Kiev has no control over the observance of the Ukrainian security forces truce in the Donbass, it was stated by the people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic.
Earlier in the LC representation in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) reported that Ukrainian troops on Saturday violated the ceasefire by opening sniper fire on the positions of the LC at the line of contact in Donbas, one militia fighter was killed.
President Vladimir Zelensky hopes to resolve the conflict in the Donbass after the meeting of leaders "channel four" in Berlin.
"The next stop is Berlin, where we fix the intermediate success of the truce and move on. To finally close the case of war," he wrote on Facebook.
. The longer Kiev is unable to end the civil conflict in the South-East of the country, the more the image of the enemy in the face of Ukraine is created for the residents of Donbass, writes "Apostrophe".
As noted in the article, in the fall of 2020 in the DNI and LC will go to school children born in 2014 just after the start of the war. They will grow up with thoughts of ominous Ukraine and APU, who are killing residents of Donbass. Just think and adolescents, whose school years were in the midst of conflict.
Ukrainian security forces violated the truce for Monday, told reporters the self-proclaimed representative of the Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
Earlier on Monday, the DNR office at SCCC said the lack of attacks from the Ukrainian security forces in the Donbass for the last days.
Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine recorded the 225 violations of the ceasefire in the Donbass after the entry into force of additional measures on provision of the armistice on July 27, according to the daily mission report.
"Starting from 0.01 27 July to the end of the reporting period (19.30 July 31 - ed.), the SMM in the total of 225 recorded violations of silence regime", - stated in the report, released by the press service of the OSCE.
The initiative of us senators about the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine creates conditions for the intensification of the conflict in Donbass, and does not contribute to a peaceful political solution to the crisis, told RIA Novosti source in the Russian foreign Ministry.
Earlier, a group of senators of the Republican and Democratic party, introduced a bill providing for an annual allocation of $ 300 million to Ukraine for military assistance, including the provision of lethal weapons.
Belarus gave Ukraine a list of the detained Russians, to check whether they participated in the fighting in the Donbass. This was announced by the head of the Ukrainian foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
According to the Minister, Ukrainian law enforcers are actively working on the list.
A truce at the demarcation line in the Donbass is generally respected, said the Deputy Director of the Department and press of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexei Zaitsev.
"Fully support the agreements, aimed primarily at saving human lives and preventing further destruction of infrastructure. According to available information, the truce at the demarcation line is generally respected," - said Zaitsev at the briefing.
Kiev, appointing ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, head of the delegation in the trilateral contact group, trying to find authoritative figure who would understand both sides, but for settlement in the Donbass necessary to the implementation of policy measures of the Minsk agreement, said the expert of the Center for political conjuncture Alexei Chesnakov.
Earlier ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk said that he agreed to lead a delegation to Kiev on the negotiations of the contact group on settling the situation in Donbass is another former President Leonid Kuchma.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree which authorized the country's first President Leonid Kravchuk to present the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass, and was deprived of the same powers formerly head of the delegation Leonid Kuchma, the text of the document published on the official website of the office of the President.
Earlier, the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma stopped work in the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass. Wednesday Zelensky said that among the candidates for the post of head of the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on Donbass have Kravchuk and Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, first Deputy head of the delegation Alexei Reznikov. On Thursday, Kravchuk agreed to lead the delegation.
The ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk agreed to lead a delegation to Kiev on the negotiations of the contact group on settling the situation in Donbas.
"I decided: if I can, and I want to do something to speed up the peace in the Donbass — I'm going to do it until his last breath, that's why I agreed", — quotes the TV channel "Ukraine 24" the words of the policy.
Legally in Russia there is no concept of private military companies (PMCs), said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, answering the question of how the Kremlin perceived the prosecution of detainees in Belarus Russians of involvement in the PMC "Wagner".
The Belarusian state Agency BelTA reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed source in law enforcement bodies that, under the Minsk detained "32 militants, the foreign private company Wagner", another was arrested in the South of the country. All of them, according to the Agency, the Russians. Thus, according to the report, earlier information was received of the arrival in Belarus ", more than 200 militants to destabilize the situation during the election campaign."
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called with large tolerances to relate to the words of experts about the reasons of detention of Russians in Belarus.
Answering a reporter's question, citing the opinion that the grounds of detention of the Russians was their part in the fighting in the Donbass, in Syria, Peskov said: "You know, you probably know more than I do. I don't know that this was the basis for detention".
Ukrainian security forces first fired on the territory of the breakaway Lugansk people's Republic after the introduction of additional measures to control the truce in the Donbass, said at a briefing on Thursday, head of the national police LNR Yan Leshchenko.
Agreed by the contact group on additional measures for the security of the truce, entered July 27, suggest a complete ban of fire, placing weapons in the settlements and near them, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions. The commander of the joint forces of Ukraine Vladimir Kravchenko said that the militia violated the truce in the region on the first day of entry into force doper. Representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire and the people's militia LC named these statements provocation.
Ukrainian security forces once broke the truce in the Donbass for the last day, said on Thursday to journalists by the representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
Wednesday at the DNR office at SCCC, said the absence of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian security forces.
The international Committee of the red cross sent to the Donbass five cars with humanitarian aid, said on Wednesday the press service of the state border service of Ukraine.
"On the route Kyiv-Donetsk and Kyiv-Lugansk proceeded five cars with humanitarian aid from the International Committee of the red cross", - stated in the message.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic accused the Ukrainian security forces in the mining of farmland in the area controlled by Kiev of the settlement of Orekhovo at the contact line in the Donbass.
Earlier, the people's militia LNR accused the Ukrainian security forces in the mining of the territories controlled Kiev near the village of Golden-4, in an area which is planned to open the crossing point "Pervomaisk-gold."
Ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian security forces in Donbass for the last day is not fixed, has informed on Wednesday to journalists in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Tuesday, the DNR reported no attacks by the Ukrainian security forces.
Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine recorded the 111 violations of the ceasefire in the Donbass after the entry into force of additional measures on provision of the armistice on July 27, according to the daily mission report.
"After the meeting of the trilateral contact group on 22 July, on which agreement was reached on additional measures for strengthening of cease-fire from 00.01 on 27 July, the SMM observed 111 violations of the regime of silence, all in the Donetsk region, including 21 an explosion," says the report, released by the press service of the OSCE.
Kyiv city Council voted to rename the street Russian in the Darnytsia district of the Ukrainian capital outside of Yuri Litvinsky - Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas, the press service of the Moscow city hall on Tuesday.
"Today, the city Council decided to rename the street Russian in Darnytskyi area on the street Yuri Litvinsky. Litvinsky Yuri is an active participant of the revolution of Dignity, a reserve Colonel (posthumously), the battalion operational purpose "Donbass" of the National guard of Ukraine, participated in liberation of the territory of Donbass. Died from a sniper's bullet," reads a statement on the website of the municipality of Kiev.
An extraordinary meeting of the safety subgroup of the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass began in the videoconference, told reporters in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
Earlier in DND announced that at the extraordinary meeting of the subgroup on Tuesday is scheduled to discuss the implementation of additional control measures the existing cease-fire, the involvement of a coordinating mechanism to respond to violations of the ceasefire regime, as well as coordination of mine action and withdrawal forces.
The former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma stopped work in the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass, said Tuesday the press service of the office of President Vladimir Zelensky on the results of their meeting.
"Vladimir Zelensky grateful the second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma for his work at the head of the Ukrainian delegation in the trilateral contact group (TAG). The head of state stressed that the work of Leonid Kuchma, in the Minsk process was extremely important and difficult time, and noted that with the respect and reverence it relates to the decision on termination of participation in the activities of the TAG", - stated in the message on the website of the President.
Ukrainian security forces in violation of additional measures to ensure the ceasefire in the Donbass has placed weapons in the settlements on the territory controlled by Kiev, said on Tuesday to journalists by the representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic.
Additional measures to ensure that the ceasefire came into force in Donbass on Monday. These measures include a complete ban of fire, placing weapons in the settlements and near them, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for the violation of the ceasefire. Orders ceasefire, containing measures for its maintenance, should be valid until full settlement of the conflict.
Embassy of Canada in Ukraine hopes that the ceasefire in the Donbas will be complete and lasting, and noted that the current week will determine whether it is possible to hope for a peaceful settlement of the situation in the region.
On Monday in Donbass came into effect extra measures to ensure ceasefire. The commander of the joint forces of Ukraine Vladimir Kravchenko said that the opponents violated the ceasefire in the region on the first day of entry into force topmar its enforcement. Representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) has named these statements provocation.
Almost 70% of Ukrainians are of the opinion that the events in the country develop properly, according to a survey conducted by the sociological group "Rating".
In June, the sociological service of Razumkov centre held a similar survey, according to which 61% of Ukrainians believed that their country is moving in the wrong direction. In may of thought so only 49%.
More than 60% of Ukrainians believe that the economic situation in the country over the past six months has deteriorated, about 40% of citizens fear further deterioration, according to a survey conducted by the sociological group "Rating".
Previously, "Rating" published the results of a similar survey conducted in June. Then 64% of Ukrainian respondents noted the deterioration in the economic situation of Ukraine for the last six months. Over half of the citizens were of the opinion that because of the incompetence of the authorities there may be a crisis.
The level of distrust the people of Ukraine to President Vladimir Zelensky has grown to 53%, according to a survey conducted by the sociological group "Rating".
Earlier in July, the Fund "Democratic initiatives" to them. Ilko Kucheriv published the results of a similar survey. Then Zelensky trusted 44% of Ukrainians did not trust – 49%.
Ukrainian security forces eight times violated the ceasefire regime in Donbass on Sunday, told journalists on Monday in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On the eve of the DND reported that on Saturday, the Ukrainian security forces violated the truce in the Donbass.
Ankara expresses its satisfaction at the approval of new measures on ceasefire in the Donbass, said the official representative of the foreign Ministry of Turkey Hami Aksoy on Sunday.
The meeting of the contact group was held on Wednesday in the video. The press service of the foreign Ministry of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic declared that the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass agreed to additional measures to monitor the ceasefire, which come into effect from July 27.
Commander of the Armed forces of Ukraine Colonel-General Ruslan Homchak, said he was pleased with the preparations for the ceasefire in the Donbass, adding that in case of need the Ukrainian military will be able to give a "proper rebuttal" violators of agreements announced on Sunday, the press center of the headquarters operations of the United forces of Ukraine in Facebook.
On Wednesday held a video conference of the contact group on Donbass. The parties agreed to a ceasefire on the line of demarcation in the Donbass from July 27. Later, the Ukrainian law enforcers stated that are preparing for a full ceasefire in the Donbass.
The Ukrainian authorities decided to send in the Donbass soldiers who have experience of participation in UN peacekeeping missions, the military will be placed on the first line of defense in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, reported on Sunday by the press center of the headquarters operations of the United forces of Ukraine in Facebook.
Earlier on Wednesday held a video conference of the contact group on Donbass. The parties agreed to a ceasefire on the line of demarcation in the Donbass from July 27. Later, the Ukrainian law enforcers stated that are preparing for a full ceasefire in the Donbass. In the self-proclaimed DNR and LC stated that from July 27 to pass to full permanent ceasefire in the Donbass.
From 27 July the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics go to a full permanent cease-fire. The relevant orders issued control of the militia DND and LNR.
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The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic issued the order on an indefinite ceasefire from midnight on 27 July in the framework of agreements on additional measures to monitor the ceasefire in Donbass, agreed upon in the meeting of the contact group on Wednesday.
The meeting of the contact group was held on Wednesday in the video. The press service of the foreign Ministry of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic declared that the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass agreed to additional measures to monitor the ceasefire, which come into effect from July 27.
The order of complete ceasefire in the Donbass from July 27 published and communicated to personnel of the people's militia self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic, said Sunday the head of Department Denis Chinenkov.
The contact group on Wednesday agreed gomery to ensure the truce in the Donbass. They include a ban on offensive and sabotage actions, the fire, including sniper, the placement of weapons in the settlements and disciplinary liability for violation of the ceasefire. The foreign Ministry of the DPR said that the orders for the ceasefire to come into effect from July 27 until the full settlement of the conflict.
Ukrainian security officials said they were preparing for a full ceasefire in the Donbass, such events were not for the entire period of operation of the joint forces.
A videoconference of the contact group on the Donbas held on Wednesday. The parties agreed to a ceasefire on the line of demarcation in the Donbass from July 27.
Units of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic ready to meet the requirements of additional measures to monitor the ceasefire, said the head of the representative office of the DNI in the joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire Ruslan Yakubov.
At last Wednesday's meeting of the trilateral contact group in the negotiations on the Donbass was able to sign a document containing additional measures to control the ceasefire. Among others the document contains requirements on the prohibition of offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions, a ban on the use of drones and the location of weapons and equipment in the settlements and in close proximity to infrastructure. Also approved a set of measures requires the use of disciplinary punishment of perpetrators of violations of the truce. The document also notes that the return fire is possible only on the orders of the armed forces of Ukraine and leadership of the armed forces of the LC and the DNI and only after unsuccessful attempts to use a coordinating mechanism to respond to ceasefire violations.
Ukrainian security forces put weapons and equipment in residential districts of Kiev-controlled settlements in the Donbass, said on Friday the official representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic Yakov Osadchiy.
At the end of September 2015 signed an agreement on the withdrawal of weapons caliber greater than 100 millimeters and tanks from the frontline. This process ended on 12 November 2015. The people's militia LC has repeatedly accused Ukrainian security forces in the placement of weapons and military equipment near the houses in the settlements at the contact line in the Donbass.
Foreign Minister of breakaway Luhansk people's Republic, the Plenipotentiary representative LNR at the talks in Minsk Vladislav Danego said about the readiness of the authorities to implement additional measures to truce in the Donbass, signed during the meeting of the contact group on Wednesday.
The meeting of the contact group was held on Wednesday in the video. The press service of the foreign Ministry of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic declared that the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass agreed to additional measures to monitor the ceasefire, which come into effect from July 27. The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that the contact group agreed to additional measures to ensure the truce in the Donbass must be signed by the representatives of the countries-participants of the Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany).
Ukrainian law enforcers about 4 thousand times violated the ceasefire regime in the Donbass since the indefinite ceasefire declared on Friday to journalists by the Deputy head of the people's militia self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin.
July 21, 2019 in the Donbass acts consistent contact group a perpetual truce.
The Ukrainian forces seven times over the past week, fired at the territory of the breakaway Lugansk people's Republic, said Friday the official representative of the national police LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
The seventeenth of July in LNR said that the Ukrainian security forces four times violated the ceasefire in Donbass for the week.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic urges the Ukrainian security forces not to obey the orders of the command of the armed forces of Ukraine for the shelling of the Republic, told reporters the official representative of the defense Ministry LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
Earlier, the national police LNR said about the shelling on Thursday of the LC under the control of the village of Frunze in the Donbass. According to authorities, the shelling damaged four houses.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky delegation arrived at the checkpoint "Stanitsa Lugansk" in the Donbass, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
President was accompanied by, among others, journalists, representatives of Kiev in the Joint center for control and coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire. It is possible that Zelensky at the checkpoint to the line of contact came Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga.
The international Committee of the red cross sent to the Donbass seven trucks with humanitarian aid, said on Thursday the press service of the state border service of Ukraine.
"Two columns followed through PPC "Novotroitsk" on the route Kiev-Donetsk. Cars for citizens who reside in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, sent food parcels, hygiene items and building materials", - stated in the message.
Ukrainian security forces on Wednesday opened fire from weapons BMP-2 on a residential area controlled by the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic, the village of Znamenka in the Donbass, told reporters the official representative of the national police LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
The meeting of the contact group is held on Wednesday in the video. The press service of the foreign Ministry of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic declared that the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass agreed to additional measures to monitor the ceasefire, which come into effect from July 27.
Ukrainian security forces hit a landmine in the area controlled by the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic settlement Mironovsky at the contact line in the Donbass, said the media officer of the press service of the LPR militia Ivan Filimonenko.
"In connection with the bombings of the Ukrainian soldiers on their own minefields, the command of tactical group (OTG) North sent a team of engineering support of the 12 people in the zone of responsibility of the 3rd battalion of the 24th brigade in the area of the settlement Mironovsky to clarify the forms of landmines and demining in certain areas, with the aim of preventing losses among the military personnel of armed forces of Ukraine", - said Filimonenko.
Ukrainian security forces four times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last day, told reporters the self-proclaimed representative of the Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Tuesday the DNR office in SCCC said five of the violations of the cease-fire.
Ukrainian security forces were preparing to undermine the car patrol of the special monitoring of the OSCE mission at the contact line in the Donbass, told reporters the representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic.
According to the Agency, the command of the 35th brigade of the Ukrainian security forces were preparing a provocation with the purpose of prosecution units of the DNI.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky expects that following the meeting of the contact group on Donbass on Wednesday will decide on a ceasefire in the region.
"Today a meeting of the four subgroups, and tomorrow the finalization of this stage of the Minsk process. I expect to tomorrow at the end was the decision on the cease-fire, which is very important for Ukraine to save the lives of our people," said Zelensky at a briefing after a meeting with President of Switzerland in Kiev on Tuesday.
The humanitarian sub-group in the negotiations on the Donbass started to work in a videoconference mode, has informed journalists the representative of the office of the Ombudsman self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic.
"Began the meeting of the working group on humanitarian issues of the trilateral contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass. The negotiations are in the mode of videoconference", - said the representative office.
Ukrainian law enforcers five times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last day, has informed on Tuesday to journalists in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Monday, the DNR reported four ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian security forces.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Ukrainian law enforcers, adjusted the fire on controlled by the militia of the village of Kalynivka in the Donbass, said on Sunday to journalists the official representative of the defense Ministry LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
Earlier, the national police LNR said about the mortar shelling of the village of Kalynivka in the Donbass.
Ukrainian security forces four times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last day, told reporters the self-proclaimed representative of the Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Saturday at the DNR office in SCCC reported three violations of the cease-fire.
Ukrainian security forces on Sunday opened fire with mortars of caliber of 120 millimeters for the controlled self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic to the village of Kalynivka in the Donbass, told reporters the official representative of the national police LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
"Today, the fighters of the 24th brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine from the direction of the settlement Svetlodarsk (controlled by Kiev - ed.) fired Minsk agreements prohibited the mortar with a caliber of 120 millimeters the settlement Kalynivka" - said Osadchiy.
Ukraine has already "refused" to Donbass and claims to the Crimea, said the former member of Parliament Eugene Moore in the broadcast channel "OUR". The release record published on the YouTube channel policy.
"Failure" of Kyiv from these territories, he explained, "the unwillingness to pay money" to the people living there.
Ukrainian law enforcers have detained one of leaders "National Council of Lugansk region" on suspicion in infringement of territorial integrity of Ukraine, reported on the website of the office of the attorney General.
The suspect's name is not reported, however, gave the Agency "RBK-Ukraine", we are talking about a former employee of the Ukrainian Ministry of infrastructure, led since 2010 by the Department of transportation of the Luhansk city Council, Andrey Andreev. According to the Agency, the security Service published a photo of the detainee, but his face closed. "RBC-Ukraine" found the original photo, which depicts a man similar to Andreyev.
Ukrainian security officials four times over the past week, fired at the territory of the breakaway Lugansk people's Republic, said Friday the officer of the press service of the LPR militia Alexander Moseykin.
The tenth of July in LNR said that the Ukrainian security forces three times broke the truce in the Donbass for the week.
Ukrainian law enforcers five times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last days, said to journalists on Friday in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Thursday, the DNR reported six violations of the truce by the Ukrainian security forces.
Pechersk district court of Kyiv has extended for two months the arrest of the suspect in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, Andrei Antonenko, reports on Friday the Agency "RBK-Ukraine" with reference to the decision of the court.
Earlier, the Kiev appellate court upheld the detention until July 23 Antonenko.
The Ukrainian forces seven times violated the ceasefire in the Donbass over the past day, said the media in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Tuesday, the DNR reported four ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian security forces.
United States of America has increased its financial assistance to Ukraine to fight the coronavirus at $ 1.8 million, the full amount will be 17.3 million dollars, reported Tuesday the U.S. Embassy in Kiev on his page in Facebook.
Earlier, the us Embassy in Kiev announced that the United States will provide Ukraine with funding of $ 15.5 million dollars to combat COVID-19.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor's office launched an investigation after the death of a military medic during the evacuation of the bodies of the deceased security forces in the Donbass, said Tuesday the office of public Prosecutor of Ukraine.
On Monday, the Ukrainian security officials said about the death of military physician in the Donbass during the evacuation of the body of the victim, also injured two more soldiers.
Ukrainian security forces four times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last day, told reporters the self-proclaimed representative of the Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Monday at the DNR office in SCCC declared three violations of the cease-fire.
Ukrainian security forces lay mines in the vicinity of settlements in the Donbass, told reporters the representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic.
"Our observers recorded the installation of group 2 engineering support battalion, 24 brigade (armed forces of Ukraine - ed.) minefields, including with the use of anti-personnel mines POM-2, on the southern edge Novoluganskogo", - said the representative office.
Statements on revision of the Minsk agreements on the settlement in Donbass or "plan B" Kiev by any means wants to get away from their obligations, said the special representative of Russia in the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine Azamat kulmuhametov.
Earlier, according to the envoy of Russia in the contact group in Minsk of Boris Gryzlov, Deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation in the group of Oleksandr Merezhko said that the Minsk package of measures is a recommendation and does not impose on Ukraine any commitments. As Gryzlov noted, we are talking about another attempt to destroy the negotiation process, and if this is indeed the official position of Kiev, it is a direct path to the "freezing" of the conflict.
Ukrainian security forces three times broke the truce in the Donbass for the last day, told reporters the self-proclaimed representative of the Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Sunday at the DNR office in SCCC reported three violations of the cease-fire.
Ukrainian party "the Opposition platform For life" urged President Vladimir Zelensky and his team to resign.
This is stated in the statement published on the website of political power.
To present an alternative document of Donbass, will need dialogue with the breakaway republics, but Kiev rejects that, said the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
"To develop any alternative document is required to be a dialogue with the representatives of the breakaway republics and the Kiev flatly refuses this dialogue," - said Peskov on air of TV channel "Russia 1".
The engineers of the people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic surveyed the areas where the planned arrangement of checkpoints across the line of contact in the Donbass, told reporters the head of the representation of the LC in the Joint center for control and coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire Michael Filonenko.
The negotiations of the contact group on the Donbas held on Wednesday via videoconference. Following the meeting, the press service of the office of the President of Ukraine said that the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass supported the opening of two new checkpoints of entry-departure (KPVV) in the Luhansk region over the next four months. On Saturday, the representation of LC in the Joint center for control and coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire told reporters that it has started construction of two new crossing points at the line of contact.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic accused the Ukrainian security forces to install more than 300 mines in the area controlled by Kiev and the settlement of Popasnaya from the contact line in the Donbass.
Earlier, the national police LNR said about the installation of prohibited anti-personnel mines by sappers of the 30th and 93rd brigades of the Ukrainian security forces in areas controlled by Kiev Novotoshkovskoe, Trekhizbenki, Youth and Popasnaya.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic recorded the undermining of a mine car with Ukrainian servicemen at the line of contact in the Donbass, told reporters on Saturday the official representative of the defense Ministry LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
Earlier, the national police LNR said about the installation of prohibited anti-personnel mines by sappers of the 30th and 93rd brigades of the Ukrainian security forces in the areas of the four Kiev-controlled villages near the line of contact, as well as more than 300 anti-tank mines in the area controlled by the Kiev city Popasnaya.
The head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andrey Ermak said that the summit of leaders "channel four" in Berlin may take place in the coming months, he said this at a meeting with journalists on Friday.
"All reiterated the importance of holding the summit in Berlin. There is no denying that this summit should take place as soon as possible. Therefore, I believe that in the coming months, this summit should take place", - quotes the words of Ermak edition of "New time".
Moscow expects from Kyiv explanations regarding the words of the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Reznikov on irrelevance of the Minsk agreements in the Donbass, if these statements are not refuted, then leaves Kiev from the Minsk and Normandy formats on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, told journalists on Friday the Deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian Vice-Premier for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories Alexey Reznikov said that the Minsk agreement is largely irrelevant. Earlier Reznikov said that the Minsk agreements are worthless from the international legal point of view, but the Belarusian capital it is necessary to use as a platform for the conflict settlement in the Donbass. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that the Minsk process on the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass has not yet died and "rests on the German-French ventilator".
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has signed a law that makes it easier to enter higher educational institutions for graduates of schools of Crimea and the Donbass, reported on the website of the office of the Ukrainian President on Friday.
Earlier, the Parliament of Ukraine at the extraordinary session on the initiative Zelensky changed the law on higher education to facilitate admission to the Ukrainian universities graduates of schools of Crimea and Donbas. This decision was supported by 310 MPs with the necessary minimum of 226 votes.
Ukrainian security forces shelled on Friday under the control of the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic, the village Golubovska in the Donbass, said on Friday, RIA Novosti the representative of the Prosecutor General LNR Kirill Belov.
Earlier in the LC representation in the Joint center for control and coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire stated that the Ukrainian security forces two days did not open fire on the territory of the Republic.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky instructed the Minister of healthcare Maxim Stepanov to restore order with the military hospitals and the treatment of the Ukrainian security forces involved in the operation of joint forces in the Donbass.
At the meeting, the President was informed about the positive trends in those who recovered from coronavirus, for the last day recovered more than 1 thousand people.
Ukrainian security forces three times over the past week, fired at the territory of the breakaway Lugansk people's Republic, said Friday the officer of the press service of the LPR militia Alexander Moseykin.
Third July in LNR said that the Ukrainian security forces three times violated the truce in the Donbass for the week.
Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov told reporters that he did not know about the allegedly held in 2016 conversation, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin holding then a post of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, as well as about the reliability of the published record.
The extra fractional Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Derkach on Thursday released an audio recording of a telephone conversation allegedly Poroshenko with Putin dated April 30, 2016, in which they discussed the Minsk talks on Donbas, and how former Ukrainian President to work on a post.
The law on state language was another "nail in the return" of Crimea to Ukraine, said the ex-member of Parliament Eugene Moore in the TV channel "OUR". Recording of a policy published on their YouTube channel.
He stressed that Kiev signed the European Charter on regional languages and languages of national minorities, after which there appears a law that is contrary to this document.
The skip mode of the staff of the OSCE mission on the territory of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic on the background of the COVID-19 mitigated, mandatory isolation for them, canceled, said on Thursday the representative of DND in the contact group on the Donbas, foreign Minister of the Republic of Natalia Nikonorova.
Because of the threat of coronavirus in the DNR introduced the mode of increased readiness. The decree of the President of the Republic Denis Pushilin prohibited events, prohibited the entry of citizens without registration or confirmation of permanent residence, and for arrivals from countries identified by the staff to prevent the spread COVID-19 countries with unfavourable epidemiological situation, compulsory isolation for 14 days. In addition, DPR citizens were obliged to comply with social distance.
The trilateral contact group (TAG) on Donbass failed to reach consensus during the discussion of the law on the special status of Donbass, said on Thursday the representative of immigrants from the region of Kiev Denis Kazan.
The law on the special status of Donbass was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in 2014, but never put into effect. At the end of 2019, the Ukrainian Parliament extended until the end of the year. The document says that the special status for the region will come into force after the fulfillment of certain conditions, in particular the withdrawal of "illegal armed groups" from these territories.
The representatives of Ukraine in the tripartite contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass (TAG) initiated July 14, additional meetings of a working group to address security issues, reported the press service of the office of the President of Ukraine.
The negotiations of the contact group on the Donbas held on Wednesday via videoconference.
State Duma Deputy Ruslan Balbec, commenting on the termination of the Memorandum Ukraine with Russia in the fight against terrorism, said that Kiev broke the agreement, which he did not comply.
On Wednesday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has terminated the Memorandum of 2012 on cooperation with Russia in combating terrorism. The explanatory Memorandum States that this decision "will create additional legal and political reasons for protection of national interests of Ukraine in the conditions of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation and raise the profile of Ukraine".
Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov considers that negotiations on Donbas came to a standstill because Russia has demonstrated a desire to bring closer the positions.
"If there is a process, it is impossible to name them (talks - ed.) of the stub because the stub is dispersed and never want to sit at the table... you Know, Thucydides in "the Peloponnesian war" was informed that in the negotiations you can negotiate when both sides of the common reflection understand that it is possible in principle... So today, I'm sure we still bonded, just about it is now difficult to say" - quoted by Reznikova Agency "UKRINFORM".
Meeting of the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass began in the videoconference mode, said Wednesday the press service of the foreign Ministry of the breakaway Donetsk people's Republic.
On Tuesday held talks with groups of the contact group in the format of videoconference.
The subgroup on safety on the negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbass, agreed upon 13 locations to conduct mine action in the Donbass, said the representative of DND in the joint center for control and coordination ceasefire.
"The participants of the negotiations have articulated and agreed on 13 of 20 proposed locations for the conduct of mine action, the other 7 will be considered at the next meeting", - said the representative office.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic shot down a drone of the Ukrainian security forces, adjusted the fire on controlled by the militia of the settlement Donetsk in the Donbass, said on Tuesday to journalists the official representative of the defense Ministry LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
Previously, the people's militia LNR accused the Ukrainian security forces shelling in the town of Donetsk, which was damaged four homes. Also because of damage to power lines remained without electricity for the factory and more than 200 homes.
The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Denis Putilin said that the curfew imposed since the beginning of the conflict in the Donbass, will be reduced.
Curfew in the DNI is valid from 23.00 to 5.00 (same as GMT). With the exception of Church holidays such as Easter and Christmas, new year's eve and some state holidays, in which a curfew can be waived by decision of the leadership of the Republic. This year because of the pandemic, it has not yet been canceled.
The summit "Norman format" (Russia, Germany, Ukraine, France) in the Donbas in August, unrealistic, considering how Kiev refers to the implementation of paragraphs of the meeting of leaders in Paris that such statements from the Ukrainian side are made to simulate activity on the settlement in the Donbass, told RIA Novosti the Russian informed source.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that the meeting of the leaders of "Norman format" could take place in August in the case of implementation of agreements reached earlier in Paris.
The proposal for the introduction of peacekeepers, the OSCE in the Donbass contradict the Minsk agreements, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday a member of the international Committee of the Federation Council Oleg Morozov.
Kyiv is considering the possibility of introduction of peacekeepers, the OSCE in the Donbass, said Monday the Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
Ukrainian security forces four times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last days, declared on Tuesday to journalists in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Monday, the DNR reported five ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian security forces.
Kyiv is considering the introduction of Donbass peacekeepers, the OSCE, as the organization has such a mandate, said Monday Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov in the broadcast program "Freedom of speech" on ICTV channel.
As suggested by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, the peacekeepers, the OSCE can be the possibility that "maybe the party would be ready to accept."
The meeting of leaders "channel format" (Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France) at the Donbass can be held in August in the case of implementation of agreements reached earlier in Paris, said Monday the Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
Last Friday in Berlin took place negotiations of the advisers to the leaders of the four countries in which participated: on the Russian side, Dmitry Kozak, the German - Ian Hecker, from the French - Emmanuel Bon, with Ukrainian Andriy Yermak. According to the Ukrainian side, the meeting lasted 11 hours. Kozak declared that at negotiations on Friday in Berlin, the parties worked out a specific mechanism for the implementation of the truce in the Donbass, but to talk about the summit "channel four" is "very, very early."
Ukrainian law enforcers five times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last days, said Monday the official representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Sunday at the DNR office in the JCCC said that has not recorded violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian security forces.
Vladimir Zelensky said that "nobody from Ukraine can not demand anything, we are an independent country."
The words of the Ukrainian President became the quintessence of the next round of negotiations in the "Norman format." The event was held in Berlin last week-end at the level of political advisors. Russia was represented by Dmitry Kozak.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that no one can demand from Kiev the adoption of the law on the status of Donbass.
This was discussed during his communication with the press during his working trip to Odesa region on Saturday.
Ukrainian security forces 11 times violated the truce in the Donbass for the last day, said on Saturday journalists in the representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
On Friday, the DNR reported three violations of the truce by the Ukrainian security forces.
Ukrainian security forces once per day violated the ceasefire by firing at the territory of the breakaway Lugansk people's Republic, told RIA news representative of the LC in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
Earlier in the defense Ministry LC said that on Friday Ukrainian security forces opened fire from mortars of a caliber of 120 millimeters on the territory of the Republic under the control of LC in the village Golubovska was hit by a woman.
Pritsvetniki countries "Norman Quartet" close to an agreement on the draft of specific measures on the implementation of the truce in the Donbass, said the Deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak.
"This is a pretty important part of this conversation in order to understand the basis on which the negotiating parties are in dialogue to settle," added Kozak.
A court in the Netherlands believes that it would be reasonable to revert to the United States for satellite images from the crash site of flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine in 2014, said the presiding judge Hendrick of Stingey on Friday.
"The interest in viewing satellite images and bringing them to the obvious thing. The court notes that from autumn 2016, the Prosecutor made no attempt to verify whether these pictures to be published in the criminal process. A second request would be justified," said the judge.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic destroyed position of Ukrainian forces in the Donbas, which, according to her, the firing was conducted under the control of LC settlements Berezovsky and Golubovsky, told reporters the official representative of the defense Ministry LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
Earlier in LNR said that the Ukrainian security forces on Friday fired on the territory of the Republic of mortars with caliber of 120 millimeters, resulting in holubivs'ke, one man was wounded in the village of Bereza damaged two houses.