Contents tagged with Donbas
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Ukrainian Cabinet prepares to make a decision on Donbas blockade
At its next meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers will consider the issue of trade arrangements with the uncontrolled territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, in an interview on TSN on Sunday evening, February 26th.
“It is necessary to settle the matter of trade relations with the occupied territories. The corresponding decision was made by the National Security Council so that we could regulate this issue and …
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OSCE calls for ceasefire at Donetsk water filtration plant
The Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE in Ukraine (OSCE SMM) insists on the cessation of shelling of the Donetsk filtration plant by all sides of the conflict in the Donbas. This position was announced in a statement by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, which was published on Facebook on Friday, February 24.
"The shelling of the filtration plant, as well as the fact that, contrary to their promises, these parties have still not taken away …
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Italy has allocated 1 million Euro for the residents of the Donbas
The Italian government has allocated €1 million to the UN World Food Programme and UNICEF to assist victims of the conflict in the Donbas. This was stated by the Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine, Davide La Cecilia, in a briefing on Thursday, February 23rd.
“Italy will provide help to Ukraine this year. The Italian government and Italian Development Cooperation have allocated €1 million to help the people who have been affected in eastern Ukraine. Of the one million, €700,000 will be provided to …
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OSCE will increase number of observers in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) plans to increase the number of observers for its Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, in order to strengthen its technical capacity and increase patrol hours along the contact line in the conflict zone. Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian Foreign Minister who currently holds the OSCE Chairmanship, made the announcement at a UN Security Council meeting.
Kurz, who visited Ukraine in January, called the level of violence in the east of …
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Ukraine's Minister of Defense: There are 37,000 Ukrainian soldiers at the front line in the Donbas
Presently, there are thirty-seven thousand Ukrainian soldiers at the front line in the Donbas, according to Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, the website of the Ministry reports.
Poltorak claims that the rest of the staff are on combat duty, in training centers, at the training sites and in the classrooms where the soldiers are learning from experience gained and making conclusions."
"We are able to defend Ukraine and fulfill all the tasks facing the Armed Forces. The evidence of this is the 7 …
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Ukraine accused Russia of political pressure and blackmail at the UN Security Council meeting
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko said at a meeting of the Security Council that Russia has gone out of its way to provoke and pressure Ukraine. According to him, Russia's actions bode ill for Europe.
"Instead of conscientiously implementing Minsk agreements, Russia exerts political pressure, uses blackmail and conducts military provocations. Ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine and its negative consequences are among the main threats to …
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Russia is supplying separatists with weapons and armor
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute or SIPRI recently released a report about weapons supplied to armed groups. The report stated that Russia has been supplying the separatists in Eastern Ukraine with heavy weaponry.
According to the Institute, in 2012-2016 the number of weapons supplied to armed groups worldwide amounted to 0.02% of the total world weapons market. The report notes that during this period, Russia supplied arms to 50 countries, particularly the separatists in …
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Participants of the Donbas blockade meet with Prime Minister Groysman
On the 20th of February, participants in the blockade of trade with the territories of the Donbas not controlled by Ukraine accepted Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman’s invitation and came to the negotiation table in the hope of resolving the conflict caused by the blockade.
The conflict between the authorities of Ukraine and war veterans in Eastern Ukraine arose after war veterans blocked several railway crossings at the end of January 2017. They are demanding the release of Ukrainian …
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OSCE: Conflict in the Donbas is main source of instability in Europe
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said that the conflict in eastern Ukraine remains the main source of instability and tension in Europe.
"The crisis in Ukraine and around it continues to be a major source of tension and instability in Europe, unfortunately. It has meant a return of geopolitics to the agenda of the OSCE, and it is a challenge to our model of cooperation," he said on Tuesday during an open Cabinet-level debate on the topic of "Maintaining international Peace and Security: …
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Ukrainian MFA: 10,000 Ukrainians have been killed in the Donbas
Since the beginning of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine (20 February 2014), more than 9,800 Ukrainians have been killed and approximately 23,000 more injured, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported. Over the three-year period of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, almost 1.8 million people have become internally displaced.
“The Russian-Ukrainian border, which has a length of 409.7 kilometers still remains beyond the control of the Ukrainian Government,” the …