Situation in the combat zone Situation in the combat zone. Over the last week, combat actions in the war zone in eastern Ukraine proceeded with higher intensity than in the previous week. OSCE. Last week the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) recorded a 25-percent decrease in the number of the ceasefire violations compared with the … Continue reading Normandy format meeting, Kyiv rallies, the Kremlin report, Poland’s law, and more: Weekly Update on Ukraine #45, 29 January – 5 February 2018 More