Illegal armed groups conducted a heavy shelling on the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, using T-90 tank on Thursday night February 16, Joinfo.com reports with reference to “1+1” TV channel. Terrorists targeted the center of the town, hitting three households ...
Read More »US Ambassador to UN hits Russia hard on Ukraine – CNN
“The United States continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the Russian occupation of Crimea,” said Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the world body, CNN reports. “Crimea is a part of Ukraine. Our Crimea-related sanctions ...
Read More »Organizations helping IDPs are about to become displaced themselves: sponsor urgently needed for the House of Free People
UkraineIs NGO Chairman Sergiy Vakarin visited the House of Free People, a home to NGOs that help displaced families from Donbas, including New Donbas, Vostok-SOS, Krym-SOS and an Employment Centre of Free People. As a result, UkraineIs and the House ...
Read More »Ukrainian government simplified college entrance procedure for high school graduates from Crimea and Donbas
“The procedure [of college entrance] has not been finalized yet, but we’ve got to give these children a chance to be integrated with the rest of the Ukrainian society,” minister for occupied territories Vadym Chernysh said in an interview to ...
Read More »Over 40% of Ukrainians have positive attitude towards displaced persons
Thus, according to figures revealed by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) at a press conference on Thursday, 43% of respondents have a positive attitude to the IDPs from Donbas and Crimea, 47% are neutral, 6% – negative and ...
Read More »Ukraine’s ‘forgotten’ elderly people struggle to survive in war zone
In Ukraine’s volatile Donbas region, there are currently more than three million people in need of assistance. This ranges from no access to drinking water, low food supplies to simply a lack of shelter. One third of those people are ...
Read More »US Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland comes to Russia to discuss situation in eastern Ukraine
On May 17, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel from Vienna, Austria, to Moscow, Russia. She will meet with senior Russian government officials to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine and next steps to implement ...
Read More »OSCE warns of ‘worrying levels’ of cease-fire violations in eastern Ukraine
The statement by Ertugrul Apakan, head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, came as four civilians were reported killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine, Radio Liberty reports. At least four civilians were killed April 26 when three ...
Read More »U.S. insists on special status for Donbas, militant amnesty, local election
U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Nuland, who arrived in Kyiv on Monday, announced these key messages at a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian parliament’s factions on Tuesday, says representative of the Samopomich’s faction Victoria Voytsitska, who ...
Read More »Ukraine to make welfare payments in occupied territory only after territorial integrity resumed – Vice-Premier
Payments of social assistance and pensions to internally displaced people who live in the territory controlled by, while in the temporarily occupied territories this will become possible only after the full implementation of the Minsk agreements and the resumption of ...
Read More »Ukraine launches ‘Ticket to Work’ project to employ IDPs
In addition to providing social adaptation and psychological assistance, the Ticket to Work Project will help IDPs find jobs or launch a private business, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. “We have gathered a strong team, which will identify problems ...
Read More »Ukrainian President: Peace and restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty essential for Donbas revival
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visited the Ukraine-controlled territory of Donetsk region on Monday, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the Presidential press service. “It is a big happiness to open a restored house. The whole world saw the main priorities of ...
Read More »Pope wishes peace in Ukraine in Easter message
In the traditional Easter speech today the Pope called for a soon peaceful settlement of the situation in the east of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine to the Holy See wrote on Twitter, Joinfo.ua reports. “May God support the efforts ...
Read More »Ukrainian President signed Decree on demobilization
“I would like to begin with very good news for 45 thousand servicemen who defend our state in difficult conditions. I mean soldiers of the so-called fourth wave of mobilization. I have signed a Decree on demobilization of servicemen conscripted ...
Read More »U.S. envoy surprised at Russian OSCE monitors’ access to Ukraine after Russian aggression
U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Daniel Baer says he is surprised by Ukraine’s position as for Russian OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) personnel’s access to Ukrainian territory after Crimea and Donbas were occupied ...
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