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Donetsk region: Ukranian military positions have been continually shelled for four days

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Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has arrived in the Svitlodarsk arc area (Donetsk region), where fighting has intensified over the past four days. Turchynov noted that the Ukrainian military positions have been continually shelled for four days in a row with artillery weapons and large-caliber mortars banned by the Minsk agreements. He claimed that the Ukrainian troops “repelled the attacks” and “in counterattacking, moved forward and took new positions”.

Russia and NATO disagree on the crisis in Ukraine

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After a NATO-Russia summit held on Monday in Brussels, the Bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the 28-nation military alliance and Russia “have profound disagreements on the crisis” in Ukraine. He remarked the NATO “strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” and insisted that it would never “recognize Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea.” NATO suspended cooperation with Russia in April 2014 over Moscow’s role in Ukraine. Formal talks resumed in April after an almost two-year break. Stoltenberg underlined that the new meeting “does not indicate a return to business as usual.”

Situation in the ATO zone keeps escalating

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The situation in the ATO zone keeps escalating with 47 combat collisions registered in the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry spokesperson Olexander Motuzianyk reported. The worst tensions are reported taking place at the Svitlodarsk rim around a town of Luhanske. In the Donetsk direction, the Avdiivka industrial zone stays as one of the most dangerous frontline locations. There Ukrainian forces had been fired upon for at least 5 hours. One Ukrainian defender was killed in action and 10 wounded, according to figures provided by the military.

Profound differences between NATO and Russia on the Ukranian crisis

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that there are some profound differences between NATO and Russia on the Ukrainian crisis, after the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels, in which the Ukrainian crisis was the first topic discussed. “Today, Allies reiterated their strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Allies do not, and will not, recognize Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea,” Stoltenberg said in a statement published by the NATO press service.

Donbas militants attacked 18 times “in every sector”

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The Donbas militants attacked 18 times “in every sector” over the past day, the Ukrainian military press service said. The Russian separatists fired mortars of various calibers on Ukrainian positions near Krasnohorivka, Lybidynske and Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. In the Luhansk sector, mortars shelled Krymske and Troyitske and various types of grenade launchers bombarded Popasna, Lopaskyne and Stanytsia Luhanska. In the Donetsk sector, the militants used mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machineguns against Avdiyivka.

Terrorist attack in Donesk region: one killed, another wounded

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Even if the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters reported de-escalation in Donbas with only 15 attacks on Ukrainian positions today, terrorists have opened fire on people standing in a queue at the Mayorsk entry/exit checkpoint in Donesk region. One person has been killed and another one has been wounded, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Ukraine expects to win the Naftogaz- Russia’s Gazprom dispute

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Ukraine expects that Stockholm arbitrage in the dispute between Naftogaz and Russia’s Gazprom will make a decision in favor of Kyiv in March 2017, Petro Poroshenko said. “We expect that in March, Ukraine will win the arbitral tribunal in Stockholm,” Poroshenko affirmed. According to him, Ukraine expects that it will be able to cancel the “predatory contract” with Gazprom after such a legal decision. “It has been proved that Gazprom supplied gas to us at inflated prices” the President said, asking for a price reduction.

Plotnitskiy and Zakharchenko met Savchenko in Minsk to discuss an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange

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Savchenko, a Batkivshchyna Party lawmaker, PACE delegate and former helicopter pilot in the Ukrainian Army, was illegally imprisoned in Russia for more than two years on charges of being complicit in the murder of two Russian journalists. She was elected to Parliament in absentia, made a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and became a symbol of Ukraine’s defiance against Kremlin aggression.The press service of the Russian-backed armed groups currently in control of part of Luhansk confirmed that Plotnitskiy and Zakharchenko, the leaders of the Russian-backed armed groups in Luhanks and Donesk oblasts respectively, had met with her in Minsk and discussed how to launch an “all-for-all prisoner exchange” under the Minsk process.

Russia positively assesses OSCE’s contribution to solve Ukraine’s crisis

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After a meeting of OSCE’s Ministerial Council, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, affirmed that Russia positively assesses the contribution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to settling the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Lavrov also said that the Donbass roadmap does not replace the Minsk agreements on the Ukrainian conflict resolution. Regarding to OSCE’s armed mission in Donbass, neither member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has supported an idea to deploy an armed police mission in Donbass. Speaking about the particular status of Donbass into Ucrainian Constitution, Lavrov affirmed that the law on Donbass’ special status, enshrined in Ukraine’s Constitution on a permanent basis, would be a sufficient security guarantee for the election process according to Minsk’s agreements.

Ukrainian army positions were attacked 45 times in the past 24 hours

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Ukrainian military press office said that militants have conducted 45 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in the past 24 hours.
In the Luhansk sector, militants from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) fired 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and anti-aircraft guns on Krymske, Novozvanivka, Novooleksandrivka and Stanytsia Luhanska, while small arms were used against Katerynivka. In the Donetsk sector militants attacked Avdiyivka, Luhanske and Svitlodarsk with mortar, grenade launcher and heavy machine gun. In the Mariupol sector militants fired 120mm and 82mm mortars on Shyrokyne, Chermalyk, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Talakivka and Vodiane.

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