Contents tagged with Donbas
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Ukrainian soldier arrested in Italy on suspicion of 2014 murder of a photographer in the Donbas
The Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian citizen on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Italian photojournalist Andrea Rockelli in 2014 in Slavyansk, La Repubblica reported.
The material says that the detainee went to Ukraine in late 2013, where he participated in clashes on Independence Square in Kyiv. After that, he joined one of the volunteer battalions of the National Guard of Ukraine.
At the same time, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevgeny Enin wrote on his Facebook page …
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Ukraine warned of the environmental disaster in the Donbas
Due to the flooding of mines and rising water levels in the Donbas, the level of radiation will increase, making it necessary to gradually resettle people from the region, as stated by the Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons, George Tuka, on Channel 5."It's not about saving the Donbas at all. We can forget about it. We are talking about the gradual resettlement of the people from the region, because people will not be able to live there for 10 …
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Poroshenko: 'The Russians do not need Donbass. I think they are ready to leave.'
President Petro Poroshenko, in an interview with Le Figaro, called the conflict in the Donbas a decisive one.
He said this while discussing his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I think that he [Trump] is paying special attention to Ukraine. Why? Because among all the international problems that he faces, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, the conflict in eastern Ukraine is easy to resolve. The Russians don’t need the Donbas. I think they are ready to leave,” said …
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US State Department: Separatists in the Donbas use children as human shields and as soldiers
The residents of the war-torn Donbas most often become victims of human trafficking in Ukraine. Sexual exploitation is not the only concern. Experts are increasingly recording cases of children being used as informers and human shields by separatists in eastern Ukraine. This is stated in the annual “Trafficking in Persons” report of the US State Department.
In recent years, Ukraine remains the source, transit and destination place for men, women and children who are victims of trafficking, …
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Ukraine to convene 'Normandy Format' conference call
Ukraine intends to organize a telephone conference of the "Normandy format" member countries to resolve the situation in the Donbas.
Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin announced this on Tuesday in Rome, where he is on a two-day working visit, reported RFE/RL.
A telephone conference between the main representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France should be held in the near future.
"We're talking about a matter of days," Klimkin said at a press conference in the Italian Foreign Ministry. …
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Russian soldier captured in the Donbas
One of the LPR militants who were captured on June 24 near to Zhelobok turned out to be the Russian soldier Viktor Ageyev, drafted in the Altai Krai, who served on a contract basis, writes BBC citing the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the command of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The mother and friends of Viktor Ageyev confirmed that after his compulsory service, Viktor served in the army on the basis of a contract which he signed in March 2017. …
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Warsaw: Poland cannot take any more refugees since it already accepted more than 1.4 million migrants from Ukraine
According to the Member of the European Parliament from Poland, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Poland accepted more than 1.4 million migrants from Ukraine, who left their homes because of the conflict in the Donbas.
“Poland has fulfilled its solidarity part with the European Union, having accepted more than 1.4 million Ukrainians, which EU leaders failed to notice. We want immigrants from [Ukraine in] the east to be counted along with immigrants from [Africa and the Middle East in] the south, but we …
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German Foreign Ministry: The conflict in Ukraine won’t be resolved quickly
Both the separatists and the Ukrainian military have violated the ceasefire agreement in the Donbas and it is not likely that the conflict will be resolved in the near future, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, as reported by Reuters.
“It is very difficult to find a way out after so many years. Of course, we are trying, but it does not seem that we will have a short-term resolution of the crisis in the region,” said the head of MFA of Germany at a …
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France proposes a plan for de-occupation of the Donbas
French President Emmanuel Macron has presented his de-occupation plan for the Donbas to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Macron spoke about this on Monday in Paris at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Poroshenko held during the latter's working visit to France, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
"We are waiting for the result. The solution that I proposed to President Poroshenko, [I have shown] to all sides of the Normandy format and, in fact, already done for President Putin; I …
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Mercenary who fought for separatists in Donbas on trial in Czech Republic
The Czech police have brought the first charges against a Czech citizen for participating in the fight for the Donbas on the side of the pro-Russian separatists.
As reported by the local media, the former Czech soldier “participated in the preparation of terrorist attacks on the Donbas”. The court is currently considering the case which has been placed under an “information embargo”.
This is the first time that Czech prosecution authorities have begun considered a case with charges against a …