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Belarus News (BelTA)
April 4, 2018
The subgroup continued discussing the necessary practical steps for restoring and enabling communications in several parts of Donetsk Oblast and Lugansk Oblast. Apart from that, the subgroup continued discussing water supply, the payment of debts to former Ukrainian Railways employees in DonetskÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 2, 2018
The Ukrainian energy service has shut down power at coal mines on the territory of the Lugansk region, seeking independence, but officially controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, head of the non-governmental miners union Mikhail Volynets said Monday. "A critical situation with power has occurred at coalÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 29, 2018
To date, this complex emergency has resulted in thousands of lives lost, damage to critical civilian infrastructure in Lugansk and Donetsk Regions, and movement of the population in the conflict-affected areas to other regions of the country. With more than 10,000 dead, over 23,000 injured and over 1.6Ãâà...
TASS
March 29, 2018
MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. An aid convoy organized by the Russian Emergencies Ministry has arrived in Donbass, the ministry's press service told TASS. Read also. Kremlin assures that Moscow won't suspend humanitarian aid to Donbass residents. "The convoy delivered more than 400 tonnes of humanitarian suppliesÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 28, 2018
Distribution is taking place in the most challenging and difficult-to-reach locations close to the contact line, such as villages of Zhovanka, Mayorsk and, Peski in Donetsk region, Staryi Aidar and Serednoteple in Lugansk region. ”After three years of working in this area, I see that people keep a good balanceÃâà...
The Sofia Globe
March 26, 2018
For Deena M., a 76-year-old now living in Odessa after fleeing war-torn Lugansk with her elderly husband, Passover is a time where she feels compelled to help other Jews in need. Although she suffers multiple health issues and receives assistance with food, medication, and a rental subsidy from JDC'sÃâà...
TASS
March 24, 2018
... Vladimir Putin on May 25, 2016. Savchenko then returned to Kiev and began her active political career as a Ukrainian MP. She fell into disfavor of Ukraine's authorities after her private trips to the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics in eastern Ukraine and talks with their leadership.
TASS
March 24, 2018
Russia will not allow Ukraine's attempts to make Donetsk and Lugansk abandon the Minsk agreements to be a success, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier. "Attempts are being made to stifle you [Donbass residents] with a blockade, attempts to make you accept Kiev's ultimatum and makeÃâà...
Broadly
March 21, 2018
Rizaeva and her three male friends had been abducted by pro-Russian militants and taken to the nearest base in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), where they were locked inside a temporary prison and accused of being snipers for the Ukrainian army. During their torture, she says, militants demandedÃâà...
Eurasia Daily
March 21, 2018
Vladislav Voloshin was born in Lugansk in 1988 and grew up in Donbass. When he was 16, he entered the Lugansk Military School and later the Kharkov National Air Force University. In 2010, he joined Ukraine's air forces. In 2014, he took part in the so-called anti-terror operation in Donbass. UkrainianÃâà...
Adventist News Network
March 21, 2018
Adventist leaders in the Lugansk communities of the Ukraine learned immigrants, from the front-line territories in Ukraine, have an acute need for a washing machine and oven. Parishioners in the community presented them with a washing machine, an oven, toys and clothes. The families live in theÃâà...
Eurasia Daily
March 15, 2018
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once again expressed solidarity with the Donbass republics. He made the statement while speaking at the youth forum called “Russia is a country of opportunities”. The minister said this answering a question of a participant from Lugansk, although the question wasÃâà...
Express.co.uk
March 9, 2018
Even last month, the police in Ukraine raided the Kvazar semiconductor plant in Kiev and seized millions of pounds of computer equipment, which they claimed were taken by the Russians and used to finance the separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. In December, Ukraine's state security service saidÃâà...
TASS
March 9, 2018
Later, he specified that Moscow had no objections against international control in Donbass but it should be agreed directly between Kiev and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). Kiev disagrees with the format of the mission proposed by Putin and insists the UNÃâà...
TASS
March 4, 2018
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the ATO area (the so-called anti-terrorist operation - TASS) in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are ready to all events to implement and support ceasefire along the entire line of engagement in Ukraine's east", the press service said. Earlier on Sunday, the self-proclaimed Donetsk andÃâà...
TASS
March 1, 2018
The 13-point document envisages a ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and people's militias in the self-proclaimed republics in Donetsk and Lugansk starting and subsequent withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of engagement. The deal also lays out a roadmap for a lasting settlementÃâà...
TASS
March 1, 2018
Earlier in the day, the envoy of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) to the Contact Group seeking a peace solution to the conflict in Donbass, Vladislav Deinego announced the agreement had been achieved. Apart from that, Sajdik pointed out that at Wednesday's meeting the sidesÃâà...
TASS
March 1, 2018
The law "On the special aspects of state policy aimed at ensuring Ukraine's state sovereignty over the temporarily occupied areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions" (on Donbass reintegration) entered into force on February 24. The document, initiated by President Pyotr Poroshenko, refers to theÃâà...
Sputnik International
February 23, 2018
According to the ministry, the law shows that Kiev is not seeking direct dialogue with the authorities in Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). "The law sets up the conditions for the forcible occupation of the territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions that are not controlled by Kiev,Ãâà...
TASS
February 20, 2018
Donbass reintegration law shows Kiev's disregard for reconciliation deals — Lugansk. World ... Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has demonstrated his country's disregard for international reconciliation agreements, a negotiator for the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) has told TASS.
ReliefWeb
February 15, 2018
This report presents an analysis of social and economic vulnerability in the conflict-affected Donetsk and Lugansk regions region of Ukraine, with a particular focus on rural people living along the engagement line. The study measures the economic and social vulnerability of 662 933 residents (229 696Ãâà...
TASS
January 31, 2018
MOSCOW, February 1. /TASS/. Kiev's representatives tried to prove that the Donbass reintegration law, passed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) is not at odds with the Minsk Agreements, representative of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) to the political subgroup of the Contact Group onÃâà...
TASS
November 24, 2017
LUGANSK, November 24. /TASS/. Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky has resigned due to health problems, LPR State Security Minister Leonid Pasechnik said in a statement published on the Lugansk Media Center website on Friday. "Today, Igor Plotnitsky hasÃâà...
Eurasia Daily
December 31, 1999
One could hear many times that in 2013-2014, residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions did not support the then president Viktor Yanukovych. Why? ... After the coup in Kiev, when ardent nationalists came to power, people in Donetsk and Lugansk defended their native language, history, and their dignity.
TASS
December 31, 1999
Under the Minsk agreements, certain areas of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions are to be granted a special status within Ukraine, which is to be committed to paper in the country's constitution. The Minsk agreements also envisage that Kiev agree with these areas a law on local elections after the cessationÃâà...
Eurasia Daily
December 31, 1999
Should peacekeepers be deployed in Donbass, the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics will be dismantled. However, there are no real prerequisites for such a scenario and such discussions are just a part of some diplomatic game, said experts interviewed by EADaily. According to the militaryÃâà...
TASS
December 31, 1999
On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko signed into law the bill "On the special aspects of state policy aimed at ensuring Ukraine's state sovereignty over the temporarily occupied areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions" (on Donbass reintegration). The law, initiated by President PoroshenkoÃâà...
Telecompaper
December 31, 1999
Mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine announced that a cut to a fibre-optic line was affecting its services in the Lugansk region. The line is used for serving customers in the part of the region controlled by pro-Russian separatists. The operator recently lost service for several days after an accident with itsÃâà...
