Conflict zone
Conflict zone of Russia – Ukraine war, frontline territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblast occupied by Russian armed forces and their proxies during Russia’s invasion into Ukraine
Recently a number of MPs and volunteer battalions servicemen raised the issue of supplying humanitarian aid and trading with Ukraine's temporary uncontrolled territories in Donbas. EMPR quotes the key concerns and suggestions to address them.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to introduce new regime of social benefits and pensions payments in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
This was announced by Prime-Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk during the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on 5 November, ukrainska pravda reports.
Heartbreaking Interview with a priest from Maidan who was captured by the terrorists in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine, who have spent several months in captivity, and survived. Article by Evhen Nasadiuk, Radiosvoboda.
Representatives of international organizations disprove information of the Human Rights Watch on use of cluster munitions by Ukrainian army.
Terrorists detain one more person in Donetsk Oblast, they say he’s a Donbas battalion volunteer.
Mychailo Wynnyckyj: "Putin needs to establish a land link between the Russian Federation and Crimea before the onset of winter".
In the course of detection and identification of Russian units in the grouping of the invasion forces, we have acquired substantial evidence which reveals the composition of the Russian grouping concentrated along the border with, and in, Donbas, Ukraine. These Russian units make up the invasion forces by providing battalion or company tactical groups (BTG or CTG).
A Red Cross employee, a Swiss citizen was killed during the shelling in Donetsk on October 2, New York Times journalist Andrew Roth says.
Roman Burko: "Luhanks's militants carry out their shelling in and around the city in order to be able to blame the Ukrainian forces for the destruction and the deaths of civilians. In this way they try to convince local residents and their TV and news audiences of the crimes being committed against innocent people by the “Kyiv Junta”".
Yuriy Butusov: "The young man on the right is one of Ukraine's many heroes. His name Olekisy Tyshchuk, a fighter with the 93rd mechanized brigade, which was defending Donetsk Airport. On the left is his mother, Dnipropetrovsk appeals court judge Iryna Tyshchuk. She never tried to get her son out of his military "duty," and he never asked her to do so".