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No elections under muzzles of Russian guns: Yatsenyuk names conditions for Donbas elections
Октябрь 18, 2015
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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...

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Britain wants Russia to explain how come Pinocchio flamethrower recorded in militant-held area of Donbas
Октябрь 16, 2015
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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...

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Ukraine started to receive defensive non-lethal weapons from foreign partners, — Poroshenko
Октябрь 14, 2015
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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...

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U.S. to start training Ukrainian Armed Forces in November
Октябрь 12, 2015
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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...

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Absolutely calm 24 hrs in Donbas
Октябрь 10, 2015
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Absolutely calm 24 hrs in Donbas

  The situation in the Donbas conflict was absolutely calm in the last day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Saturday.  "The combined Russian-separatist forces didn't attack Ukrainian army positions and complied with the ceasefire. There were no cases of opening fire...

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Ukraine to open debt talks with Russia — Reuters
Октябрь 09, 2015
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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...

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Klimkin asks parliament to stop misusing «Donbas’ special status» term
Октябрь 07, 2015
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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...

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Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukrainian army
Октябрь 06, 2015
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Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukrainian army

Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has amended some legislative acts on military service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces by allowing foreign citizens and stateless persons to serve in the Ukrainian army, and at the same time it has toughened the responsibility for mercenary-related activity. The draft law on the amendments registered...

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Ukraine defies Russia’s demands to pardon militants prior to Donbas elections
Октябрь 05, 2015
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Ukraine defies Russia’s demands to pardon militants prior to Donbas elections

During the Normandy Four talks, Russia insisted on the adoption of a new amnesty law, providing for pardon to Russian-backed militants before the elections are held in Donbas, but Ukraine has successfully defended its position, deputy chief of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yeliseiev said at a Kyiv...

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Donbas militants observing full ceasefire on Sunday
Октябрь 05, 2015
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Donbas militants observing full ceasefire on Sunday

The enemy was observing a full ceasefire and did not open fire on Ukrainian positions in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Ukraine's east on Sunday, October 4, according to the ATO press center. The truce has allowed Ukraine to start scheduled withdrawals of military hardware and weapons whose caliber is under...

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OSCE reports large number of heavy weapons in «DPR»
Октябрь 02, 2015
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OSCE reports large number of heavy weapons in «DPR»

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded a large number of heavy weaponry in the militant-controlled areas of Donetsk region, according to the report published on September 30.  “In violation of the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted four main battle tanks (MBTs)...

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Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day
Октябрь 01, 2015
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Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day

No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were...

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