Contents tagged with Donbas
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Ukrainian Special Operations Forces confirmed that two individuals captured by LPR are their employees
The Ukrainian military members, detained by the LPR and accused of killing the so-called head of the People's Militia of the Republic, Oleg Anashchenko, are servicemen from the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as reported by the press service of the SOF.
"On March 10, 2017, the representatives of the so-called MGB (Ministry of the State Security) of the self-proclaimed republic, which controls a part of the Luhansk region of our state, posted a video of the …
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UN warns of high risks of a chemical disaster in the Donbas
The UN Special Rapporteur on issues of hazardous materials warned of the high risks of a chemical spill in eastern Ukraine, which is fraught with disastrous consequences for the health of the local population and the environment, reported the UN News Center.
Baskut Tuncak, the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, reminded that there are large chemical and industrial plants located in the …
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The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia plans to reduce number of 'humanitarian convoys' for the Donbas
Beginning in April, convoys with "humanitarian assistance" for residents of the southeast of Ukraine will be sent once a month instead of two, RIA Novosti reported citing the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Vladimir Artamonov.
"From April, there will only be one convoy per month, and not two, as per usual," Artamonov said.According to Artamonov, this is due to "sufficient satisfaction of the needs" of residents of the southeast of Ukraine, adding that he means " …
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Media: Ukrainian factories 'nationalized' by separatists grind to a halt
The day before the “nationalization” announced by the separatists, and also thereafter, a number of production facilities have ground to a halt in the separatist-held Donbas territories.
According to the Russian paper “Kommersant”, the Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant, Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, and Yasinovsky Coke Plant in Makiivka have stopped operating.
“The last payment was at the start of February, and now production is frozen. On March 1 the plant was blocked by people with automatics. …
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International Committee of the Red Cross will expand its mission in the Donbas
The International Committee of the Red Cross is negotiating with both sides of the conflict to expand its mission in the Donbas, according to ICRC President, Peter Maurer, as reported by Interfax.
"This is my fourth visit here to talk with local authorities in Luhansk, Donetsk, and in Kyiv about the expansion of our operation into Ukraine," he said.
Peter Maurer noted that the humanitarian situation in the Donbas has become very complicated again.
"In the last couple of weeks we are seeing …
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The largest coal mine in separatist-held territory of Ukraine stops its operations
The DTEK energy holding’s largest coal mine, Komsomolets Donbasu, which is owned by Ukrainian businessman, Rinat Akhmetov, has stopped production in the occupied part of Donetsk region, as reported by Podrobnosti, citing one of the company’s employees.
It was reported that the majority of the employees were put on leave without pay as of the 3rd of March. Currently, only maintenance personnel who measure gas levels and pump out water, remain at the coal mine. According to the mine’s employee, …
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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs: The amount of Russian weapons and military in the Donbas is shocking
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, stated that up to one thousand artillery systems, more than 400 tanks, and 200 rocket launchers were sent to the Donbas by the Russian Federation.
He said this during Senate hearings at a meeting of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, as reported by UNIAN.
The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that the hybrid war conducted by Russian against Ukraine is …
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Russian representatives in The Hague claim separatists found weapons in the mines of the Donbas
The Russian Delegation to the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague claims that militants in the Donbas do not receive weapons from the Russian Federation, but rather "find them on their own".
This statement was made by Ilya Rogachev, a Russian representative involved in the process, Evropeyskaya Pravda news website reports.
Rogachev named the main source of weapons as "stocks from the Soviet times" that were located on Ukrainian territory.
"A large share of these reserves were left …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Budapest Memorandum needs to be revised
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin called on the United States to support the resumption of negotiations between the signatory countries of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 (the United States, Britain, Russia, Ukraine) on the settlement of the situation in the Crimea, annexed by Russia, and the Donbas, while speaking at a hearing of the US Senate Appropriations Committee on "Russian policy and intentions for individual European countries: the example of Ukraine."
We need US …
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The Kremlin's decision to recognize 'passports' issued in the separatists republics is another attempt of Russia to destabilize the situation in Ukraine
Author: Dmytro Snegiryov, Head of Prava Sprava public initiative.
The temporary recognition of passports issued by the separatist republics is being used by Russia to exert political pressure specifically on Ukraine and not on our Western partners. By stressing the temporary character of the recognition of these documents, Putin is trying to accuse Ukraine of violating its commitments laid out in the Minsk Agreements: the elections, an all-inclusive amnesty, and a special status for these …