Ukrainian forces, where inhabitants have…