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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eighty-seven people in separatist-controlled Makiyivka got poisoned with drinking water, the Ukrainian parliament's ombudsman for Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Pavlo Lysyanskyy,
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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…
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…
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…
On the evening of 31 August, pro-Russian militants blocked traffic through the line of contact, with residents reporting thorough inspections and heavy presence of military hardware…
One of the most popular Soviet and Russian singers, Iosif Kobzon, died at 80 on 30 August, his relatives have told the media.
He was born in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine and later lived…
Activists have put up wooden crosses in front of the Russian embassy in tribute for Ukrainian soldiers killed, wounded and missing in the so-called Ilovaysk cauldron in Donbas in 2014…
The only reason for massive losses among Ukrainian troops was an unexpected attack by the Russian armed forces, Serhiy Sobolev of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff…