Contents tagged with Donbas
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Separatist Republics in the east of Ukraine believe they will soon become part of Russia
According to Commander of the separatist Legion battalion and “Member of Parliament” of DPR Sergey Zavdoveev, the self-proclaimed DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) will be incorporated into Russia in the near future, separatist media reports.
In his opinion, only Russia is preventing Kyiv from realizing the "Croatian scenario" in the Donbas.
"I think that no one is taking on Russia. The LPR and DPR – this is Russia. We are now legally being integrated …
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Merkel on the G20 summit: There will be no decisions on Ukraine without Kyiv
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the press service of the Ukrainian leader said.
They discussed the situation in the Donbas and coordinated their positions regarding the implementation of the Minsk Agreements in preparations for the G20 summit in Hamburg and, in particular, the meeting between Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Angela Merkel assured Petro Poroshenko that …
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Ukrainian military commander: Foreign volunteers want to join Georgian Legion in eastern Ukraine
An international unit will soon be formed at the Georgian National Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which is taking part in the military operation in the Donbas, said Mamuka Mamulashvili, the commander of the Georgian National Legion, in the broadcast of Obozrevatel.LIVE TV program.
“We recently announced the enrollment of volunteers in the Georgian Legion. This is already an international legion, so to speak. American specialists and military analysts agreed to distribute information …
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Top Cossack commander from DPR detained in Ukraine
At the checkpoint near Volnovakha, Ukrainian policemen of the Donetsk region detained the so-called Major General of the separatists, who led the Cossack regiment of the self-proclaimed DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), reported the press service of the main directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Donetsk region.
The detainee was a 66-year-old man carrying a certificate of the chieftain of the DPR and a permit for carrying Cossack weapons, namely sabers, daggers and whips.
"It was …
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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. …