Section: War in Donbas

      Arms for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia may help U.S. block Putin in Ukraine – 6 policies to U.S. President Donald Trump
      Mar18

      Arms for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia may help U.S. block Putin in Ukraine – 6 policies to U.S. President Donald Trump

      Arming Ukraine and imposing tougher sanctions on Russia are among the six policies offered by former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Michael Carpenter to U.S. President Donald Trump for blocking Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Foreign Policy...

      Trump hopes for ”peaceful resolution” to Donbas conflict
      Mar18

      Trump hopes for ”peaceful resolution” to Donbas conflict

      U.S. President Donald Trump has announced after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that they seek a ”peaceful solution” to the conflict in Russia-occupied Donbas, the east of Ukraine. ”I also appreciate Chancellor Merkel`s leadership along with the French President [Francois Hollande] to resolve the conflict in Ukraine where we...

      Ukraine reports 77 Russian attacks: 2 soldiers killed, 8 wounded in past 24 hours
      Mar17

      Ukraine reports 77 Russian attacks: 2 soldiers killed, 8 wounded in past 24 hours

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 77 times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and eight as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      OSCE reports almost 14,700 ceasefire violations in Donbas in last week
      Mar17

      OSCE reports almost 14,700 ceasefire violations in Donbas in last week

      OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor in Ukraine Alexander Hug has announced that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine recorded almost 14,700 ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine in the last week. ”The SMM recorded 14,698 ceasefire violations in the last week,” he said at a press event in Kyiv on Friday. ”This shows that sides...

      SBU reports on new Russia`s tactics to split Ukraine
      Mar17

      SBU reports on new Russia`s tactics to split Ukraine

      Russia is trying to use ethnic groups living in Ukraine to promote national autonomies, head of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak said at a security conference in Kyiv March 17, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”The Russian side does not abandon the idea of Ukraine`s federalization and tries to use ethnic factors in the west...

      Kremlin`s lie: Putin personally said Yanukovych asked to send Russian troops to Ukraine
      Mar17

      Kremlin`s lie: Putin personally said Yanukovych asked to send Russian troops to Ukraine

      The Kremlin lies, saying that they have not received a letter from former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to deploy Russian troops in Ukraine. Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed such a letter existed. His words are quoted on the Kremlin`s website dated March 4, 2014. ”What can be the reason for using the Armed Forces? Of...

      Canada calls on international community to put pressure on Moscow over Russian aggression in Ukraine
      Mar17

      Canada calls on international community to put pressure on Moscow over Russian aggression in Ukraine

      Canada has expressed concern over human rights violations in the Russian-occupied Crimea and called on the international community to put pressure on Moscow in relation to Russia`s aggression against Ukraine, according to the statement by Canada`s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued March 16. See also: Canada...

      Case of downed Il-76: defense requests Ukrainian General`s acquittal
      Mar17

      Case of downed Il-76: defense requests Ukrainian General`s acquittal

      The lawyers of Major-General Viktor Nazarov have filed an acquittal motion a high-ranking official ”due to the absence of a criminal offense in his actions,” Radio Liberty reports, referring to the statement by Nazarov`s lawyer Mikhail Turik in the Pavlohrad district court (Dnipropetrovsk region), where the case is heard into the shooting down of...

      Merkel will visit Moscow for Putin talks
      Mar17

      Merkel will visit Moscow for Putin talks

      Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2 for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine`s Crimea Peninsula in 2014, according to Reuters. There is no immediate prospect that Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis will be...

      Kremlin denies scenarios for occupied Donbas integration into Russia
      Mar17

      Kremlin denies scenarios for occupied Donbas integration into Russia

      The Kremlin denies the existence of integration scenarios for the occupied Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent reporting from a briefing by Vladimir Putin`s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ”There have been no such scenarios written,” Peskov said, whether there are any scenarios for the integration into Russia of the so-called ”DPR-LPR.” ”You...