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Another Russian «aid» convoy crosses Ukrainian border
Another convoy of trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in Donbas has crossed the border of Ukraine, the National Center for Crisis Management of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported on Thursday. The convoy was divided into two parts en route: some trucks went to the Donetsk border...
Pullback of Ukrainian army’s small-caliber weapons under way
The situation was calm in the Donbas conflict zone overnight, which enabled the Ukrainian military to continue withdrawing small-caliber weapons from the demarcation line, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "On Wednesday, the Ukrainian troops were pulling back...
President: There is no need in mobilization at the moment
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko emphasizes that there is no need in mobilization in Ukraine, according to the presidential press service. Answering the questions of journalists in Ivano-Frankivsk, the President reminded that the last wave of mobilization had been completed in September. “We have finally managed...
OSCE recorded 25 tanks of “DPR” militants 60 km away from Mariupol
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the U.S. and Russia had signed a memorandum of understanding over safety procedures for aircraft flying over Syria, according to CBS News. The memo includes specific protocols for air crews to follow over Syria, and establishes of ground communications link, CBS News reports. Late last week, as...
Russia was stalling opening of «Ilovaisk corridor» to organize ambush of Ukrainian troops – Defense Ministry
The Russians were delaying the time for providing a corridor for the withdrawal of Ukrainian military from Ilovaysk to organize ambush of the Ukrainian military convoys, that’s according to the "Analysis of hostilities in the Ilovaisk area after the invasion of Russian troops on August 24-29, 2014," published on...
Ukraine may return to issue of UN peacekeepers in Donbas: Poroshenko
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko does not exclude returning the next year to the proposal for deployment of the UN peacekeeping force, if the Minsk Agreement are not implemented according to the agreed schedule, that’s according to President’s Sunday night interview with major Ukrainian TV channels....
No elections under muzzles of Russian guns: Yatsenyuk names conditions for Donbas elections
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk named four conditions for the holding of local elections eastern Ukrainian Donbas on a Ten Minutes with Prime Minister TV show on Sunday, October 18. "The first condition – no one will hold elections under the muzzles of Russian machine guns. They have to withdraw from the...
Aerial reconnaissance spots Russian military equipment on border with occupied Crimea
Aerial reconnaissance of the regiment Dnipro-1 has spotted Russian military equipment on the border with the temporarily occupied Crimea, the regiment's press service reported on Facebook. It is noted that the aerial reconnaissance began patrolling the territory of the occupied peninsula. "Large numbers of equipment...
Britain wants Russia to explain how come Pinocchio flamethrower recorded in militant-held area of Donbas
The British delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) demands from the Russian delegation to explain how a sophisticated Russian-manufactured heavy flamethrower appeared on a militant-controlled territory of Donbas. “We are requesting the delegation of the Russian Federation to explain...
ATO Headquarters: Calm day in Donbas, military fortify positions
The situation was calm in the Donbas conflict zone overnight, which enabled the Ukrainian military to continue equipping their positions, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "There were no violations of the Minsk agreements in ATO zone in last day, which made it possible to...
Ukraine started to receive defensive non-lethal weapons from foreign partners, — Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko thanked foreign partners for providing non-lethal defensive weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "…we are grateful for the defensive non-lethal weapons that has finally started to arrive," Poroshenko said Wednesday morning when opening the exhibit of modern weapons and equipment at...
Savchenko’s sister barred from entering Russia until 2020
Vira Savchenko, the sister of captive Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is in jail in Russia now, has been barred from entering Russia until 2020. " returning to Ukraine. At the Chortkovo-Milovoye check point on the border with Russia, a border guard told me, Vira Savchenko, that a ban on travels to Russia has been...