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      Militants shell Ukrainian positions in three strategic directions 47 times
      Nov26

      Militants shell Ukrainian positions in three strategic directions 47 times

      Militants have shelled the positions of the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces 47 times over the past 24 hours, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation has reported. Illegal armed groups were active in three strategic directions: Luhansk, Donetsk and Debaltseve. According to the press center, militants used various types of...

      National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine: Ukrainians spot another rotation of the Russian troops
      Nov25

      National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine: Ukrainians spot another rotation of the Russian troops

      Kyiv, 25 November 2014 – The situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area remains tense. Despite the ceasefire agreements militants keep shelling positions of the ATO forces. Within the last day terrorists and Russian troops fired at the positions of Ukrainian troops mainly at Debaltseve, Donetsk and Luhansk directions. Compared to the...

      Savchenko gets people’s deputy certificate
      Nov25

      Savchenko gets people’s deputy certificate

      Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is illegally held in Russia, has received the certificate of a people’s deputy of Ukraine. Her Russian lawyer, Mark Feygin, has posted a photocopy of the certificate on his Twitter page. “Congratulations to Nadia Viktorivna!” Feygin wrote. As reported, Savchenko was elected an MP from the...

      Ukraine condemns Russia-Abkhazia treaty
      Nov25

      Ukraine condemns Russia-Abkhazia treaty

      Ukraine condemns the signing of a treaty on alliance and strategic partnership between Russia and unrecognized Abkhazia and reiterates support for the territorial integrity of Georgia. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Ukraine, which is now...

      Eighth Russian ‘aid convoy’ to arrive in Donbas on Sunday
      Nov25

      Eighth Russian ‘aid convoy’ to arrive in Donbas on Sunday

      The eighth “humanitarian aid convoy” from Russia will deliver the so-called “humanitarian aid” to Donbas on November 30. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Vladimir Stepanov, according to TASS. “Another batch of humanitarian aid is already being prepared. It is already being...

      EU, NATO condemn treaty between Russia and Abkhazia
      Nov25

      EU, NATO condemn treaty between Russia and Abkhazia

      The European Union and NATO condemn and do not recognize the so-called “treaty on alliance and strategic partnership” signed between Russia and unrecognized Abkhazia on November 24. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made respective statements...

      Austrian newspaper says Mogherini really talked about autonomy for east Ukraine
      Nov25

      Austrian newspaper says Mogherini really talked about autonomy for east Ukraine

      Austrian newspaper Kurier has said that in an interview with this newspaper, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini really talked about the granting of an autonomy status to eastern Ukraine. A Kurier correspondent and the author of interview, Margaretha Kopeinig, told this to Ukrinform. “In an...

      Donbas conflict zone closed to passenger trains
      Nov25

      Donbas conflict zone closed to passenger trains

      Ukrzaliznytsia plans to suspend passenger transportation in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Head of the Legal Department at Ukrzaliznytsia Oleh Tytov said this at a press conference on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “We will stop the movement of passenger trains in the area of the...

      Russia moves five more columns with mercenaries and ammunition to Donbas
      Nov25

      Russia moves five more columns with mercenaries and ammunition to Donbas

      Russian-terrorist troops are rotating manpower, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has reported. NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday. “Over the past 24 hours five columns of about 80 vehicles have been spotted moving through the Izvaryne checkpoint in the direction of the city of...

      Militants shell Makiyivka, civilians injured
      Nov25

      Militants shell Makiyivka, civilians injured

      A cannonade could be heard in Makiyivka in Donetsk region last night. Two residents of the town sustained fragmentation wounds, the press service of the local administration has reported. “Residential houses, a high-voltage power line and transformer substations were damaged as a result of artillery shelling,” reads the statement. The...