Contents tagged with Donbas
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Ukraine to change the name of its military operation in the Donbas
The bill to reintegrate the Donbas will entail the introduction of the concept “Operation on Defense of Ukraine” instead of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). This was announced by Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories Yuriy Hrymchak in an interview with Radio Svoboda.
When asked to clarify whether the word “war” would be used for the operation, he responded in the negative, explaining that the term would mean declaring war on Russia with all the corresponding consequences. …
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Ukraine names its conditions for the introduction of a peacekeeping mission in the Donbas
Commenting on the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin reading the peacekeeping mission in the Donbas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has named conditions the country considers necessary for the introduction of a peacekeeping mission to the Donbas. They include the withdrawal of occupation forces from the Donbas and the absence of Russian personnel in the mission.
"Any international peacekeeping presence must be deployed by consent of and after extensive consultations with …
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Russia submits its own resolution to UN Security Council on deploying peacekeepers in Donbas
Russia has sent the head of the UN Security Council a draft resolution on bringing a peacekeeping mission to the Donbas, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya announced on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported.
“Today we have sent the relevant draft resolution to the chairman of the UN Security Council and the secretary-general. We hope that soon it will be distributed among the council members. We intend to hold the relevant consultations on the expert level, and …
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Ukrainian official: Russia started withdrawing some of its military equipment from Donbas
Russia began the process of reducing its presence in the separatist-held territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as stated by Yuri Hrymchak, Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, during an interview with Apostrophe.
According to him, Russia is gradually withdrawing its weapons from the Donbas, starting with particularly valuable equipment.
"For example, REBs - electronic warfare complexes. I was informed that they began to withdraw counter- …
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DPR separatists say they will give Netherlands human remains from MH17
Representatives of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) say that they are willing to give the Netherlands the remains of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 which crashed on 17 July 2014.
The self-proclaimed “DPR Prosecutor General’s Office” reacted in this way to the “reportage” of Patrick Lancaster, who is covering the conflict on the militants’ side.
“Our coworkers, observing criminal procedural norms, have seized the available remains and have carried out an examination of them. The …
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SBU detains director of the ammunition factory from separatist-held Luhansk
Employees of the Main Investigation Administration of the Security Service of Ukraine together with the counterintelligence of the SBU detained the separatist ex-director of the PJSC (Private Joint-Stock Company) Luhansk Cartridge Works.
“Law enforcement officials discovered that in June 2014, by order of the so-called Prime Minister of the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), a Ukrainian citizen was appointed as the plant’s Acting Director. Special Service employees recorded that the malefactor, …
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Security Service of Ukraine: 144 Ukrainians are held captive by the separatists
As of September 2, there are 144 Ukrainians being held captive by the separatists in the Donbas, as stated by the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Yuri Tandit on 112 Ukraine TV.
"In recent days, unfortunately, the number has increased slightly because ordinary civilians were detained, who had no weapons and were not near the line of demarcation, and were not participants of the ATO [Anti-Terrorist Operation]. They have been accused of espionage and other crimes that …
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Turchynov: Russia remains in Donbas to put pressure on Europe
Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin are not going to leave the "occupied territory" because he regards the war in the Donbas as a lever of pressure on Europe.
Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov stated this at a meeting with the head of the World Congress of Ukrainians, Eugene Czolij, the press service of the National Security and Defense Council reported.
"Putin is not going to get out of the occupied territory, and for him, the war in the Donbas is …
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Shelling continues in Donbas
On the third of September three incidents of shelling at Ukrainian soldiers by pro-Russian separatist militants took place in the Eastern Region of Ukraine, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).
At approximately 6:00 am almost twenty 120-millimeter rockets were launched at the Ukrainian positions near Hnutove and Talakivka (the Region of Donetsk).
In total 17 separate incidents of shelling at the Ukrainian side from rocket launchers and large caliber machine …
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Ukraine considering several options for introduction of peacekeepers in Donbas
Kyiv is considering three options for the introduction of a UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas, as stated by Arthur Gerasimov, chairman of the faction Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (BPP), in a radio broadcast on Era.
“The discussion currently includes several options [for the introduction of the peacekeeping mission]. For example, the first is the format proposed by the President of Ukraine, voiced during a session of the General Assembly. Also under discussion is the format for introducing …