- 1 - 1 Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 435 ceasefire violations, including 86 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 205 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations, including three explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded three ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission followed up on reports of damage to an inhabited apartment in non-government- controlled Zolote-5/Mykhailivka, Luhansk region. The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske. The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable the operation and construction of critical civilian infrastructure. The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit checkpoints and four checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Mission monitored the security situation in east and south-east Kherson region. The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Bezimenne, Donetsk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles again experienced multiple instances of jamming and probable jamming.* Ceasefire violations 2 Number of recorded ceasefire violations 3 Number of recorded explosions 4 1 Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 26 October 2021. All times are in Eastern European Summer Time. 2 For a complete breakdown of ceasefire violations, please see the annexed table. 3 Including explosions. 4 Including from unidentified weapons. Daily Report 252/2021 27 October 2021 1
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Summary
In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 435 ceasefire violations, including 86 explosions. In
the previous reporting period, it recorded 205 ceasefire violations in the region.
In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations, including three explosions. In
the previous reporting period, it recorded three ceasefire violations in the region.
The Mission followed up on reports of damage to an inhabited apartment in non-government-
controlled Zolote-5/Mykhailivka, Luhansk region.
The SMM continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote
and Petrivske. It recorded ceasefire violations inside the disengagement area near Petrivske.
The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to localized ceasefires to enable the
operation and construction of critical civilian infrastructure.
The SMM continued following up on the situation of civilians, including at five entry-exit
checkpoints and four checkpoints of the armed formations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The Mission monitored the security situation in east and south-east Kherson region.
The SMM’s freedom of movement continued to be restricted, including at a checkpoint of the
armed formations near Bezimenne, Donetsk region. Its unmanned aerial vehicles again
experienced multiple instances of jamming and probable jamming.*
Ceasefire violations2
Number of recorded ceasefire violations3 Number of recorded explosions4
1 Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 19:30, 26 October 2021. All times are in Eastern
European Summer Time. 2 For a complete breakdown of ceasefire violations, please see the annexed table. 3 Including explosions. 4 Including from unidentified weapons.
Daily Report 252/2021 27 October 20211
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Map of recorded ceasefire violations
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In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 435 ceasefire violations, including 86 explosions (15
impacts, 27 airbursts and 44 undetermined). The majority of ceasefire violations occurred
inside and near the disengagement area near Petrivske (non-government-controlled, 41km
south of Donetsk) (see below) and in areas north of Shyrokyne (government-controlled, 100km
south of Donetsk). In the previous reporting period, the Mission recorded 205 ceasefire
violations in the region, the majority of which also occurred inside and near the disengagement
area near Petrivske and north of Shyrokyne.
In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 20 ceasefire violations, including three undetermined
explosions. The majority of ceasefire violations occurred in areas near the disengagement area
near Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk) (see below). In the previous
reporting period, the Mission recorded three ceasefire violations in the region, all near the
disengagement area near Zolote.
Following agreement reached at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 22 July 2020
regarding Measures to strengthen the ceasefire, from 00:01 on 27 July 2020 until the end of the
reporting period, the SMM has recorded at least 68,053 ceasefire violations in both Donetsk
and Luhansk regions (including 18,669 explosions, 14,504 projectiles in flight, 328 muzzle
flashes, 275 illumination flares and at least 34,277 bursts and shots).
Damage to an inhabited apartment in Zolote-5/Mykhailivka, Luhansk region
The Mission followed up on reports of damage to an inhabited apartment in Zolote-
5/Mykhailivka (non-government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk).
On 26 October, at the ground floor of a two-storey apartment building at 5 Lizу Chaikinoi
Street, in a north-west-facing double-glazed window, the SMM saw a hole (25x30cm in
diameter) and cracks in the panes, as well as shards of glass laying on the outer windowsill.
The Mission assessed the damage as recent and caused by a projectile from an unknown
weapon from a north-north-westerly direction. A man (in his forties), who introduced himself
as the owner of the apartment, told the SMM that he was at home on the night of 25 October
when he heard shooting and the sound of breaking glass. Subsequently, he saw the hole in the
window.
The SMM lost spatial control of a mini-unmanned aerial vehicle near non-government-
controlled Holubivka, Luhansk region
On the morning of 26 October, the SMM was positioned on the north-eastern edge of
Holubivka (formerly Kirovsk, non-government-controlled, 51km west of Luhansk) to conduct
an announced mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight. From 11:09 to 11:14, the UAV
experienced GPS signal interference, assessed as caused by probable jamming, after which the
Mission lost spatial control over the UAV, while it was flying about 1.7km north-north-west
of the SMM’s position. The Mission was unable retrieve the UAV and subsequently left the