The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period.
Five attacks on the Ukrainian army have been recorded since the beginning of the day.
One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action; another one sustained a combat-related injury.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on Russia to put an end to the Donbas war and stop the financial and military support of illegal armed units in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker says that sanctions against Russia need to be maintained as 2017 has been the most violent year since the beginning of the war in Donbas, according to the Ukrainian news outlet Evropeiska Pravda, which cites Volker's interview with Italy's La Stampa.
Russian citizen Victor Ageyev who is facing trial in the Ukrainian town of Novoaidar in Luhansk region for terrorism is not on the list for a swap of prisoners of war, which is supposed to be conducted by Christmas, according to the Ukrainian news outlet hromadske.ua.