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EU member states will begin deliberations in two days on an interim agreement on visa-free travel for Ukraine
As a result of the consultations of the EU member states, representatives of the European Parliament and the European Commission, an agreement was reached on the launch of visa liberalization for Ukraine's citizens. The update was provided by the Maltese EU Presidency, a representative of which participated in the meeting, according to Evropeiska Pravda.
"The representatives of the Maltese Presidency and the European Parliament reached an interim agreement on visa liberalization for Ukrainians, …
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Unknown persons tried to capture the Donbas blockade activists’ redoubt
On the 28th of February, unknown persons stormed two redoubts of the Donbas blockade in the Donetsk region: the “16 volunteer battalion” in Kryvyi Torets and “Zaporizhia” in Bakhmut [at the end of January, war veterans in Eastern Ukraine blocked several railway crossings, demanding that Ukrainian prisoners in the Donbas be freed and trade with separatists halted]. The blockade Headquarters posted on its Facebook page about the attacks on the redoubts.
The blockade Headquarters claims that the …
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Separatists nationalize all Ukrainian enterprises in territories not under Ukrainian control
Enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction which are in the separatist-held areas of the Donbas are now being administered by separatists.
“As of midnight on March 1, Ukrainian enterprises in the jurisdiction of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) are under state administration,” reported Russia's Interfax news agency citing a source in the Council of Ministers of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) also confirmed to Interfax the change to a new administration.
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Turchynov: A month would be enough to liberate the Donbas
National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov declared that Ukrainian troops have waited enough months to liberate the Donbas.
According to Secretary, the battles for the Svitlodarsk salient and Avdiivka have shown that the Ukrainian army is stronger than the "hybrid Russian troops".
"With today's balance of forces, we need only a month to completely clear the area of the Donbas," said Turchynov during an interview with Censor.net.
At the same time, the NSDC …
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The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reveals plans to regain control over the Donbas
Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov said that Kyiv has a plan to regain sovereignty over the Donbas. "We have a very specific plan with regard to the Donbas, which has nothing to do with the concessions to Putin's regime," the head of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine stated in an interview with TSN news program on Sunday evening, February 26, Deutsche Welle reported.The Minister added that the strategy will be implemented if Russia, "under the pressure from the West" shows …