Contents tagged with War in Ukraine

  • Ukrainian Prosecutor General accused former Party of Regions MP Yefremov of 'opening the doors to the war in the Donbas'

    The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, accused the former head of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Yefremov, of initiating the war in the Donbas. Evidence gathered by the investigation has indicated that Yefremov is directly responsible, Lutsenko said at a press conference.

    "According to the evidence, not emotions, not the past, but the evidence, this man opened the door to war in our country. I am convinced of this, and it's not my emotions. This is …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: Separatists received radio-electronic warfare systems from Russia

    On August 9, R-330 Zhitel and Leer-3 radio-electronic jamming systems from the Separate Military Unit of Electronic Warfare (Donetsk) of the 1st Army Corps were deployed from Donetsk towards the line of contact in the Donbas, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, a deployment of weapons, military equipment, oil and lubricants was recorded from Russian territory.

    According to intelligence, between August 5 and August 7, four rail cars …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: Separatists in Luhansk are at full combat readiness

    In response to the assassination attempt against the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People`s Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, the separatists are at the highest degree of combat readiness, according to reports by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

    "In connection with an assassination attempt against Igor Plotnitsky, the separatists held counter-subversive activities and the 2AK units in Lugansk of the Center of the Territorial Army (Novocherkassk) …

  • Forces to withdraw 1 km from both sides of demarcation line in eastern Ukraine

    The Ukrainian representative to the security subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas, Yevhen Marchuk, stated on 112 Ukraine TV that the group’s decision on the withdrawal of forces of 1 km from the demarcation line on each side will be ready soon.

    “The agreement is almost ready. It is the group’s decision concerning the withdrawal of forces from the front line per kilometer by both parties, i.e. a two-kilometer distance. We have agreed to repeat the discussion on Tuesday in order to …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: More Russian tanks and other weapons arrived in the Donbas

    The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on August 6 that a military equipment convoy from the Russian Armed Forces – tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery mounts and trucks – was moving through the Ukrainian border in the areas of Kuibysheve(in the Rostov region) and Marinovka (in the Donetsk region). In addition, a supply of weapons, military equipment, ammunition, oil and lubricants from the Russian Federation was recorded.

    In particular, 10 …

  • OSCE continues to observe presence of military equipment in residential areas in eastern Ukraine

    OSCE observers continue to detect the military equipment positioned in the residential areas in eastern Ukraine as stated by the by the Deputy Head of the Special OSCE monitoring mission in the Donbas, Alexander Hug. In particular the military equipment of the separatists was detected in Novohryhorivka and Debaltseve. The information on the locations of the equipment was gathered by the OSCE UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).

    “Needless to say that where there are weapons there is violence,” said …

  • OSCE: Human trafficking has increased considerably due to the war in eastern Ukraine

    The OSCE’s Special Representative and Coordinator to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, announced at a press briefing that the war in eastern Ukraine has led to a significant increase in the number of people who find themselves in human trafficking networks.

    "Ukraine remains a country of origin, transit and the country of those who fall into the hands of traffickers. The crisis in Ukraine only increased the number of people who are at risk and end up in …

  • Separatist leader: Hostilities in the Donbas could resume if Ukraine does not implement Minsk Agreements

    The Chairman of the People's Soviet of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, warned that open hostilities in the Donbas could resume if Kiev fails to implement the Minsk Agreements, Izvestia reported.

    Pushilin told the newspaper that the situation remains tense in the Donbas, and there has been no progress on reaching a political settlement for the war that has lasted for more than two years.

    “Over the last five to six days, the situation has worsened as much as is possible. …

  • US Senator Bob Corker: The US should continue to respond to Russia’s aggression

    In response to Voice of America’s request for comment regarding US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s statement about Crimea and the Donbas, the US Senator from Tennessee, Bob Corker, stated that the United States should continue to respond to Russia’s aggression related to the invasion into eastern Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea.

    “I have supported providing lethal weapons to Ukraine and believe we should help our allies resist efforts to change borders by force,” Bob …

  • Obama: Cooperation in Syria will not end US pressure on Russia with regard to Ukraine

    During a joint press conference with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US President Barack Obama explained the difficulties in attempting to cooperate with Russia to end the violence in Syria while simultaneously attempting to force Russia to implement the Minsk Agreements and end its role in the war in eastern Ukraine.

    “I think we’ve already got a lot of differences with Russia on a whole bunch of issues,” Obama stated, according to a press release on the White House’s website. “But I …