Section: War in Donbas

      Russia`s Sberbank limits cash withdrawals in Ukraine
      Mar15

      Russia`s Sberbank limits cash withdrawals in Ukraine

      PJSC Sberbank has imposed restrictions on cash withdrawal through the bank`s cash desk in the amount of UAH 30,000 or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currency per day for any client, according to the bank`s press service. The press office of Sberbank of Russia`s subsidiary in Ukraine said that temporary restrictions were caused by a...

      Activists of London Euromaidan picket Akhmetov`s residence in London
      Mar15

      Activists of London Euromaidan picket Akhmetov`s residence in London

      Participants of London Euromaidan public movement rallied outside the house owned by Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov at One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge London. Activists demanded that the UK authorities verify whether the orligarch`s revenues have a legal origin, based on the UK anti-bribery law (UK Bribery Act) and the Counter-Terrorism Act,...

      Detained supporters of Donbas blockade freed, left without money, documents – Member of Parliament
      Mar15

      Detained supporters of Donbas blockade freed, left without money, documents – Member of Parliament

      Members of Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada Oksana Syroyid and Semen Semenchenko have announced that all supporters of the blockade of trade with occupied areas in Donbas who were detained amid a police operation to storm a roadblock near the Kryvy Torets railway station have been released. The detainees were kept at different police stations across...

      Protests sweep across Ukraine after governement aressted and beat 43 activists who blocked trade with separatists in Donbas
      Mar14

      Protests sweep across Ukraine after governement aressted and beat 43 activists who blocked trade with separatists in Donbas

      Ukraine saw a wave of rallies overnight Tuesday as a public response to the law enforcers` move to detain 43 activists of the Donbas trade blockade at a staged a checkpoint at Kryvy Torets railway station in Donetsk region. TSN news service collected reports on the night protests from across Ukraine. Earlier, police on March 13 detained 43 men...

      War-damaged Avdiyivka again connected to power grids – local authorities
      Mar14

      War-damaged Avdiyivka again connected to power grids – local authorities

      Local authorities in Ukrainian-controlled areas in Donetsk region in the country`s east have reported the town of Avdiyivka, which has recently encountered numerous attacks by Russia`s hybrid military forces, has again been connected to the power grids, however, some more damaged sections were revealed while the power lines were being repaired....

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian position on Donbas 228 times on March 11-13. 2 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 14 wounded
      Mar13

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian position on Donbas 228 times on March 11-13. 2 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 14 wounded

      Avdiivka remained the main “flashpoint” in the last 24 hours. A series of Russians’ mortar attacks was registered there yesterday. The enemy shot from a tank one and fired one fourth of ammunition load from Grad multiple rocket launcher system at our strongholds in the industrial area. In total, combat in Avdiivk and its flanks lasted over 10...

      Ukraine`s fight against fake news goes global – Politico
      Mar13

      Ukraine`s fight against fake news goes global – Politico

      As ”little green men” invaded Crimea in the spring of 2014, while Russian media went into overdrive, smearing Ukraine`s Euro-Revolution as a ”fascist coup d`etat,” a group of Ukrainian professors and students struck back launching StopFake.org, the first site to directly tackle and refute Russian propaganda, according to Politico. Now that the...

      Foreign Minister of Luxembourg flies in Mariupol
      Mar13

      Foreign Minister of Luxembourg flies in Mariupol

      Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin together with his Luxembourg colleague Jean Asselborn has arrived in the city of Mariupol in Donetsk region today, March 13, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter. ”Foreign ministers of Ukraine and Luxembourg are flying to Mariupol. Important visit to see the scale of Russian aggression and its...

      One of sepat ”Donetsk People`s Republic” founders dies in Donetsk
      Mar13

      One of sepat ”Donetsk People`s Republic” founders dies in Donetsk

      Vladimir Makovich, one of the ”founders” of the ”DPR” terrorist organization (the self-proclaimed Donetsk People`s Republic) died in the city of Donetsk on March 12, according to Novosti Donbassa media outlet referring to one of the former so-called leaders of the ”DPR foreign ministry” Boris Borisov. ”They write that Makovich has died in...

      United Nations warns of possible threat of chemical disaster in eastern Ukraine
      Mar12

      United Nations warns of possible threat of chemical disaster in eastern Ukraine

      The United Nations has raised the alarm over the threat of a possible chemical disaster due to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported. A UN human rights expert said in a statement issued on March 10 that fighting has been underway in areas where large chemical and industrial facilities are...