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Ukraine completes withdrawal of tanks on all fronts
The forces of Anti-Terrorist Operations have completed removal tanks from the demarcation line in Donbas, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. "Today the Ukrainian military completed the pullback of tanks on all fronts. Combat vehicles are moving at a 15-km distance from the contact line....
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...
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...
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...
SBU: Terrorist attack prevented in Dnipropetrovsk
SBU detains "DPR" terrorist trying to plant a 11-kg strong C4 bomb in a public place in Dnipropetrovsk. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Dnipropetrovsk region together with the local police has detained a local resident – an agent of the self-styled secret service of the Donetsk People's Republic...
U.S. to start training Ukrainian Armed Forces in November
In November, the U.S. will launch a unique multi-million dollar program designed for training Ukrainian armed forces and special units, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in his address to the nation broadcasted on Sunday evening. "During my visit to New York, I agreed with the U.S. leadership on supply of...
Ukraine to open debt talks with Russia — Reuters
Ukrainian finance officials will open talks with Russian counterparts on a maturing $3 billion Eurobond that Russia holds on the sidelines of IMF-World Bank meetings in Peru, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday. "My understanding is that the Ukrainian government is now approaching the Russian government and...
Klimkin asks parliament to stop misusing «Donbas’ special status» term
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin insists that Ukrainian lawmakers stop speculating about terminology related to "special status of Donbas." "There is no special status. There is a law on the peculiarities of local self-government , which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. The law which respective...