Contents tagged with Donbas
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Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas
Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas and organize local elections on the territories not controlled by Ukraine, as stated by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, during a conversation with the media and bloggers from Russia, Tut.by reports.
"I spoke with Putin and told him that whatever the cost, we need to come up with something to begin the resolution process ... There will be no winners in this war. The longer the conflict lasts, the …
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OSCE: The situation in the Donbas has worsened
The number of bombings and shootings in the Donbas is now the highest since the beginning of the year, according to the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE.
“Last week the amount of ceasefire violations documented by the OSCE-SMM was 160% greater than what had been documented before. It is the largest number of attacks since the beginning of the year,” said the principal deputy chief monitor of the OSCE-SMM to Ukraine, Alexander Hug, at a briefing, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
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Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Russia constructed walls to prevent desertion from the Donbas
In the occupied Luhansk region, near the Izvarino checkpoint, engineering barriers were installed and Russian Armed Forces were deployed along the Russian side of the border, as announced on Tuesday at a briefing by the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense on ATO issues, Colonel Olexandr Motuzyanyk, Ukrinform reports.
"Near the Izvarino border crossing, in the occupied territory, engineering obstacles are being built on the Russian side of the border. Also, along this stretch of the …
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Lavrov: Russia is interested in resolving the conflict near its border with Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said that Moscow rejects the accusations that Russia seeks to maintain the conflict in Ukraine.
"Russia is interested in resolving the conflict near its borders, more than anyone else, despite the fact that periodically you hear the assertions that we want to artificially drag out the conflict, keeping it in a frozen state forever. This is an attempt to shift the blame on others," the Minister said, speaking at the Potsdam meetings at the Alexander …
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Ukraine insists on round-the-clock work for OSCE Mission at checkpoints
Ukraine has insisted that the OSCE Mission and the Red Cross work near the gate checkpoints for 24 hours a day.
This was posted on Facebook by a member of the humanitarian subgroup at the Minsk negotiations, Iryna Herashchenko, after a meeting of the subgroup on Tuesday.
“Generally speaking, Ukraine supports the idea that the ICRC [International Committe of the Red Cross] and the OSCE have permanent posts when working close to all the checkpoints. Also, they should not just go there for only 1 …
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The OSCE reported another increase in ceasefire violations in the Donbas
On Sunday, November 6th, the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE reported an increase in ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region, BBC reports.According to the released report, in the Luhansk region, the number of violations has decreased. However, for the period from November 3 to 4, the OSCE observers recorded 585 explosions in the Donetsk region, while in the previous reporting period there were 430 of them."On the night of November 4th, in the DPR-controlled city of Horlivka (39 …
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OSCE has recorded 20 vehicles transporting the bodies of Russian soldiers from Ukraine over the course of the war
While monitoring the war in the Donbas, the OSCE counted more than 20 vehicles transporting the bodies of Russian soldiers back to Russia, as announced by the U.S. representative to the organization, Ambassador Daniel Baer, Ukrinform reported.
Prior to that, on October 27th, observers noticed another car transporting the dead in Gukovo and Donetsk. According to them, it was crossing the border between Russia and the separatist controlled territory.
"And this is just the last one of more than 2 …
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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine: The U.S. does not want to join the Normandy Four
The United States is not going to join the Donbas negotiations in Normandy Format, said U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Radio Liberty."I do not think that there are plans for the U.S. to join the Normandy format now. But this does not mean that the U.S. is not active at the diplomatic level. We cooperate with Ukraine, we have consultations with France and Germany. Periodically we will also hold meetings with the Russians, to see whether there is a way for constructive progress …
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Klimkin: If Russia does not remove heavy weapons, they could potentially have their own bases in the Donbas
Heavy weapons of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbas should be returned to the Russian Federation, and should not be stored on site during the local elections. If not, Russia could potentially then have their own military bases in the area as per the OSCE mandate. This was stated by the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pavlo Klimkin, in an interview with Levyi Bereg.“One of the OSCE’s proposals is to establish a warehouse in Donbas where military equipment and weapons could be stored …
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Ukrainian Military Command links increased separatist attacks to forthcoming negotiations in Minsk
According to the Ukrainian military, separatists have increased their attacks along the demarcation line in eastern Ukraine ahead of the forthcoming meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk which is due to begin on November 9.
According to the the speaker of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Vladyslav Voloshyn, this way the separatists are trying to gain leverage that they can use to influence Ukraine at the meeting in Minsk.
“On November 9, the meeting of the Trilateral …