On May 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, members of the armed formations again denied SMM attempts to cross into non-government-controlled areas along official crossing routes: eight times in Donetsk region and three times in Luhansk region, while further attempts to cross into government-controlled areas were also denied, twice in Donetsk region and four times in Luhansk region, the OSCE SMM report says.
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Separatists deny OSCE SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in Donbas
Observers with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) stand behind an officer launching signal rockets in order to start the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces near Bohdanivka, a village in Kyiv-controlled territory in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 9, 2019.
