The so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics promised to establish external management on enterprises of Ukrainian jurisdiction and to stop coal supplies to Ukraine if Kyiv does not stop transport blockade of Donetsk by March, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
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 journalist Maria Varfolomeeva freed of militants’ captivity
Press secretary of the Ukrainian President Svyatoslav Tsegolko and MP Iryna Gerashchenko posted on Facebook the details of the release of Ukrainian journalist. Maria Varfolomeyeva has been held by the militants the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” for 14 months, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »UNICEF calls for access to 500,000 children in eastern Ukraine
The United Nations children’s agency says the conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of a half-million children living in areas not controlled by the Ukrainian government and near the front lines of the fighting with pro-Russia separatists, Voice ...
Read More »Russia sends 49th humanitarian convoy to Donbas
The 49th Russian humanitarian convoy departed from the EMERCOM center in Rostov region on February 18, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to TASS. “More than 100 trucks left today to the Russian-Ukrainian border. They carry more than 1000 tons of relief ...
Read More »Former Luhansk resident filed a lawsuit against Russia to The Hague
Lyudmyla Arkhangelska, IDP from Luhansk, filed a lawsuit against Russia to The Hague court for moral and material damage, caused by the Russian aggression in the eastern Ukraine. She has received a notice that The Hague court received the documents ...
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