The OSCE SMM in Ukraine reported that their monitors could not reach Zolote, Luhansk region, due to presence of live ammunition on the road from Zolote to Pervomaiske (Donetsk region). The mission reported that via Facebook.
Currently, Hug visits Donbas to assess the current security situation and opportunities to divide the forces in each of the designed areas. He met with leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic Alexandr Zakharchenko and reiterated that the Mission needs freedom of access and movement so as to effectively monitor the security situation in respective areas.