1 October 2015, Thursday
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In a poll run by a Russia-based agency VTsVGD, 31% of respondents are for neutrality in the conflict with Ukraine (41% last year), UNIAN reported Sept. 30. …
26 September 2015, Saturday
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If Putin fails to cut a deal with the US, he may deliberately destabilize the situation in Donbas, Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said, speaking to lb.ua Sept. 26.…
23 September 2015, Wednesday
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“Ukrainian barometer” think tank director Viktor Nebozhenko says Russia has started to get rid of most active rebels in Donbas, Dialog reports Sept. 23. …
19 September 2015, Saturday
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The Ukrainian army has launched a sweeping military operation on its territory against rebel terrorists and contrabandists in Donbas, Pres Poroshenko’s adviser Yury Biruykov writes in Facebook Sept. 19.…
18 September 2015, Friday
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As rumors about the oncoming redeployment of Donbas rebels to Syria get spread, more and more separatists desert the army not to repeat the fate of their leader Motorola whose photo with Bashar al-Assad portrait, a Syrian flag and a fresh Syrian…
17 September 2015, Thursday
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Recently, Putin sent a clear message he will not annex Donbas, says Russian expert Andrei Piontkovsky in the Apostrof Sept. 17.…
13 September 2015, Sunday
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A fleet of Russian harvesters came to the Telman rayon, Donbas, harvested the sunflower crop and took it to Russia. real-vin.com…
10 September 2015, Thursday
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The total number of Ukrainian citizens currently in Russia is 2.6 mn, of these 1.1 mn are the refugees from Donbas, Russia foreign ministry official says, Ukrayinska Pravda reports Sept. 10.…
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There is no alternative for Putin in Donbas but to create another TransNistria. That is, Donbas will remain unrecognized and Russia will never formally annex it, Russian political expert Dmitri Oreshkin writes in Novoje vremya Sept. 10. …
30 August 2015, Sunday
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A 36-year-old serviceman, Oleksandr Sarabun, has joined ‘Donbas-Ukrayina’ battalion in Donbas, TCH reports Aug. 30. …
29 August 2015, Saturday
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Speaking to Dozhd TV on condition of anonymity, a wife of a Russian paratrooper said her husband has been dispatched to Donbas. …
27 August 2015, Thursday
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Oleksandr Turchynov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, says the Ukrainian army is faced with the Russian regular troops in Donbas that have the structure of Germany’s Waffen-SS units in the WWII in Ukraine, NSDC website…
25 August 2015, Tuesday
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The European Union has drawn several red lines, threatening to impose very tough sanctions if the rebels cross them, presidential deputy chief of staff Kostyantyn Yeliseyev announced, European Pravda reports Aug. 26.…
22 August 2015, Saturday
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If the Minsk agreements are implemented by the rebels, there won’t be any impediments to the local elections in the rebel-held territory, Pres Poroshenko said today at the military base near Chuhuev, Kharkiv oblast, Ukrayinska Pravda reports.…
21 August 2015, Friday
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The leaders of the so-called Donetsk republic ordered to give away to local residents 1 million cans of expired meat sent recently by Russia, Oborona Mariupola NGO says on its page in Facebook Aug. 21.…
19 August 2015, Wednesday
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Vladimir Markin, official representative of Russia’s Investigating Committee used undiplomatic language, speaking about Leonid Kravchuk in the aftermath of his interview to Novoje vremia Aug. 18 and calling him a petty thief, Apostrof reports. …
18 August 2015, Tuesday
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The first president of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk believes the rebel-held territory must be tightly sealed off until the situation is good for its liberation.…
16 August 2015, Sunday
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A big defense line comprising 250 fortified points is under construction in Eastern Ukraine. The cost of a single fortified point is UAH3 mn ($136,000), general staff speaker writes in Facebook Aug. 16.…
12 August 2015, Wednesday
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The concentration of enemy troops near the touchline indicates the rebels are preparing for a major attack, Ukraine army general staff says Aug. 12, Ukrayinska Pravda…
11 August 2015, Tuesday
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At present, there are about 10,000 Russian regular troops fighting in Donbas, general staff spokesman told Kanal 5 TV Aug. 10.…