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Pro-Russian terrorists continue to violate the cease fire and prepare a new large-scale military operation
Pro-Russian terrorists continue to violate the cease fire in Donbas despite the fact that Ukraine is fulfilling the Minsk agreements including the withdrawal of heavy-weapons and making changes to a law granting the terrorists’ republics a self-rule. Recently the firing by terrorists has become more frequent and this week they have used...
Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State Jen Psaki states that pro-Russian forces violate the cease fire
Questions about Ukraine start at 18:50 Jen Psaki, the Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said in the Daily Press Briefing on March 19, 2015 that pro-Russian terrorists violate the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine: “One thing is that it’s actually the separatists who have continued to be aggressive in parts of Luhansk and Donetsk and...
National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants use heavy weapons against Ukrainian troops
Kyiv, March 20, 2015. Russia-backed militant groups have blatantly violated the Minsk agreements by attacking Ukrainian servicemen from the “Grad” multiple rocket launcher for the first time since the last month. They used tanks to fire at the Ukrainian positions four times near Sokilnyky village in the Luhansk region. The militants further...
EU: Russia sanctions to stay
EU leaders agreed that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented. ||| Brussels – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the...
The definite proof that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by Russian-made missile BUK
A metal shrapnel of BUK rocket was found on the the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. The fragment was recovered on the the crash site of MH17 in the village of Hrabove not far from the city Donetsk by a journalist of the Dutch channel RTL 7 several months ago and given for the expertise. PHOTO by the Dutch channel RTL 7 The...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants threaten to shoot OSCE monitors
Kyiv, 19 March 2015 – A commander at the “DPR” checkpoint in Zaichenko threatened to shoot the OSCE monitors if they failed to comply with his orders. The reason behind such a reaction was the attack on a military truck in which two militants were killed and one more got injured. Any kind of threats to the monitors blatantly violate the...
The United Kingdom has started to train soldiers fighting pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine
The United Kingdom has sent 35 military specialists in Ukrainian southern city of Mykolaiv for two months. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced this decision in February 2015. British military trainers will share their experiences in medicine and defensive tactics. The British government also starts supplying non-lethal equipment such as...
U.S. President decided to conduct training for the Ukrainian National Guard servicemen
US Vice President Joe Biden pledged in the phone conversation that training for Ukrainian soldiers to begin as soon as possible: “Joseph Biden has informed on the decision of the U.S. President to conduct training for 780 Ukrainian servicemen of the National Guard in the nearest time.” says the Press office of President. Ukrainian...
Ukraine, Moscow clash over rebel laws
Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Wednesday condemned Ukraine for ratifying two bills on greater autonomy for the separatist east, saying they violated a peace deal and threatened a shaky month-long truce. …read more Source:...
EU Will Kick the Can Down the Road on Russia Sanctions
Europeans do not want to undermine Minsk II, says analyst European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on March 19 are unlikely to either ramp up or lift sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, says Edward W. Walker, a professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley. “It’s very likely that the EU will...