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If you ever wondered about OSCE monitors maintaining a professional neutrality in their monitoring activities in eastern Ukraine, you can put your worries to rest.
Drahana Trifkovych, OSCE monitor, proves that neutral observance is just an interesting concept, guideline to consider which ultimately gets in the way of a reality that she really, really likes.
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February 6 – 2 Ukrainian military were killed and 26 injured in the ATO are in the last 24 hours, NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.
February 6 – Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the leaders of France and Germany (Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel) to discuss his plan for Ukraine without the representatives of Ukraine. Today, they flew to Moscow to participate in negotiations. They previously they met with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. Citing its sources, Le Figaro (France) wrote that the plan of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande to resolve the conflict in Donbas includes non-aligned status and federalization of Ukraine. During the meeting of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, the issue of Ukraine's federalization was not discussed, – informed Sviatoslav Tseholko, press secretary to President Poroshenko. According to Tseholko, Poroshenko has emphasized that Ukraine is and will remain a unitary state.
February 6 – The European Union will not compromise the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine, – said European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels on Friday during a meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden.
February 6 – Evacuation of civilians from Debaltsevo has started; the city is under constant fire. Evacuation has been agreed upon by Ukrainian authorities and the militants – a group of busses transporting civilians, has left the city.
February 6 – National Bank of Ukraine has allowed the national currency (hryvnia) to slip to an absolute historic low compared to foreign currencies (US dollar) of 23.13 UAH per USD.
February 6 – In the village of Zholobok (Luhansk oblast), Ukrainian artillery has destroyed several hundred militants, – said the journalist Serhiy Ivanov, citing his sources. Apparently there are many people of "Asian appearance" among those dead. "Almost none of them were wearing bullet-proof vests and had only one submachine gun round to spare", – informed Ivanov.
February 6 – The version of resolving the conflict in Ukraine, proposed on the day before, by Russian President Volodymyr Putin was "too cymical." So reports The New York Times, referring to diplomatic sources. "This is not a peace plan. This is a map for the creation of a new Transdnistrovia or an Abkhaziya in Ukraine. This is a cynical attempt to avoid all obligations accepted at Minsk.," stated one of the highly placed diplomats on the basis of anonimity. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reported that Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of France, Francois Olland received propositions from Putin as to resolving the conflict in Donbas. Details of this plan are unknown, officially neither side has commented at all.
Kerry noted that Merkel and Olland prepared their plans of achieving peace in Ukraine, with which they also flew to Kyiv on Thursday in order to talk these over with Petro Poroshenko. On Friday, Olland and Merkel will travel to Moscow where they are suppossed to meet with Putin. According to Russian media, Olland and Merkel may propose to Moscow and Kyiv to freeze the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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January 27 – 9 Ukrainian military were killed and 30 injured in the ATO area in the last 24 hours, – informed the NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.
January 27 – Armed Forces of Ukraine have conducted a special operation, which resulted in destroyed military aircraft and combat helicopters of Russian terrorists in Ukraine, stated acting head of the press center of the General Staff Vladyslav Seleznyov.
January 27 – Russian government is focusing on internal holdings, including 400 billion dollars, but they only exist on paper, – said former Deputy Energy Minister of Russia Vladimir Milov in his interview for "Ekonomichna Pravda". "Holdings exist only on paper. Frankly, the issue here is not even what will happen to the economy. The issue is how the society will respond, because people have gotten used to constant growth in the last 15 years. Society was "lulled" by people who managed the economy and ensured the growth, – said Milov.
January 27 – Russia will not establish any limits in response to a possible shutdown of SWIFT system – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. They must be afraid.
January 27 – Soldiers of the 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated Concentration camp "Auschwitz", – said Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski during a ceremony marking 70th anniversary of the liberation.
January 27 – At approximately 5:45 pm Russian terrorists shelled the city of Luhansk, which they have control over. The Russians terrorize even those areas that are under their control.
January 27 – City councilors of Mariupol (Donetsk oblast) have unanimously condemned Russian aggression and recognized "People's Republic of Donetsk" and "People's Republic of Luhansk" as terrorist organizations.
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