Section: War in Donbas

      UN and the Council of Europe call Ukraine not to adopt the law on occupied territories and take responsibility for the safety and lives of people in the territories occupied by Russia
      Feb13

      UN and the Council of Europe call Ukraine not to adopt the law on occupied territories and take responsibility for the safety and lives of people in the territories occupied by Russia

      The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Council of Europe, and Charity Foundation “The Right to Defense” call not to adopt the draft law №3593-d “On the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine”, according to the Ministry of temporarily occupied territories and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Ukraine. The...

      Russian troops massively shelled at Ukrainian positions in Donbas with Grad rocket systems and heavy weapons in the past 24 hours
      Feb11

      Russian troops massively shelled at Ukrainian positions in Donbas with Grad rocket systems and heavy weapons in the past 24 hours

      Russian troops fired at Ukrainian area 63 times with massive use of Grad MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) systems, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, tanks and mortars of various calibers during the last day in Donbas. Russian troops used 28 Grad rockets, over 25 tank gun shells and over 130 mortar mines attacking Ukrainian positions in...

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas in all sectors in the past 24 hours, one civilian wounded
      Feb11

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas in all sectors in the past 24 hours, one civilian wounded

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas 61 times in the last day. One civilian was wounded on a landmine on the road between frontline villages Pavlopil and Chermalyk, at present Ukrainian doctors struggle for his life and health, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full...

      OSCE confirmed that Russia had been preparing to attack Avdiivka in Donbas for six months
      Feb10

      OSCE confirmed that Russia had been preparing to attack Avdiivka in Donbas for six months

      The U.S. envoy to the OSCE, Chargé d’Affaires Kate M. Byrnes has reported to the Permanent Council in Vienna, Austria, that Russian troops had been preparing for the shelling at Avdiivka in Donbas for half a year. “Satellite images show not less than six artillery positions on separatist-controlled territory within striking distance of Avdiyivka....

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas 82 times in last day, most of attacks were with the use of heavy weapons
      Feb09

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas 82 times in last day, most of attacks were with the use of heavy weapons

      Russian troops shelled the Donetsk sector massively using the heavy armor. Areas near Mariupol and civilian infrastructure in the Luhansk sector came under Russian troops’ fire. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas eighty two times in the past 24 hours. Ukrainian troops incurred no casualties in Donbas over the last day,...

      Ukrainian soldiers support the trade blockade between Ukraine and Russian occupied Donbas, Ukrainian government tries to undo the blockade
      Feb09

      Ukrainian soldiers support the trade blockade between Ukraine and Russian occupied Donbas, Ukrainian government tries to undo the blockade

      Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ 58th Brigade made a request to the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the top political leadership of the country to support the blockade between Ukraine and so-called Russian self-proclaimed the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR or LNR) and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR or DNR). See...

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions 90 times in Donbas using heavy armor along the entire frontline in the last day
      Feb08

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions 90 times in Donbas using heavy armor along the entire frontline in the last day

      Russian troops intensify shooting attacks using heavy armor along the entire frontline in Donbas during the last day. Ukrainian troops had no losses in combat, 6 Ukrainian troops were wounded and injured in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Donetsk...

      Russian T-90 tank shelled hospital in Donbas but OSCE didn’t want to record the attack
      Feb08

      Russian T-90 tank shelled hospital in Donbas but OSCE didn’t want to record the attack

      The T-90 main battle tank of the Russian Army shelled hospital in Avdiivka, Donbasб according to Holos Ukrayiny. Ukraine’s MP Oksana Korchynska in the session hall of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) stated that at that moment the hospital provided medical help to wounded soldiers and civilians. She demonstrated one of the...

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas 78 times in the past 24 hours
      Feb08

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas 78 times in the past 24 hours

      Russian troops violated ceasefire in Donbas shelling at Ukrainian army positions and civilian objects from artillery systems, mortars, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns tanks. Ukrainian officers of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) came under militants’ sniping fire. They were taking photographic evidence of militants’...

      Elections in Donbas can be held on territories with Russian military control and militants’ presence – German Ambassador to Ukraine
      Feb07

      Elections in Donbas can be held on territories with Russian military control and militants’ presence – German Ambassador to Ukraine

      Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine Ernst Reichel states that holding elections in the occupied territories of the Donbas region is possible even with Russian troops on the ground, militants’ presence, and without withdrawal of the Russian troops. German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel...