Ukraine
Poroshenko says Ukrainian troops allowed to return fire if attacked
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko admits that the situation in Donbas has been escalating despite the Minsk peace agreements and reiterates that Ukrainian troops are allowed to return fire if attacked by Russian-backed militants. "These attempts to disrupt the Minsk agreement – not only by provoking the...
Ukraine must be prepared for Russia’s new offensive in Donbas — Turchynov
Read more on UNIAN:http://www.unian.info/war/1180401-ukraine-must-be-prepared-for-russias-new-offensive-in-donbas-turchynov.htThe Russian troops are doing everything to disrupt the peace process in the east of Ukraine, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov said at a...
Militants attack Ukrainian forces across conflict zone, situation most tense near Donetsk
The combined Russian-separatist forces are firing on the Ukrainian army positions in all directions, the most tense situation is to the west of the city of Donetsk, Head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing on Tuesday, according to an UNIAN...
Interior Ministry: 250 «DPR» and «LPR» militants detained in 2015
A total of 250 militants reported detained since early 2015, and the whereabouts of 52 people from the 2014-2015 wanted list have been established, the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Donetsk region said. In particular, since the beginning of the year, the law enforcers announced suspicion to...
Liberated ex-wife of Ukrainian politics flooded the social networks by candid photos (PHOTOS)
Users of social networks consider with interest semi-nude photos of his wife's new head Dergachi district of the Kharkov region of Ukraine. Sexually liberated wife of Alexandr Polytuha flooded their pages on social networks candid photos. 32-year-old Lena has a very prominent forms, the conquered and...
Joint Centre for Control: Russia still arming proxies in Donbas
The Ukrainian members of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of the Ceasefire and Stabilization of the Parties' Demarcation Line in Donbas report that Russia continues supplying weapons to its proxies in eastern Ukraine, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "Another...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces 13 times overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 13 times overnight, using grenade launchers of different caliber, anti-aircraft guns and small arms, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Saturday. "The militants fired six times on the town of...
Best way to hold fair elections in East Ukraine is to withdraw Russian troops — Yatsenyuk
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the current ceasefire in occupied regions of the country's east is a precondition of, not the implementation of, the Minsk agreement, according to Ukraine Today. "The best way to hold free and fair elections is just to withdraw Russians, to pull back all Russian...
Russian proxies fire grenade launchers on ATO forces overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 12 times overnight, using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "The pro-Russian militants were firing on the villages of Opytne,...
Five Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day Read more
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but five were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday. "Yesterday night, the militants intensified their attacks on ATO forces along...
Probe in Odesa fire in May 2014 not in line with European Human Right Convention
The International Advisory Panel on November 4 published the review of investigations into the tragic events in Odesa of May 2014, reporting it has found that the investigations have failed to satisfy the requirements of the European Convention of Human Rights. The clashes in the center of Odesa and the fire in the Trade Union...
Russian proxies attack gov’t roadblock, three Ukrainian troops wounded
At 15:00 Kyiv time the militants shelled a government-controlled roadblock outside Triokhizbenka from an automatic grenade launcher, wounding three soldiers from the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, according to the press service of the Luhansk regional military-civilian administration. Two of the wounded troops received...