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Terrorists mining roads in Donbas
Uncontrolled armed groups are mining roads in Donbas. The ATO press center announced on its Facebook page. “Uncontrolled armed groups set bombs on the roads, by which columns of military equipment and civilian cars move,” a statement reads. In addition, in the area of Kasianivka, near Mariupol, militants assaulted a patrol of one of...
Terrorists in panic in Donetsk: 427 terrorists killed at airport over weekend
More than 400 terrorists were killed in a battle for the Donetsk airport in recent days. Representative of the special purpose regiment Azov Andriy Dzyndzia wrote on Facebook. “The terrorists are in panic in Donetsk. The morgue counted 427 terrorists, who were brought from the airport, and that’s just for the weekend. Motorola...
112 German aid trucks cross border, heading to Kyiv
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for sending humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. The head of state said this during telephone consultations on Monday, the presidential press service reported. “He said that 112 trucks of humanitarian aid for those affected in Donbas had already crossed the...
Debaltseve under fire of militants, TPP shelled in Shchastia
Terrorists do not stop shelling positions and checkpoints of the ATO forces. The most tense situation remains near Debaltseve. The ATO press center informs. “A tense situation is in the area near Debaltseve, the highest shelling of our positions falls on this district,” a statement reads. According to the ATO Staff, also the militants...
CEC registers 310 foreign observers
The Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered another 55 official observers from international organizations and foreign embassies in Ukraine in early elections for the Verkhovna Rada. The commission made relevant decisions at a meeting on Monday evening, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. CEC registered 19 observers from the...
Militants continue shelling Donetsk airport
Terrorists continue shelling the positions of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces at the Donetsk airport, the ATO press center has reported on its Facebook page. “Militants do not stop attempts to assault the Donetsk airport and continue shelling the positions of our troops on its territory,” the report says.
Special unit Kyiv-Center releases two Ukrainian captives
Soldiers of the special unit Kyiv-Center released from captivity two Ukrainian military of the medical-sanitary unit of the 93rd Detached Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are Major Denys Zakusylov and private soldier Vitaliy Iskra. They were successfully delivered to Kyiv, accompanied by the Kyiv-Center soldiers, Censor....
VR Commission on Ilovaisk: General Khomchak refuses to speak
Commander of the Operational Command Pivden (South) General Ruslan Khomchak refuses to answer the questions of members of the Verkhovna Rada Provisional Investigatory Commission on investigation into the events in Ilovaisk, referring to secret information. He has said during an examination by the Commission members, a Ukrinform correspondent...
VR provisional investigatory commission on Ilovaisk holds closed-door meeting – without mass media
A meeting of the Provisional Investigatory Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigation into the events in the city of Ilovaisk, Donetsk region, continued behind closed doors. As reported by a Ukrinform correspondent, following demand from General Ruslan Khomchak about holding his examination by Commission members without mass...
Slovakia confirms intention to supply reverse gas to Ukraine
Slovakia confirms its intention to supply gas to Ukraine to the amount of 10 billion cu m a year. State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Peter Burian told a press conference in Lviv, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We understand to which extent the gas issue is important for Ukraine. Therefore,...