The "Normandy Four" leaders expect to reach agreement on the terms and conditions of the local elections in the war-affected areas of Donbas based on the Ukrainian legislation, the press service of the Embassy of Germany to Ukraine. According to the Speaker of the Federal Government of Germany Steffen Seibert, a...
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine claims that three Ukrainian soldiers were abducted by ten individuals in military type uniform into two military type vehicles. "In Mykolaiv (60 km north-west of Kherson) the SMM met the deputy commanding officer of the 79th Airmobile Brigade who confirmed media reports...
The monitoring mission of the UN Human Rights Council to Ukraine has recorded facts of mass killings of civilians, abductions, torture, sexual abuse, forced labor and extortion by Russian-backed militants in Donbas, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry. "Ukraine has carefully studied the eleventh...
Russia’s Federal Security Service detained three Ukrainian paratroopers at the causeway crossing of Syvash Bay in Crimea on Sept. 5, the security agency has confirmed in a statement. Ukrainian media reported the soldiers missing on Sept. 6. Russian FSB agents arrested Oleksandr Yurov, Oleksandr Orlenko and Kostyantyn...
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "From 18:00 to midnight on September 9, the illegal armed groups fired several times on ATO forces in Donbas," the...
Germany will contribute to the financing of safety studies of mines in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the anti-terrorist operation zone, said Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine Martin Sajdik after a meeting of the Tripartite Liaison Group in Minsk. Following the results of the meeting of...
Ukraine’s NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov revealed in an interview with Ukrainian TV channel 24 the alleged plans of the terrorists outside the Verkhovna Rada building on August 31, saying they expected guardsmen to fire at protesters after being attacked by live grenade, thus causing mass casualties. "Those who...
Three Ukrainian soldiers from the 79th separate airmobile brigade, who were detained by the Russian border guards near Syvash Lake in Crimea, may soon return to Ukraine, according to the report of the Russian Federal Security Service, Ukrainian news service TSN has reported. According to the report, Russia has promised to...
Two soldiers of the 128th brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces were killed and another two were wounded during a military clash with a subversive reconnaissance group of terrorists in the village of Bolotene in Luhansk region on September 7, Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration's press service told....
The press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook that three soldiers from 79th separate airmobile brigade went missing in the early hours of September 5 near the administrative border with the Russian-occupied Crimea. "In the morning of September 5, we became aware of the...
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 12 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Monday. "From 18:00 Kyiv time to midnight on September 7, the illegal armed groups opened provocative fire several times in the...
The commander of HELBROC, Greece-led Combat Tactical Group of the European Union, said the Ukrainian marines taking part in Sea Breeze-2015 military exercises are very well trained. “I saw the people who had been training very hard. Moreover, they are experienced. Therefore, I am convinced that they are able to...