Contents tagged with Donbas
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US Representative for Ukraine Volker: Negotiations with Russia put on pause
US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker announced that the next meeting with Russian Presidential Advisor Vladislav Surkov on bringing an end to the war in the Donbas will not take place before December. Until this time, the parties are pausing, following the lack of success of the previous negotiations. Volker spoke about this in an interview with LB.ua, recorded for the VIII National Expert Forum.
“During the first two meetings, I had the feeling that we were …
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Heraschenko: OSCE observer’s friendly demeanor toward separatists was not a simple coincidence
During a meeting of the Tripartite Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk, Ukraine plans to raise the issue of an "imprudent" OSCE observer who exchanged a friendly greeting with a militant, as stated on Facebook by Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and Ukrainian Humanitarian Envoy to the TCG.
"The OSCE is making justifications for its observer, who, greeted the militants as if they were family. They say this is was just an oversight. Of course, this is not an oversight, …
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Ukrainian official says Minister Kornet who led coup in Luhansk has 3,000 people under his command
There are about three thousand people now subordinated to the "Minister of Internal Affairs" of the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic," Igor Kornet, as announced by the Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, Heorhiy Tuka on the Freedom of Speech program on channel ICTV.
"When Kornet became ‘Minister of the Internal Affairs,’ he had 219 subordinates; today there are about three thousand people in his divisions," Tuka stated.
Tuka …
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Russia opened 196 criminal cases against Ukrainian military
The Investigative Committee of Russia has initiated 196 criminal cases against Ukrainian military personnel since 2014, as stated by the Head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, the authority's website reported.
"From 2014 to the present, 196 criminal cases have been instituted on which 127 persons shall face criminal proceedings. Among them are high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, including Ukrainian Minister of Defense [Stepan] Poltorak and his …
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New leader of LPR promised not to disrupt prisoner exchange with Ukraine
The successor of the former head of LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), Igor Plotnitsky’s, Leonid Pasechnik said that he will not prevent the exchange of prisoners.
"Of course, the resignation of Igor Venediktovich will not impact the exchange of prisoners, the process continues. The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the People's Militia verified our people who are detained, who are on our territory, and are subject for an exchange. I will be given a list on Monday and will …
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Ukrainian military command: Ukrainian soldier captured during a fight near Krymske
A soldier from the 16th Motorized Infantry Battalion (MIB) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was taken prisoner during the fighting on November 23 near Krymske in the Luhansk province, as reported by the 16th MIB on Facebook.
“In connection with the spread of distorted information on the soldiers killed in the fighting of November 23 near Krymske in the Luhansk province, we present an explanation. It was officially reported that four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the mentioned territory. It …
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Ukrainian official: Leaflets calling for unification with DPR appeared in separatist-held Luhansk
In the separatist-controlled Luhansk, leaflets were distributed with appeals to unite with the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) into a single republic, as reported by the Deputy Chairman of the Luhansk civil-military administration, Yuriy Klimenko, on 112 Ukraine.
"The people are slowly being prepared for such unification, the next step will be the dissemination of these appeals in the media in the occupied territories," Klimenko said.
He is convinced that Russia will benefit from this, …
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Media: A leak on social media by a military volunteer disrupted an operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas
The Ukrainian army offensive in the Donbas failed because one of the volunteers disclosed the military’s plans, as reported by TSN news, citing a source in the headquarters of the 54th Brigade.
According to him, Kyiv initially planned to capture a significant amount of territory and move to the outskirts of Horlivka, which is under the control of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
"The result was planned to be much more ambitious. They planned to seize a much larger territory, but …
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New head of separatist LPR speaks about Republic’s political course
The political course of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) will remain unchanged despite the resignation of Igor Plotnitsky, says acting head of the Republic Leonid Pasechnik. The Luhansk Information Center has reported this. According to Pasechnik, the LPR will continue to move towards an alliance with Russia, ensuring the Minsk agreement, and establishing economic and political development, as well as maintaining security and "normal life." "We will adhere to the course that we …
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SBU: mercenaries of Wagner private military company arrived in Luhansk from Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine reported that additional forces from the private military company Wagner arrived at the separatist-controlled territory of the Luhansk region. The website of the SBU states that they came to support the separatist Igor Kornet, after the conflict between him and former head of LPR Igor Plotnitsky which resulted in Plotnitsky fleeing to Russia.
The special service reported that in 2015, Kornet and the head of the Wagner private military company under the …