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  • Russia in full command in Ukraine's Donbas – Volker Russia is in full command and control of occupied areas of Ukraine's Donbas, US Special Representative Kurt Volker has said at a briefing in Washington. Volker did not agree with a…
  • Serbia outraged by statements of Ukrainian envoy Photo: ianp.com.ua Serbia's Foreign Ministry lambasted the statements of Ukraine's Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych and asked Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to show him to the inadmissibility…
  • Special envoy of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that representatives of terrorist groups "DPR" and "LPR" should have no role in the negotiation process to resolve…
  • Ukrainian president, US envoy discuss Donbas conflict President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has met Special Representative of the US President for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker. According to Poroshenko's website, he thanked Volker…
  • OSCE: escalation in Donbas inevitable Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug warned of the inevitability of escalation of the conflict in Donbas. "The parties have…
  • US, Russian envoys may confer on Donbas again US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov met on 7 October. However, no details of the meeting have been made available until…
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  • PPB: Self-Help's position not ultimate truth MP Ivan Vynnyk of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc believes that the Self-Help "is too loud for a party with such a small representation in the Verkhovna Rada." Speaking to a round table…
  • Volker praised Ukraine for extending special status of Donbas US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker hailed Ukraine's extension for one year of a special order of local government in Donbas. "Special status extension shows Ukraine…
  • Rada passed Donbas reintegration bill in first reading On Friday, the Verkhovna Rada by 233 votes passed in the first reading the bill No. 7163 "On the peculiarities of the state policy for ensuring the state sovereignty of Ukraine over…
  • MPs brawl over Donbas bill Verkhovna Rada speaker Andriy Paruby adjourned the session on Thursday, 5 October, as the consideration of draft laws on Donbas in parliament sparked brawls in the house. During the…
  • Rada defence committee rejected bill extending special status of Donbas The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence on Thursday, 5 October rejected a presidential bill on the extension of the special order of self-government for certain…
  • Donbas reintegration bill to be submitted this week – MP The president's representative in parliament, Iryna Lutsenko, has confirmed that the draft law on the reintegration of Donbas, announced in the early summer, will be submitted to parliament…
  • Arms depot catches fire near Mariupol A fire on a farmland near the village of Maloyanysol, 45 km from Mariupol, spread to an arms depot nearby causing detonations, the Defence Ministry has said. The explosions, which…
  • Ukraine ready to swap 313 prisoners for 88 hostages – MP Ukraine is ready to hand over to militants 313 people imprisoned in Ukraine in exchange for 88 Ukrainian hostages who are held in captivity in the occupied territory of Donbas. The…
  • Controversial Slovyansk mayor leaves jail Kharkiv's Leninskyy district court has changed a measure of pre-trial detention for former Slovyansk mayor Nelya Shtepa from custody to around-the-clock house arrest, the Karachun…