More than 100 trucks are carrying some 1,100 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the Donbass people, including foodstuffs, essentials, construction materials and textbooks for students
"Freedom and democracy are not ensured by shootings against peaceful citizens of Ukraine’s south-east who want to speak the Russian language," Patrushev stressed
More than 120 trucks delivered 1,400 tonnes of humanitarian cargos, including gifts for World War II veterans on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany
Kiev officially stopped paying out pensions and social allowances to residents of the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on December 1, 2014, imposing an economic blockade on Donbass
British journalist and famous war correspondent who spent the most dreadful war days in Donbass together with Novorossian people speaking on why Ukraine is dead now
Kiev authorities do not want to hold a normal dialogue with DPR and LPR thus violating the basics of the Ukraine settlement process, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister says
A comprehensive ceasefire is of crucial importance, the German government is worried that it is not seen yet, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert says
Basurin said that the Ukrainian side had been delivering indiscriminate barraging fire in the areas around the townships of Vidnoye and Opytnoye since Wednesday afternoon
Donetsk and Luhansk military units control the railway terminal and Debaltsevo’s eastern outskirts, but this is not in any way the larger part of the town, DPR defense ministry representative says
Earlier on Sunday, speaker of the General Staff Vladislav Seleznev said firing at positions of the Ukrainian military has not been registered since 3 a.m
The ticker line saying "Obama considers arming pro-US troops" was kept on the screen for several minutes during a newscast devoted to Obama’s meeting with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
The Ukrainian refugees, whose number has been practically unchanged compared with the previous week, are being provided with food and medical care, as well as information services
The German intelligence service estimates the real losses in the Ukrainian civil war at 50,000 dead (civilians and servicemen), which is nearly 10 times higher than reported by the Kiev authorities, German media report.
"We are in favour of peace talks, we demand that Kiev sits down at the negotiating table," the DPR and LPR leaders, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, said in a joint statement
Pro-Kyiv volunteer battalions are increasingly blocking humanitarian aid into eastern Ukraine in a move which will exacerbate a pending humanitarian crisis in the run up to Christmas, said Amnesty International.