Thursday, February 12, 2015
8:28 AM PST
Poroshenko and
Cameron coordinated further actions in case of non-compliance with Minsk
(Censor.NET) --- President Petro
Poroshenko held a meeting with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David
Cameron.
The parties
discussed the ceasefire regime in the Donbas, which had been agreed in Minsk in the course of the meeting in the "Normandy format".
They also coordinated further actions in case of non-compliance with the
agreements, Censor.NET reports citing the press service of the head of state.
The president and
the prime minister touched upon the issue of technical cooperation between Ukraine and the U.K.
as well as the provision of macro-financial assistance for Ukraine to
implement efficient reforms, the statement reads.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
7:09 AM PST
Situation around
Debaltseve is the most difficult: militants trying to overrun positions on high
grounds near Lohvynove village - NSDC.
(Censor.NET) --- The hardest situation
in the ATO area remains near Debaltseve today. The militants’ activity has also
been recorded at Mariupol direction.
Anti-terror
operation representative Colonel Andrii Lysenko said at today's briefing,
Censor.NET reports.
According to
Lysenko, the militants shelled Debaltseve from Grads and cannon artillery 14
times and committed more than 20 strikes over the ATO forces' base camp in this
sector during the past day. Infrastructure facilities and houses were destroyed
in the city as a result. The militants are trying to overrun positions on high
grounds near Lohvynove village in the Artemivsk district of the Donetsk region to force
the Ukrainian troops out from this strategic area.
In addition, the
illegal armed groups have unsuccessfully tried to storm the Ukrainian Army
positions near Novotroitske, Chornukhyne, and Kamianka villages. Ukrainians
detachments have successfully repulsed all the enemy's attacks and maintained
all the grounds. The enemy has suffered losses in manpower and equipment.
The militants'
activity has also been recorded at Mariupol direction - they shelled Chermalyk
village twice yesterday.
The militants'
shelling of the city of Shchastia ,
the Luhansk region, has damaged gas pipeline supplying local hospital, having
made gas delivery impossible.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
7:02 AM PST
Donbas rebels
shelling Shyrokine
(Zik) --- Russian/rebel troops are
shelling Shyrokine from positions in Bezimenne, Mariupol defense HQ
representative writes in Facebook Feb. 12.
“Enemy firing
positions are directly in the town which complicates their neutralization by Ukraine
artillery.
The enemy is shelling
both Shyrokine and Ukraine
army positions, the report says.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
6:29 AM PST
Four civilians killed
in Luhansk region in past 24 hours
(Interfax) --- Militants shelled
Kyiv-controlled areas in Luhansk region 35 times over the past day, killing
four people and injuring seven, head of Luhansk Regional State Administration
Hennadiy Moskal said.
"An artillery
shell killed an 85-year-old woman on Pionerska
Street in Stanytsia Luhanska. A 52-year-old woman
was crushed by the rubble of her home in the village of Valuiske
In all, over 30
homes were damaged in Stanytsia Luhanska and the villages of Nizhnia Vilhova,
Peredelske and Valuiske, Moskal reported.
Artillery and Grad
rocket launcher attacks on Popasna killed one civilian and injured five.
A 22-year-old man
died in an anti-personnel mine explosion in a tree belt on the outskirts of
Novotoshkivka.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
5:56 AM PST
Control mechanism for
implementation of new Minsk
(Censor.NET) --- A control mechanism
will be created in the "Normandy
format" - ad hoc working groups will monitor the implementation of the
Minsk Agreements.
The leaders of Russia , France ,
Germany , and Ukraine agreed to establish a regular control
mechanism in the "Normandy format"
during the talks in Minsk on the situation in
the Donbas . The mechanism will be at the level
of senior officials of the Foreign Ministries, Censor.NET reports citing zn.ua.
"The leaders
will extend their commitment to fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements. To this
end, they agreed to establish a control mechanism in the "Normandy format" which will meet at regular
intervals, usually at the level of senior officials representing Foreign
Ministries," the Declaration adopted at the "Normandy Four" Minsk summit reads.
The document called
the "Set of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreement",
which the Contact Group had signed after the talks, provides for the creation
of working groups to implement aspects of the Minsk Agreement.
The Kremlin
official website published the full text of the joint statement of the
"Normandy Four" leaders:
"Declaration
of the President of the Russian Federation, the President of Ukraine, the
President of the French Republic and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of
Germany in support of the full implementation to the Minsk Agreement, adopted
on Feb. 12, 2015.
"Russian
President Vladimir Putin, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, French
President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed full
respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine . They
firmly believe in the inevitability of peaceful resolution. They are fully
prepared to take all possible measures both individually and together to this
end.
"In this
context, the leaders approve a Set of Measures for the implementation of the
Minsk Agreement, adopted and signed in Minsk on
Feb. 2015 by all who had also signed the Minsk
protocol of Sept. 5, 2014 and the Minsk
memorandum of Sept. 19, 2014. The leaders will contribute to this process and
use their influence on the parties concerned to facilitate the implementation
of the Set of Measures.
"Germany and France will provide technical
support for the restoration of the banking system segment in the conflict
affected areas, possibly by establishing an international mechanism to
facilitate the implementation of social benefits.
"The leaders
share the conviction that the strengthening of cooperation between the European
Union, Ukraine and Russia will
contribute to the settlement of the crisis. For this purpose, they support the
continuation of the trilateral negotiations between the European Union, Ukraine and Russia on energy issues in order to
carry out the steps for the development of the "winter gas package".
"They also
support the trilateral negotiations between the European Union, Ukraine and Russia
in order to develop practical solutions to issues of Russia 's
concern in connection with the implementation of the Agreement on deep and
comprehensive free trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union.
"The leaders
remain committed to building a common humanitarian and economic space from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean on the basis of
full respect for international law and OSCE principles.
"The leaders
will continue to be committed to fulfilling the Minsk Agreement. To this end,
they agreed to establish a control mechanism in the "Normandy format" which will meet at
regular intervals, usually at the level of senior officials representing
Foreign Ministries," the Declaration states.
Earlier, an Agreement on withdrawal of heavy weapons was
reached. The common buffer zone will constitute 50 km.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
5:43 AM PST
Ukrainian soldiers
took Lohvynove by assault; Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway unblocked - MP
Semenchenko
(Censor.NET) --- Ukrainian soldiers
unblocked the Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway near Lohvynove.
This was announced
by MP and Donbas battalion commander Semen
Semenchenko on his Facebook page, Censor.NET reports.
"Ukrainian
Army's units took Lohvynove by assault. The very Lohvynove that is blocking the
Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway. Some minor centers of resistance remain, which
are being currently neutralized," he wrote.
According to Semenchenko, units of theDonbas battalion are mopping up the village
and its vicinity close to the road.
According to Semenchenko, units of the
"F*ck Putin
with his Debaltseve entrapment. Glory to Ukraine !" he summed up.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
5:05 AM PST
‘Azov’ volunteers: terrorists shelling Donetsk to scare population and discredit Ukraine
(Zik) --- By shelling Donetsk
and putting the blame on the Ukrainian army Donbas
rebels try to scare the local population and discredit Ukrainian servicemen,
‘Azov’ battalion writes in Facebook Feb. 11.
At 7.20 today, the
rebels shelled Donetsk ,
hitting the bus station and killing several civilians.
One of the shells
struck the Donetsk
steel plant.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
4:02 AM PST
Fifty tanks, 40
missile systems crossed from Russia
into east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) --- Around 50 tanks, 40
missile systems and 40 armored vehicles crossed overnight into east Ukraine
from Russia via Izvaryne border crossing into the separatist Luhansk region, a
Kiev military spokesman said on Thursday.
"The enemy
continues to strengthen its forces in the most dangerous areas, especially in
north-east Luhansk region and in the direction of Debaltseve," spokesman
Andriy Lysenko said in a daily briefing, referring to a strategic transport hub
that has been the focus of heavy fighting in recent weeks.
He said the tanks
and other military hardware had crossed the border "despite statements by
Russian officials about the absence of Russian military equipment and forces on
Ukrainian territory."
Thursday, February 12, 2015
3:37 AM PST
Merkel says Putin
pressured Ukraine
"Towards the
end President Putin also put pressure on the separatists so that they agreed
for a ceasefire from Saturday at 2400 hours, or Sunday at zero hours,"
Merkel said in comments to reporters in Minsk
that were circulated by her office in Berlin .
In 16 hours of
talks in the Belarus
capital, Ukraine 's
Petro Poroshenko "did everything to achieve the possibility of an end to
the bloodshed", Merkel said.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
12:08 AM PST
Ukrainian checkpoint
attacked by Grad rockets in Mariupol
KYIV, February 12 (Ukrinform). --- The
Russian-terrorist forces of five o'clock in the morning are have been shelling
the outskirts of Mariupol, the port and industrial city 95 kilometers south of
Donetsk, since 5.00.
A National Guard
soldier told an Ukrinform correspondent who serves at a checkpoint in Mariupol.
"Starting from
5.00 in the morning, the Russian-terrorist troops have been shelling the
outskirts of Mariupol. The villages of Shyrokyne, Lebedynske, Sakhanka were
also hit,” he said.
According to the
soldier, shells also exploded near a checkpoint controlled by Ukrainian forces
in Mariupol during one of the terrorists' attacks.
Terrorists fire
from mortars, artillery and Grad MRLS.
There is no
information available on casualties among Ukrainian soldiers and civilians as
of now.
Ukrainian artillery
has been returning fire.
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