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      Russian sources say “LPR” will be allowed for negotiations in Minsk
      Sep19

      Russian sources say “LPR” will be allowed for negotiations in Minsk

      Leaders of the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic” (“LPR”) will probably participate in a trilateral meeting of the contact group Ukraine-Russia-OSCE on Friday. RIA Novosti reported. “(“Premiere”of the “LPR”Igor) Plotnitsky and (head of the “LPR” parliament Oleksiy) Kariakin are absent at their...

      US to continue exerting pressure on Russia – Obama
      Sep19

      US to continue exerting pressure on Russia – Obama

      U.S. President Barack Obama has promised to continue to unite the international community to exert pressure on Russia over its aggression in Eastern Europe, as well as to support a peaceful solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. He said this at a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the White House on Thursday, a Ukrinform...

      Two GRU groups of General Staff of Russia arrive in Donbas – Tymchuk
      Sep19

      Two GRU groups of General Staff of Russia arrive in Donbas – Tymchuk

      In a combat zone of Donbas, the tensest situation persists in the area Donetsk, Horlivka and Debaltseve. Russian-terrorist troops continue active efforts to oust the Ukrainian troops from their occupied positions, which is accompanied by fire, including the use of heavy weapons. Coordinator of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote...

      Some 50 Russian tanks and 100 armored vehicles deployed on border with Kherson region
      Sep19

      Some 50 Russian tanks and 100 armored vehicles deployed on border with Kherson region

      Russia continues to increase its military presence in the temporarily occupied Crimea near the administrative border of Kherson region, ekspres.ua has reported. In particular, Russian troops were deployed from the Karkinit Bay to the Arabat Spit. The Ukrainian State Border Service has confirmed this report. Border guards counted 50 tanks and 100...

      Poroshenko asks US to provide military aid to Ukraine
      Sep19

      Poroshenko asks US to provide military aid to Ukraine

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked U.S. congressmen to help Ukraine, including by providing military assistance, and to impose additional sanctions on Russia. He said this on Thursday at a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “I urge America to help us and to rise and be...

      Poroshenko met in US Congress with standing ovation
      Sep18

      Poroshenko met in US Congress with standing ovation

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was met in the U.S. Congress, where he started his speech, with a standing ovation that lasted several minutes, Ukrinform’s correspondent has reported. Poroshenko’s first official visit to the United States began with talks with Secretary of State John Kerry. The meeting was held at the U.S....

      Contact group to meet in Minsk on Friday – Kuchma
      Sep18

      Contact group to meet in Minsk on Friday – Kuchma

      The contact group for the settlement of the conflict in Donbas will continue its work in Minsk on September 19. Second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said this in Dnipropetrovsk on Thursday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “Tomorrow I will again fly to Minsk along with the OSCE group,” Kuchma said. He said that...

      Russia moves all troops from northern Crimea to border with mainland Ukraine
      Sep18

      Russia moves all troops from northern Crimea to border with mainland Ukraine

      All Russian troops have been redeployed from northern Crimea to the administrative border with the mainland Ukraine and currently stay near Kherson region, from the Karkinit Bay to the Arabat Spit. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Thursday....

      MEPs welcome Ukrainian president’s laws for Donbas
      Sep18

      MEPs welcome Ukrainian president’s laws for Donbas

      The European Parliament has welcomed the laws on a special local government order in certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and on amnesty, which were adopted on September 16 under a motion from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. This is stated in a European Parliament resolution “On the situation in Ukraine and the state of...

      Ukraine says recognition by Council of Europe of Russian military presence in Donbas is unprecedented
      Sep18

      Ukraine says recognition by Council of Europe of Russian military presence in Donbas is unprecedented

      The recognition by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of the presence of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine is unprecedented, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported, according to a Ukrinform correspondent. “The official recognition in the [Committee of Ministers] decision of the presence of the Russian armed forces on...