Contents tagged with Donetsk
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Poroshenko to residents of Donetsk: We are fighting hard for your return to Ukraine
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko congratulated citizens of Donetsk on City Day and assured that the struggle for the return of Donetsk to Ukraine continues.
"Ukrainian Donetsk celebrates its birthday today. Happy City Day, dear people of Donetsk! We remember you and are fighting hard for your return to Ukraine. I am sure that the Ukrainian anthem will again sound in our Donetsk!” Poroshenko wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday.
He also published a video from the Donbas Arena stadium ( …
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UN: Hundreds of thousands of children in the Donbas need psychological help
Every fourth child in Donetsk and Lugansk regions - that is, more than 200,000 children - needs urgent psychosocial care, as reported by the UN News Center.
"The world has forgotten about this ‘invisible’ crisis in eastern Ukraine, but hundreds of thousands of children are paying a heavy price, one that could last a lifetime without adequate support," said UNICEF Representative in Ukraine Giovanna Barberis.
According to her, the children of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions living within a …
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Kremlin unhappy with U.S. reaction to separatist attacks on OSCE observers in Ukraine
The Press Secretary to the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, did not like how the United States responded to insurgent attacks on the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in the area of military activity in eastern Ukraine, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.
"We believe that it is necessary to be more careful in the assessment of the situation, especially in determining the source of provocation ... these same OSCE observers recorded repeatedly that the source of provocative …
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Media: Ukrainian volunteer battalions took control of Donetsk filtration plant
The Ukrainian Volunteer Army, formerly known as the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps Right Sector with no official affiliation with the Ukrainian military, captured the Donetsk filtration plant, which supplies drinking water to cities and towns located on both sides of the demarcation line.
Donetsk separatists were the first to break the news. "Tonight the Ukrainian side, in violation of all agreements and commitments, captured the Donetsk filtration plant to use as a launch point for their attacks. …
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Intelligence: There are hundreds of severely wounded Russian servicemen in Donetsk hospitals
On February 5th, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that 380 severely wounded servicemen of the 1st Army Corps (Donetsk) of the Russian Armed Forces are in healthcare facilities in Donetsk.
“The number of losses among military personnel and divisions of the 1st Army Corps (Donetsk) of the Russian Armed Forces has increased as a result of the unsuccessful assault actions against ATO [Ukrainian] forces. Currently, a significant number of the …
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Ukrainian military: Toretsk is on the verge of humanitarian catastrophe because of separatists
Due to a damaged water line, Toretsk is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, however, the separatists cannot guarantee the security of Ukrainian public utilities workers needed to start the repairs, as reported on Sunday by the press center of the Ukrainian armed forces.
They indicated that as a result of shelling that took place on 23 November, a water supply line connecting of Horlivka and Toretsk was hit and damaged. Since then, the water supply to the city of Toretsk and neighboring …
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Separatist leader's bodyguard surrenders to Ukrainian Border Service
The Russian citizen, who had worked as a guard for the leader of the so-called DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), surrendered to the employees of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on the night of July 12, the National Police Department press service in the Donetsk region reported.
The 29-year-old Russian, registered in South Ossetia, was a member of the armed group Vostok from August 2014 to May 2016. He was on service in Yasynuvata and was on duty at the checkpoint in the Luhansk region. …
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OSCE: Separatists are firing from the roofs of houses in Donetsk
Donetsk residents have told observers of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE that separatists are using the roofs of their houses as platforms for attacks. Interfax-Ukraine reported that this was said by the First Deputy Head of the OSCE SMM in the Donbas, Alexander Hug.
“On Monday night, our observers reported 105 explosions north-west of Donetsk. Many of these explosions occurred in the Kuibyshevskyi district of the city. Our observers visited the area two days before the …
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Nuland: The US insists that Ukraine grant ‘special status’ to separatist republics
The US insists that Ukraine make changes to the constitution, which would grant “special status” to the occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Novoye Vremya reported.
This position was reportedly voiced by Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland during a meeting with representatives of parliamentary factions in Kiev on Tuesday.
The US also insists that Ukraine hold elections in the Donbas region in the near future.
Victoria Voytsitska, a Deputy from the Samopomoch (Self-Reliance) …
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OSCE: May 9th military parade in Donetsk would be a violation of the Minsk Agreements
The deputy head of the OSCE SMM commented on the presence of military vehicles during the parade in Donetsk on May 9th. Alexander Hug made it clear that the participation of military equipment in Donetsk’s Victory Day Parade will be considered a violation of the Minsk Agreements.
"There is another holiday: May 9th. I want to be very clear about this. Weapons in the security zone is clearly a violation of the Minsk agreements," he said at a briefing in Kiev.
Hug reiterated that the OSCE SMM …