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Militants fail to encircle Debaltseve – Tymchuk
Russian-backed militants have scaled back their offensives in the last day in the Donbas conflict zone, head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday. “The enemy was unable to perform the task of creating ‘the Debaltseve pocket’. This was primarily because of the effectiveness of...
Thorbjorn Jagland: We must do everything to save life of Savchenko
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland will not terminate his attempts to convince the Russian authorities of the need to release Ukraine’s MP, member of PACE Nadiya Savchenko, who is illegally detained in Moscow prison. Secretary General said this at the PACE meeting, answering a question from member of Spanish...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, 29 wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day
Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another 29 wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv. “Over the last day, we have lost five Ukrainian soldiers, and another 29 were injured as a result of military clashes,” he...
Military truck and school bus collide in Sumy region on Thursday, casualties reported
On January 29 at about 9.00, a military Ural truck collided with a school bus on the road between the villages Hlynske and Cheberyaky of Romny district in Sumy region, 75 kilometers southeast of the city of Sumy. Sumy regional police spokeswoman Viktoriya Pysarenko told a Ukrinform correspondent. The driver of the Ural military truck lost control...
OSCE observers heading for Debaltseve
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has sent observers to Debaltseve for surveillance over the evacuation. OSCE SMM spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said this at a press briefing on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “This morning SMM has sent a patrol to Debaltseve to oversee the evacuation of elderly people, women and...
2.5 thousand volunteers want to go to ATO
Mobilization in Ukraine goes according to the plan. This year already 2.5 thousand volunteers have expressed a desire to go to the ATO area, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said laying flowers to the memorial cross to the Heroes of Kruty, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The citizens demonstrate a high level of patriotism and...
Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to fire at Ukrainian army positions. The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on January 29 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.
Greece to support sanctions against Russia – experts
Greece will probably take moderate stand and will not block the EU sanctions against Russia. Despite the statements by the representatives of the Greek government about blocking up sanctions, such a scenario is unlikely. This opinion was expressed by the European experts and diplomats interviewed on the eve of the EU Council meeting, AFP...
Yatsenyuk and Linkevicius talk about European security
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk met with Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius who is on a working visit in Kyiv. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported the news. Yatsenyuk and Linas Linkevicius discussed the issue of opposition by NATO and the European Union to the aggressive policy conducted...
Romney takes aim at Clinton, Obama
Republican Mitt Romney tackled Hillary Clinton’s record on foreign policy and the economy during a speech in Mississippi. ||| Washington – Republican Mitt Romney criticised Democrat Hillary Clinton over foreign policy and the economy on Wednesday in what could be a prelude to the line of attack he takes if he decides to run for...