Contents tagged with Donbas
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Media: Kyiv may break diplomatic relations with Russia
The Verkhovna Rada may decide to sever diplomatic relations with Russia next week, reports Russian publication Kommersant, citing sources in the Ukrainian parliament.
The newspaper claims that Ivan Vinnyk, an MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, correspondingly amended the Law on reintegration of the Donbas.
"In the Law on the reintegration of the Donbas, which the Rada should be considering in its second reading, Russia will be recognized as an aggressor country; I hope that [enough] votes …
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Volker: Russia has two options in the Donbas: frozen conflict or troop withdrawal
US Department of State Special representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker has said that Russia has two options for action in the Donbas, but denies the possibility of the situation transforming into a long-term conflict.
Volker said this during a briefing at the US Department of State, reports Voice of America.
"Look, I think it’s a binary choice for Russia. Would it like to create another frozen conflict, occupied territory, like Abkhazia or South Ossetia or Transdniestria, which…carries with it …
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Ukraine to stop water supply to separatist-held areas of the Luhansk region
The Ukrainian company Luhansk Energy Union (LEU) said that as of Monday 6 November, inhabitants of the Luhansk province will have no water supply due to the waterworks’ debt, as reported by the TV channel 112 Ukraine with reference to the LEU’s statement.
According to the TV channel, power to the Petrovsk pump station of the Popasna waterworks which supplies the inhabitants of the Luhansk province will be switched off. The LEU’s report notes that the company’s leadership has repeatedly asked …
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Poroshenko and Tillerson discussed peacekeeping mission in the Donbas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s and United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson conducted a telephone conversation, as reported on the web site of the Ukrainian President.
"Both sides expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the agreements reached between the presidents of Ukraine and the US during their meeting in New York. Poroshenko thanked Tillerson for Ukraine's support during the ongoing Russian aggression," the report says.
The interlocutors coordinated further …
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More than 2,000 amendments have been submitted to the draft law on Donbas reintegration
The People's Deputy from Petro Poroshenko Bloc political party and Presidential representative to the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Lutsenko, stated on Inter TV, that to date, more than 2,000 amendments to the draft law on the reintegration of the Donbas have been submitted to the National Security Committee.
"To date, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, headed by Serhiy Pashynsky, has received more than 2,000 amendments to this law," she said.
According to her, a …
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Volker: Russia controls everything that happens in the Donbas
During a press briefing in Washington, US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the Russian Federation controls 100% of what is happening in the Donbas.
In answering a question about the lack of dialogue between Kyiv and the pseudo-republics of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Volker disagreed with the assumption made by Russian journalists that the situation in the Donbas constitutes an "internal strife".
"It's …
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US Representative for Ukraine Volker: there is no agreement between Russia and US on peacekeepers in Donbas
US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the Russian Federation and the United States have not yet reached an agreement on the possibility of deploying a UN mission in eastern Ukraine during a meeting with journalists.
He recalled that in September, Russia proposed deploying a peacekeeping contingent on the contact line in the Donbas to protect the staff of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM).
"The Russian proposal was only for the line of conflict and only to protect …
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US advises Ukraine not to propose its own resolution on peacekeepers in Donbas, but instead to reach agreement with Russia
The US advised Ukraine not to introduce a competing resolution on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas in response to the Russian resolution, but rather to attempt to reach an agreement, as expressed by US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker.
“Several years ago Ukraine introduced the idea of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in Eastern Ukraine. At the time Russia was not willing to look into it. When Russia put forward its own idea in September, Ukraine was …
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Zakharchenko says DPR no longer wants to join Russia
Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the Russian-backed separatist in eastern Ukraine and the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic or DPR, stated that joining Russia was not among the goals pursued by the people he represented.
“The goal of our movement is not to join the DPR to Russia, but to enhance communication between our citizens and authorities to make our people’s lives better,” Zakharchenko said at an on-line press conference.
According to him, “the people of Donbas must …
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US representative to OSCE: Russia’s ‘humanitarian convoys' to Donbas confirm its involvement in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Last week, Russia brought a convoy of trucks, transporting unknown cargo into Ukraine, providing strong evidence of Moscow's involvement in the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, as stated by the US Chargé d'Affaires at the US Mission to the OSCE, Harry Kamian, on Thursday at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ukrinform reports.
"Considerable evidence of Russia’s involvement in the conflict remains. On October 26th, a 17-truck convoy crossed the internationally-recognized border …