It has been one year since the second Minsk agreement was signed in order to bring peace to Ukraine. As it was expected, decisions reached at the summit did not work. Right after signing the Minsk II Russia worked hard to demonstrate its entire attitude to the document. The ceasefire was to be implemented few […]
Read moreOffense at Maryinka village turned out to be failure for fighters. Does it leave hopes for calm summer in Donbas. Unian correspondents asked this and other question to experts in Ukraine to find out why Russia tried to increase degree of confrontation in Ukrainian East. Article has been written by K. Goncharov and T. Urbanska. […]
Read morePresident of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko demands Russia-backed fighters to withdraw all military equipment they have concentrated in buffer zone within hours. He declared this during meeting with Ukrainian representatives in trilateral contact group on peaceful regulation of situation in Donbas. The president said that on the eve of May 9 Russia-backed fighters returned equipment they […]
Read morePress center of anti-terrorist operation informs that fighters have increased their activity in the East. On Sunday, May 3 they violated ceasefire regime 5 times. The press service underlines that same terrorist activity in Eastern Ukraine was registered before Minsk agreements #2 were signed. Meanwhile Russia-backed forces aren’t ashamed of using heavy artillery and multiple […]
Read moreApril 28 in zone of anti-terrorist operation was restless as well as previous days. In general, in period from midnight of April 28 to midnight of April 29 positions of Ukrainian Forces were shelled about 60 times, there were two armed clashes. From midnight to 06.00 pm, April 28 The first part of the […]
Read moreHere is part of an article written by two unian journalists – Konstantin Goncharov and Tatyana Urbanska about what Ukraine has passed through in course of this year. Since April 14, 2014, when Speaker of the Parliament and Acting President Alexander Turchynov signed a decree on carrying out anti-terrorist operation in Ukraine with involvement […]
Read moreHere is article written by two unian journalists – Konstantin Goncharov and Tatyana Urbanska about what Ukraine has passed through in course of this year. One year ago after disorder organized in the East not without presence of Russian ‘green men’, the first ever full scale anti-terrorist operation started in Ukraine. Unian correspondents asked […]
Read moreMinister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo klimkin underlined necessity of creation of international mission to control implementation of Minsk agreements, progress in exchange of prisoners and providing full access to OSCE mission to monitor withdrawal of heavy weapons. Ukrainian Minister informed this during meeting of Norman Four in Berlin on April 13. During negotiations of Norman […]
Read moreRussia backed fighters often accuse Ukrainian armed forces of disrupting Minsk protocol The infographics above aims to display real situation with implementation of Minsk protocol by the both sides of conflict. The point # 2 of Minsk agreements says that both sides of conflict should withdraw their military equipment at equal distance in order to […]
Read moreThe first three demands of Minsk agreements are implemented only partially – fighters don’t want to exchange all prisoners In general, intensity of hostilities along the demarcation line has decreased. However, demands of Minsk agreements aren’t fully implemented. Deputy Head of General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2006-2010 Igor Romanenko informed this. He underlined […]
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