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“The Washington Post” survey reveals Eastern Ukraine chooses unity over separatism

The attitudinal survey "The Washington Post" conducted last December covered 900 respondents in Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine outside of the militants-controlled areas. The survey facilitated by the Fell Fund of the University of Oxford resulted in figures that leave no doubt that Ukrainians favor unity of their country…

Feb 8, 2015

Over 700 civilians evacuated from Debaltseve area today, 30 opt to go to occupied territories

Local temporary ceasefire was reportedly agreed upon for 6 February to evacuate civilians from Debaltseve. In the afternoon the arrangement made at the Joint Coordination Control Center and to which Ukraine, Russia and Russian-backed militants presumably were parties, was re-confirmed by the ATO spokesman Lysenko;

Feb 6, 2015

Deputy Chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis to remain in detention

February 6, Crimean Supreme Court decided to leave Deputy Chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Akhtem Chiygoz in pre-trial detention centre till 19 February, krymr.com reports.

Feb 6, 2015

More than 1,500 children evacuated from the conflict zone for the last 2 weeks

From 24 January to 5 February 1,529 children were evacuated from the conflict zone in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine reports.

Feb 6, 2015

EMPR twitter digest: February 5, 2015

Today's EMPR twitter digest prepared with aim to pay last tribute to the prominent Ukrainian musician - contributor to Ukrainian culture and active volunteer who helped Ukrainian soldiers Andriy Kuzmenko (Kuzma) in the day of his funeral.

Feb 5, 2015

OSCE SMM spots DPR trucks with Grad ammunition in Donetsk Oblast

3 February, near "DPR"-controlled Makiivka OSCE SMM to Ukraine spotted 21 military trucks transporting Grad ammunition, OSCE SMM report as of 4 February 2015 says.

Feb 5, 2015

EMPR digest: February 4, 2015

Since January 2014, EMPR twitter team operates 24/7 to provide in-time info, breaking news, analytics, video and photo reports about Ukraine for our readers from all over the World. Discover the latest updates from Ukraine for February 4, 2015 with EMPR twitter digest.

Feb 4, 2015