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Putin agrees to the deployment of armed OSCE mission to the Donbas
Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of a deployment of an armed OSCE mission along the contact line. "Recently I had a conversation with Petro Poroshenko: he proposed to strengthen the presence of the OSCE and that the OSCE observers on the contact line should be armed in order to achieve the ceasefire. I think it is the right position, we support it," Putin stated at an open press conference on Thursday, 14 April, as reported by the Ukrainian news.
According to the Russian …
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Lawyer: Savchenko has only four or five days
The lawyer for Nadiya Savchenko, Nikolai Polozov, wrote on his Facebook page that his client has four, maximum five days left.
“As I expected, Nadiya has been administered intravenous infusions throughout the day. She showed me her hands – all her veins have been pricked, there are no live veins. The doctors searched for veins on her legs as well. Her health status is bad… The lack of water in the body for the ninth day of the dry hunger strike has destroyed Nadiya’s internal organs. Her …
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Bundestag deputy spoke of a 'Marshall Plan for Ukraine'
Ukrainian authorities must carry out real reforms in the judiciary and the Prosecutor's Office to count on strong support from the West comparable to the Marshall Plan, as announced during a live broadcast from Berlin by Bundestag MP, Head of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Group, Karl-Georg Wellmann, during the program "Svoboda Slova" on the channel ICTV.
"We are ready to help, and my proposal was to create something like the 'Marshall Plan'- providing more than 100 billion euros in …
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Germany allocates nearly 1 billion euros to help those affected by the war in eastern Ukraine
Besides providing assistance to those affected in eastern Ukraine, the money will be spent on training for local government representatives
As was reported on the official website of the German Embassy in Kiev, the German Government will provide Ukraine with a 900,000 euro grant for psychological assistance for those affected by the war in eastern Ukraine.
In 2016 and 2017 German authorities are ready to support the "Malta Assistance Service" to extend its humanitarian projects aimed at …
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Poroshenko issues appeal to world community over the ban of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, addressed the international community in connection with the decision of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, who was appointed by the Kremlin, on the suspension of the activity of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. The head of the State wrote on his Facebook page that the timely de-occupation of the Crimean peninsula is the only way to stop this anarchy, Krym.Realii reported.
“I appeal to the international …