Donbas

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  EU envoys agree sanctions for organisers of Donbas elections
  EU ambassadors decided to introduce sanctions for organizing the illegal elections in occupied Donbas on 11 November. "EU ambassadors have decided to sanctions 9 people responsible… 05 December, 12:30
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  Medvedchuk no longer attends Donbas talks – Marchuk
  Pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk has stopped taking part in the Minsk negotiations, Yevhen Marchuk, Ukraine's representative in the trilateral contact group on a Donbas settlement… 04 December, 19:13
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  Ukraine restricts foreigners' access to occupied Donbas
  Ukraine has restricted access to the occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions for foreigners and individuals without citizenship, the Joint Forces Operation HQ has said. Representatives… 30 November, 16:14
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  Tymoshenko suggests new format of Donbas talks
  Fatherland party leader Yuliya Tymoshenko has proposed a new political and diplomatic format Budapest+ to end the war in Donbas and reintegrate Crimea, while preserving the Minsk… 30 October, 17:07
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  Two Ukrainian troops killed in blast in Donbas
  The Russian occupying troops have violated a ceasefire in Donbas on 10 occasions since midnight. They used weapons banned by the Minsk agreements twice, the press centre of the Joint… 10 October, 18:54
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  Defence Ministry publishes map of mined areas in Donbas
  The Defence Ministry of Ukraine has published an interactive map of territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions polluted with mines and explosives. "Using the map, you can learn the… 07 October, 16:36
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  Parliament extends law on special regulations for Donbas until 2020
  Parliament has extended the law “On special regulations on local self-government in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions” until 31 December 2019. The factions of Self-Reliance… 04 October, 12:04
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  National security committee approves extension of Donbas law
  The parliamentary committee for national security and defence today approved a one-year extension of the law "On the special regulations on local self-government in certain areas of… 03 October, 17:28
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  Three children killed by mine blast in occupied Horlivka
  Three children got killed and one wounded in militant-controlled Horlivka, Donetsk Region, on 30 September after an antipersonnel fragmentation mine went off, Novosti Donbassa has… 30 September, 15:10
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  Poroshenko rules out armed recapture of Donbas
  President Petro Poroshenko has ruled out the use of force to restore control over the occupied territories of Donbas. He was speaking at the opening of the economic forum “Innovations… 29 September, 13:00
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  OSCE names new Special Monitoring Mission head
  Mark Etherington, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, will head the mission after Alexander Hug leaves, the OSCE press service has said. Hug’s mandate… 28 September, 17:02
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  Over 80 people poisoned with bad water in Makiyivka
  Eighty-seven people in separatist-controlled Makiyivka got poisoned with drinking water, the Ukrainian parliament's ombudsman for Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Pavlo Lysyanskyy, has… 27 September, 22:02
• Ukraine's UN envoy: Donbas talks should change venue
  Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN, Volodymyr Yelchenko, considers it necessary to move the site of the negotiation process on Donbas from Minsk to another capital because… 24 September, 15:07
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  President confirms EU, NATO course, warns against populism
  The following are the key excerpts from his speech: EU and NATO - "Today, the Supreme Council of Ukraine will vote on the amendments to the Basic Law on the irreversibility of the… 20 September, 12:48
• Poroshenko buys 430 sniper rifles for airborne units
  Airborne units have received 430 sniper rifles Zbroyar Z-10 and Savage-110 thanks to the Roshen confectionery company associated with President Petro Poroshenko, his adviser Yuriy… 10 September, 19:05