On 22 April, an SMM mini-UAV spotted for the first time 14 anti-tank mines (types undetermined) laid out in two rows across road H-21 near Vesela Hora (non-government-controlled, 16km north of Luhansk) and two anti-tank mines (TM-62) on the western side of the same road about 120m north-west of the aforementioned mines. The same UAV again spotted at least 44 anti-tank mines (probable TM-62) on the same road and in a field close to the latter two anti-tank mines.

On 23 April, an SMM mid-range UAV spotted for the first time 30 anti-tank mines (types undetermined) laid out in two rows running from north to south for about 70m in a field and another 150 anti-tank mines (types undetermined) laid out in two rows running from north to south for about 420m, all about 3km east of Troitske (government-controlled, 30km north of Donetsk). The same UAV again spotted about 600 anti-tank mines (types undetermined) running from north to south for about 500m, about 3.5km east of Novoselivka (government-controlled, 31km north of Donetsk) and again about 500 anti-tank mines (types undetermined) laid out in three rows running from north to south about 4km north-east of Novoselivka.

On 24 April, on the southern edge of Debaltseve (non-government-controlled, 58km north-east of Donetsk), the SMM saw for the first time a piece of unexploded ordnance (UXO), assessed as a 122mm rocket from an MLRS (BM-21) embedded in the asphalt on the northern side of road M-03 about 200m east-south-east of a bridge above railway tracks, which is used daily by civilians and the SMM.

On the north-western edge of Novohryhorivka (non-government-controlled, 61km north-east of Donetsk), the SMM saw for the first time an improvised mine hazard sign, with “passage forbidden mines” written in Russian, attached to a wooden gate across a road leading to Nyzhnie Lozove (non-government-controlled, 59km north-east of Donetsk).

About 650m south-east of a checkpoint of the armed formations near Horlivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Donetsk), on the south-eastern side of road T-0513, the SMM again saw a white improvised mine hazard sign with “mines” written in Russian, attached to a wooden stick in the ground.

On the eastern edge of Chermalyk, the SMM again saw a red mine hazard sign, with “Stop Mines” in Ukrainian, attached to a rope extended across a road leading to a cemetery.

Source: SMM OSCE