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News & Analysis Center of the National Security Council of Ukraine presents the latest updates from the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine on January 20,2015 at its daily briefing.

20 January, five Russian citizens have been detained in French Beziers, France-Presse reports with reference to the Prosecutor.

Ukrainians urgently leave Donetsk occupied by Russian armed forces territory in eastern Ukraine.

Heavy attack reported on 29th and 31th Ukrainian block posts north of Lugansk by Russian tanks and infantry. Volunteers, witnesses and commanders report about tense situation for Ukrainian servicemen there. Luhansk.

Russian army equipment moves to Ukraine in Rostov oblast of Russia.

Russian rocket artillery barrage in occupied by Russian armed forces Donetsk war zone in eastern Ukraine.

Ukrainian POW brought to Donetsk by Russian MIA vehicle. Today Russian proxies, DPR militants or (please put your variant on how to call people, that violated the territorial integrity of Ukraine and occupied the city of Donetsk with gangs) decided to feed Russian audience with so-called 'real' events in eastern Ukraine. They arrived to the center of Donetsk with POW - the Ukrainian soldier (UKR Cyborg), earlier captured at Donetsk airport with a one goal: to let the Russian TV Channel's film a scene on how civilians hate the Ukrainian army.

20 January, on the Day of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, IDPs from Crimea came to the Russian Embassy in Kyiv to remind that Crimea is Ukraine, hromadske.tv reports.

Russian-backed terrorists are pursuing the scorched earth policy, claims ATO news center in its daily morning report quoting cases of increased fire attacks at the localities militants launch in the conflict zone. In the last day terrorists fired 102 times, the report says. This includes both the Ukrainian military positions and localities. Moreover localities did not come under fire occasionally but were targeted purposefully.