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Russia sends more weapons and military equipment to the Donbas
The Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire in the Donbas stated that the number of ceasefire violations in the Donbas has increased because Russia has increased the number of heavy equipment and weapons by nearly tenfold over the past month, the Joint Forces Operation’s [JFO] press center reported on Facebook.
“In July, the OSCE SMM registered an unprecedented increase in heavy weapons and military equipment, found in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region. …
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Large-scale military exercises begin in Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun conducting the Speka (“Heat”) 2018 large-scale exercises involving territorial defense units, reported the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The exercises are being conducted throughout Ukraine based on a unified schedule. The staff and military units of all types of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine take part in the exercises. Chief of General Staff, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Viktor Muzhenko leads …
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Ukraine may end railway traffic to and from Russia
Ukraine intends to stop railway traffic between itself and Russia, said Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan, as cited by TSN.
According to Omelyan, the government is currently considering such a course of action. “We are currently considering the option of ending railway traffic with Moscow,” he said.
The minister later explained his statement in a comment on Interfax-Ukraine.
“We are preparing a number of countermeasures in relation to what Russia is doing in our occupied …
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Kyiv: 200 Ukrainian sailors detained in Italy and Greece
About 250 Ukrainian seamen have been detained by law enforcement officers from Greece and Italy, said the Ukrainian State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andriy Zayats, as quoted by the press service of the Foreign Ministry, on the Facebook page.
Zayats mentioned that the situation with the Ukrainian sailors has deteriorated.
“The situation has deteriorated significantly in recent years. There have always been problems with sailors, but a situation of this magnitude is …
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OSCE urges Ukraine to prolong special status of Donbas
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine should extend the validity of the law “On the special order of local self-government in the separate regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces,” which was adopted in 2014.
Martin Sajdik, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the situation in the Donbas, has sent an official request to this effect to the leaders of the Verkhovna Rada, announced Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Speaker of …