Contents tagged with Donbas
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The Kremlin says that the Donbas conflict would never be part of a Russian-U.S. agreement
The Kremlin claims that the conflict in the Donbas cannot be the subject of an agreement between Russia and the United States.
"It is unlikely that the internal Ukrainian conflict may become a negotiating point to any sort of agreement. This information by no means corresponds to reality," the Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
Peskov was commenting on the information that the Kremlin was preparing a "big deal" with the new U.S. administration wherein the United States …
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Ukrainian intelligence: Russian TV prepared anti-Ukrainian documentaries to influence opinion about the Donbas
According to Ukrainian intelligence officers, Russia’s main propaganda TV channels prepared high-profile “documentaries” in the Donbas in order to slander the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
“Russian command has intensified its measures to create provocative materials aimed at defaming the ATO forces and accusing them of violating the Minsk Agreements,” the Main Directorate of Intelligence says. …
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Pro-Ukrainian partisan group claims responsibility for recent assassination of LPR official
A Ukrainian partisan group operating in the Donbas has claimed responsibility for the recent death of the head of the so-called People’s Militia of LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), Oleg Anashchenko.
In a short video posted on the Facebook page of the Donbas Liberation front on February 5, a masked man spoke in Russian referring to Anashchenko’s assassination.
“We have warned you that if you don’t leave our land you will encounter death. The death will reach anyone who is waging this senseless …
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Ukraine makes arrangements to buy coal from the US
According to the Minister of the Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, Ihor Nasalyk, Ukrainian authorities are holding negations regarding the purchase of anthracite coal in the US, Korrespondent.net reported.
“I have information that negotiations are now being held regarding the shipment of one million tons of anthracite coal from the US to Ukraine,” the minister said at a press conference.
Nasalyk specified that negotiations are being held with private companies.
The minister also noted …
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Ukrainian Minister: Ukraine can stop buying coal from the separatist republics
Ukraine can do without the coal that it buys from the uncontrolled territories of the LPR and DPR, as stated by the Infrastructure Minister, Volodymyr Omelyan, during an informal meeting with bloggers and experts, as reported by the Chetverta Vlada news agency.
At the same time, the Minister stressed that the purchase of coal from the separatist-held territories is a political decision that will be taken by the country's leadership.
"There is a political decision that we buy coal from those …
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Turchynov: Russia is preparing to escalate hostilities in the Donbas
Russia has stepped up the movement of troops and arms into the Donbas, which indicates its readiness to further escalate hostilities, as stated by the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov.
According to him, military equipment, weapons, ammunition, outfits, fuel, and lubricants are being delivered "in an organized and systematic way, almost daily," both by road and by rail.
Over the last three days, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, MT-LBs, …
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Kyiv demands that German ambassador retract his statements regarding elections in the Donbas
There was a negative reaction in Ukraine to the opinion which German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel expressed in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, saying that elections could take place in the parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts not controlled by Ukraine even with the Russian army present there. This coincided with the reception at the embassy in celebration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Germany and Ukraine. During the reception, with journalists present, the …
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Groshi TV program reveals that Putin’s oligarch friend earns millions in Kyiv and supplies bullets to separatists
Russian businessmen continue to make millions off of Ukrainians in Kyiv. Afterwards, they invest this money in the war in the Donbas, according to an investigation by Groshi (“Money”) TV program of 1+1 TV Channel. Russian oligarch Igor Rotenberg purchased 46% of the shares of Tula Arms Plant, one of the largest weapons manufacturers in the Russian Federation. Separatists of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics use Tula Arms munitions to wage war in Donbas.
Rotenberg profits from one of …
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Ukraine and Azerbaijan imposed a ban on imported goods from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Donbas
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan, Alexander Mishchenko, stated that Ukraine and Azerbaijan agreed to disallow the import of goods from the Donbas and Nagorno-Karabakh without formal approval, Nova Epoha reported.
“During the visit of Petro Poroshenko to Baku, the Presidents of both countries gave instructions to the Heads of customs agencies of Ukraine and Azerbaijan to meet and discuss the issue of passage of goods imported from the occupied territories of both countries,” Mishchenko …
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Klimkin does not exclude imposing martial law if situation in the Donbas continues to deteriorate
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pavlo Klimkin, stated during the program Freedom of Speech, that "First, regarding Martial Law... Should the security situation continue to deteriorate, I am not excluding the imposition of martial law," At the same time, he added that certain countries can be at war without the imposition of martial law.
"Being in a state of war, the imposition of martial law, and Russian aggression are different notions. Russian aggression is already an issue which is much …