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      OSCE urges all sides to stop fighting in Donbas
      Oct03

      OSCE urges all sides to stop fighting in Donbas

      OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, after the killing of a Red Cross employee in Donetsk, has urged all sides to observe the ceasefire, according to a statement posted on the OSCE website on October 2. Burkhalter reiterated that the ceasefire represented a real opportunity for a sustainable de-escalation of the...

      Ukraine economizes USD 500 million on gas reverse – Semerak
      Oct03

      Ukraine economizes USD 500 million on gas reverse – Semerak

      Reverse gas, purchased on the European market for Ukraine, costs approximately by USD 500 million less against gas that would have been purchased in Russia. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak said on air of the TV Channel 24, the government portal informs. According to the Minister, the government understood that Russia will cut...

      Lukashenko ready to send his peacekeepers to Donbas
      Oct03

      Lukashenko ready to send his peacekeepers to Donbas

      Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said he is ready to send Belarusian peacekeepers to the east of Ukraine to separate the warring parties. He said this in an interview with Euronews. “If necessary. But for me this would be a very dangerous and terrible thing to put my own soldiers at risk: if the Russians mistrust the West, and...

      European Commission looks for compromise between Russia and Ukraine in gas talks – Prodan
      Oct03

      European Commission looks for compromise between Russia and Ukraine in gas talks – Prodan

      Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan held bilateral negotiations in Brussels with EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger. As reported by UNIAN, the European Commission tries to reach a compromise in trilateral gas talks, however, a date of a new meeting has not been appointed yet. “Today, the matter concerns adjustment of positions...

      Putin granted Russian citizenship to Yanukovych, Azarov and Pshonka – Interior Ministry
      Oct03

      Putin granted Russian citizenship to Yanukovych, Azarov and Pshonka – Interior Ministry

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka. The Ukrainian interior minister’s advisor, Anton Herashchenko, reported this on his page on Facebook. “I learned from operational sources...

      Russia already arranges commandant’s offices in Donbas
      Oct03

      Russia already arranges commandant’s offices in Donbas

      The Russian command already manages in Donbas, organizing commandant’s offices. Head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk writes on Facebook. “The Russian command is trying to organize activities of the military commandant’s service on the territories, controlled by terrorists in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Commandants...

      Militants continue receiving Grad rocket launchers and howitzers from Russia
      Oct03

      Militants continue receiving Grad rocket launchers and howitzers from Russia

      Terrorists in Donbas continue receiving Grad rocket launchers and howitzers from Russia. Head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote about this on Facebook. “In the area of the settlement Olhinka, Dokuchayevsk, Novotroyitsk continues concentration of the impact task force of the Russian-terrorist forces. The following arms were...

      Foreign Ministry condemns killing of Red Cross employee in Donetsk
      Oct03

      Foreign Ministry condemns killing of Red Cross employee in Donetsk

      The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed deep regret and condolences on the tragic death of an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a citizen of Switzerland, following the shelling by terrorists of the ICRC office in Donetsk on October 2. The ministry said this in a statement on Thursday. “This terrorist...

      Attacks on Donetsk airport repelled, militants retreat with losses
      Oct03

      Attacks on Donetsk airport repelled, militants retreat with losses

      Militants have repeatedly tried to storm the Donetsk airport in the past 24 hours, but attacks were successfully repelled by Ukrainian government forces, and the enemy retreated with losses, Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk has said. “In the past 24 hours Russian-terrorist forces five times tried to storm the strongholds...

      Yatseniuk says there are two options for interim decision on gas
      Oct02

      Yatseniuk says there are two options for interim decision on gas

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said he sees two options for an interim decision on Russian gas supplies: an interim verdict of the Stockholm arbitration court or an interim agreement with Russia. He said this at a meeting with foreign investors on Thursday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I would like to inform you that...