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      Fierce fighting for Ukraine town

      Intense fighting is occurring around a key Kiev-controlled town, with rebels trying to encircle Ukrainian troops. …read more Source:...

      National Security and Defense Council:Pro-Russian militants attempt to seize territories around Debaltseve
      Feb01

      National Security and Defense Council:Pro-Russian militants attempt to seize territories around Debaltseve

      Kyiv, February 1, 2015. The situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remains volatile. Pro-Russian militants used the artillery, mortars, tanks and “Grad” missile systems to attack the Ukrainian Armed Forces in order to change the ceasefire demarcation line to their advantage. The most intense fighting continues near Debaltseve. Forces of the...

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian authorities evacuate civilians from the ATO zone
      Jan31

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian authorities evacuate civilians from the ATO zone

      Kyiv, January 31, 2015. The situation in the ATO zone remains tense. The enemy continues shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and conducting offensive reconnaissance for the purpose of turning off ATO reserve forces. Due to the situation in the ATO zone evacuation of civilians from dangerous areas goes on. On January 30 310 people were...

      EU Sending ‘Wrong Signals’ to Aspiring Members
      Jan31

      EU Sending ‘Wrong Signals’ to Aspiring Members

      Moratorium on enlargement seen changing ‘rules of the game’ The European Neighborhood Policy, intended to create a “ring of friends,” has instead created a “ring of fire,” according to a senior Ukrainian official. The European Union needs to overcome inertia against further enlargement or it risks experiencing “more of the same” conflicts...

      Gunmen kill 12 residents of Debaltseve. People evacuated under shelling
      Jan31

      Gunmen kill 12 residents of Debaltseve. People evacuated under shelling

      Terrorists continue shelling of Debaltseve, which has already killed 12 people, regional police Chief Viacheslav Abroskin has reported on his Facebook page. “I am in Debaltseve. Terrorists do not stop the shelling of residential areas in the city. 12 people were killed by shelling,” he wrote on his Facebook page,” he wrote....

      Meeting in Minsk begins
      Jan31

      Meeting in Minsk begins

      The meeting of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine has begun in Minsk. The participants gathered at the Dipserviskholl Reception House of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus. The Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, representative of Ukraine Leonid...

      Mobilized Ukrainian conscripts from Donetsk region likely to serve in rear
      Jan31

      Mobilized Ukrainian conscripts from Donetsk region likely to serve in rear

      Conscripts from Donetsk region called into the army will likely serve in training units and in the rear. Donetsk regional military commissar in city of Kramatorsk Andriy Vasylenko told at a press briefing on Saturday in regional administration building. “Representatives from Donetsk region will probably serve at training units and in the...

      Ukrainian conscripts can only leave country by presenting document issued by military commissariat
      Jan31

      Ukrainian conscripts can only leave country by presenting document issued by military commissariat

      Citizens of Ukraine military of conscription age traveling abroad must show a document issued by a military commissariat. Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak made the statement on Saturday, Ukrinform reported. “All the recruits that were called into the army during mobilization, based on the provisions, should provide the document (issued by a...

      Ukraine’s Defense Minister Poltorak promises to assist foreign soldiers in obtaining Ukrainian citizenship
      Jan31

      Ukraine’s Defense Minister Poltorak promises to assist foreign soldiers in obtaining Ukrainian citizenship

      Ukraine’s Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak promised to assist in obtaining Ukrainian citizenship by foreigners defending our country in anti-terrorist operation forces. Head of the national defense ministry stated the news at a press conference in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “There are people who came to us and defend...

      Poltorak says MP cannot be battalion commander
      Jan31

      Poltorak says MP cannot be battalion commander

      Ukrainian MPs can not command a military unit. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said this at a briefing in Kiev on Saturday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “According to the law, we have no right to have the person, who concurrently works as battalion commander and the MP. Here, the opinion is unequivocal. There should not...