Contents tagged with Donbas
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Former leader of Right Sector says separatist commanders should also be put on Interpol wanted list
The former leader of the Right Sector Organization, Dmytro Yarosh, is outraged by the fact that Interpol doesn’t want to remove him from the international wanted list but, at the same time, it refuses to search for the known Commanders of the self-proclaimed DPR, Givi and Motorola, as he stated this on the air of the talk show People - Hard Talk on 112 Ukraine TV. According to him, Europe doesn’t consider them to be war criminals.
“There is some kind of dissonance – two and a half years have …
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Ukrainian Armed Forces: Withdrawal from demarcation line will be possible only after a sustainable ceasefire is implemented
The head of the press center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Headquarters, Ivan Arefiev, stated that Ukraine would agree to withdraw troops from the front line only after a complete cessation of attacks.
“The withdrawal of troops from the demarcation line is possible only after a sustainable ceasefire. We withdrew heavy weapons long ago. We are implementing the Minsk Agreements but we still remain because attacks on our positions have not yet ceased,” Arefiev said.
On Saturday, Russian-backed …
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Eastern Ukraine sees increased number of attacks
On September 25, pro-Russian separatists violated the ceasefire seven times. Separatists resorted to armed provocations using small arms, grenade launchers and machine guns.
This was reported by the Ukrainian Armed Forces press center.
In the Mariupol area, separatists violated the ceasefire in the areas of Marinka and Pavlopillia using small arms.
In the Donetsk area, separatists fired on Ukrainian positions in the area of Avdiivka. They used grenade launchers, machine guns and small arms. …
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US announces that Kyiv has agreed to offer special status to the Donbas
Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden stated that Ukrainian authorities have agreed to the special status of the Donbas. The video of the politician’s speech at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York was published by the Ukrainian Service of Voice of America.
Biden noted the complexity of the decision for Kyiv, stating that it would be similar to Washington granting special status to Texas due to the growing influence of Mexico in the region.
“It’s like saying, ‘Texas will …
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Ukraine's Security Service says it found eight 'torture chambers' in the Donbas
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) identified the addresses of eight alleged torture chambers in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as was reported by the head of the SSU, Vasyl Hrytsak, 112 Ukraine news channel reports.
Two torture chambers were found in the Luhansk region and six in the Donetsk region.
"The data was collected gradually. I cannot say, I don’t know how many addresses are still unknown to us. Because we, by defining the legal status …
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Ukraine has requested that the UK make efforts to halt activities of pro-Kremlin journalist Graham Phillips
The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Natalia Galibarenko, has requested that the United Kingdom make every possible effort to halt the activity of pro-Russian propagandist and British citizen, Graham Phillips.
An open letter from the Ukrainian diplomat states that Graham Phillips arrived in eastern Ukraine in 2014-2015, where he had been working for pro-Russian separatists. This letter was published by the press service of the Embassy of …
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Ukraine begins preparation for withdrawal of forces from the Donbas
The withdrawal of troops and weapons along three areas of the contact line has started, said Yevhen Marchuk, the Ukrainian Special Representative in one of the subgroups of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine. He hopes that withdrawal along the remaining four areas will follow.
Ukraine started preparations for the withdrawal of the troops and weapons along the frontline in the Donbas region. Withdrawal will take place along three areas defined in the framework agreement of the Tripartite …
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Trilateral Contact Group agrees on withdrawal of forces from the Donbas
The Trilateral Contact Group, which was created to settle the conflict in eastern Ukraine, agreed on a "withdrawal of troops and weapons" by all parties to the conflict in the Donbas region, as stated on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, by Daria Olifer, Press Secretary of the Ukrainian representative to the group, Leonid Kuchma, on her Facebook page. This information was confirmed by the Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Martin Sajdik. …
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Member of the European Parliament: Elections in the Donbas are not possible
A Member of the Parliamentary Association Committee between the EU and Ukraine, Rebecca Harms, said that elections within the separatist-held territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions cannot be carried out until the border is under the control of the Ukrainian authorities or an international organization such as the United Nations (UN)."Elections are very important in this region. However, having elections under conditions where the territory is controlled by the 'green men' and mercenaries …
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Plotnitsky says separatist republics averted coups
The head of the self-proclaimed LPR, Igor Plotnitsky, stated that the leadership of the DPR and the LPR could have averted the impending "revolution." According to him, as reported by DonPress, it is possible that such “revolutionary” preparations were managed not only in Ukraine but also in Russia.
"It was another attempt at a coup. However, it's not so much the fact of the coup in the LPR. The main goal was to create a precedent for the alleged indignation of the Ukrainian people and the …