News archive on the topic "conflict in Donbass"

Ukrainian diplomats were outraged that one of the leading British newspapers called the conflict in Donbass a “civil war.” This was stated on the Twitter microblog of the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Ukrainian diplomatic mission sent a letter to The Times newspaper, demanding that the phrase “civil war” be corrected. The letter says that Ukraine has allegedly been waging war with Russia for five years,...

The Ukrainian military, violating the guarantees given by the JCCC, fired at the repair team of the Luhansk Electric Networks enterprise, which was repairing a power line that had been damaged by previous shelling, supplying electricity to residential buildings in the LPR. This was stated today by the official representative of the National Assembly of the LPR, Colonel Andrei Marochko, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “Today, February 8, 2019 at 15:15 from the direction of the village of Zolote-4 by military personnel from the 25th volunteer...

In a settlement in the north-west of front-line Gorlovka, as a result of shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four defenders of Donbass were killed who were helping civilians put out a fire that started as a result of being hit by a Ukrainian mine. This was reported by the press service of the operational command of the DPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the department, militants of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from positions in the village of Vodyanoye fired an illuminating mine,…

Soldiers of the People's Militia of the DPR shot down a Ukrainian UAV that was directing fire at residential buildings in the republic-controlled settlement of Staromikhailovka. This information was reported today during a briefing by the official representative of the operational command of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In particular, he noted that the Ukrainian military continues to deliberately fire at residential buildings of civilians in the republic. Basurin recalled that last week...

The proposal of the chairman of the political council of the “For Life” party, Viktor Medvedchuk, to create an “autonomous region of Donbass” within Ukraine was the only, but already missed, opportunity to save the integrity of the country. Director Karen Shakhnazarov stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Medvedchuk with his plan for the autonomy of Donbass, in my opinion, is the only, but already missed, opportunity to save the integrity of Ukraine...

Another Ukrainian “Hammer” mortar, installed to shell a DPR settlement between the houses of a village controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, exploded, killing two and seriously wounding three Ukrainian soldiers. Official representative of the operational command of the DPR Eduard Basurin announced this today during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He said that this morning, servicemen of the 79th Air Assault Brigade again fired from 120-mm...

The adoption by the Ukrainian parliament of amendments to the Constitution, consolidating Kyiv’s course towards the EU and NATO, could stimulate Moscow’s official recognition of the Donbass republics. The Kiev online newspaper “Strana” writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Countries with open armed, territorial or ethnic conflicts are not accepted into the alliance. Moreover, if this is a conflict with Russia, a nuclear power. No one with her...

The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on the creation of a unified state register of veterans by a majority vote. This initiative was made by deputy Alexander Tretyakov from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Dear colleagues, the bill was developed jointly with our ministry for veterans. Thanks to everyone for creating this ministry, it is already working. Its main task is to provide and…

The Ukrainian military deliberately fired at a truck delivering coal to residents of the front-line areas of the LPR under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, announced this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He recalled that today the LPR Representative Office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire reported that the Kyiv security forces between the populated...

The top leadership of the Ukrainian army organized a criminal scheme to steal weapons and ammunition from artillery depots. Official representative of the operational command of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov spoke about this today during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In particular, he noted that thefts of weapons and ammunition occur not only in the zone of armed conflict, where so-called volunteers exchange them, and...

The LPR denied the statement of the Ukrainian headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation (OOS) about the alleged destruction of a People's Militia combat vehicle. The official representative of the LPR defense department, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, made a corresponding statement during the briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He said that the OOS headquarters reported on February 5 that the Ukrainian military, using the Ukrainian-made Stugna-P portable anti-tank missile system, allegedly destroyed near...

A meeting of the head of the DPR with the heads of cities and districts was held in Donetsk, where issues were raised about the quality of work of public utilities and urban transport, road repairs and the provision of housing to citizens affected by hostilities, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Summing up the meeting, the head of the internal policy department of the DPR, Olga Pozdnyakova, called the restoration of the municipal...

The Ukrainian military is continuously shelling the territory of the Vasilyevskaya pumping station on the territory of the DPR. This was reported in the official Telegram channel by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Today at 14:50, armed formations of Ukraine opened fire from the village. Novoselovka-2 in the direction of the settlement. Vasilyevka using LNG. The area of ​​the Vasilyevskaya pumping station of the first rise of the Yuzhnodonbass water pipeline came under fire,”…

Ukraine harms itself when it pursues a tough and uncompromising policy towards the residents of Donbass. The ambassadors of Germany and France to Ukraine, Ernst Reichel and Isabelle Dumont, stated this in a joint interview with European Truth. According to the German diplomat, Ukraine should prepare for “Day X”, when the return of Donbass becomes possible, letting people on the other side of the contact line feel that...