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      Donetsk separatists play ethnic Hungarian card
      Feb19

      Donetsk separatists play ethnic Hungarian card

      Csaba TóthDonetsk separatists play ethnic Hungarian card A flyer written in Hungarian is being distributed by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine calling for the ethnic Hungarian soldiers and officers of the Ukrainian army to put down their weapons. According to sources present at the front, the proclamation to ethnic soldiers in the Ukrainain...

      Fighting rages in Ukraine amid race to revive ceasefire
      Feb19

      Fighting rages in Ukraine amid race to revive ceasefire

      European officials scrambled to resurrect Ukraine’s faltering ceasefire deal on Thursday as artillery fire continued to rain down on areas near Debaltseve, a day after Ukrainian troops pulled out of the strategic railway hub. …read more Source: France...

      “Serbia ready to be honest broker,” FM tells OSCE
      Feb19

      “Serbia ready to be honest broker,” FM tells OSCE

      OSCE Chairperson and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Thursday urged all sides in the Ukrainian conflict to fully adhere to the Minsk agreements.Addressing the opening of 14th Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, he noted that it was “an opportunity to deescalate the conflict and put an end to civilian...

      Poroshenko: As country-aggressor Russia will not participate in peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
      Feb19

      Poroshenko: As country-aggressor Russia will not participate in peacekeeping mission in Ukraine

      Russia cannot and will not participate in the peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Defeat on the Elbe
      Feb19

      Defeat on the Elbe

      All must have prizes THE German chancellor, Angela Merkel, may be the West’s de facto leader in the Ukraine crisis, a quasi-hegemon in the European Union and unassailably popular in opinion polls. But her centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has growing weaknesses, as Hamburg, one of Germany’s 16 federal states, showed on...

      The fire that did not cease
      Feb19

      The fire that did not cease

      Victory into defeat THE latest peace plan never had much chance. Shortly after signing it in Minsk, rebel leaders declared that Debaltseve, where several thousand Ukrainian troops were located, fell outside its terms. After the “ceasefire” started on February 15th, they continued their assault. By February 18th the flag of Novorossiya, the...

      Dacic “can’t defend Serbia’s integrity less than Ukraine’s”
      Feb19

      Dacic “can’t defend Serbia’s integrity less than Ukraine’s”

      Ivica Dacic has asked Albania to “concern itself with issues related to OSCE principles and not worry about Belgrade-Pristina talks.”The Serbian foreign minister spoke in Vienna on Thursday in his role as OSCE chairperson, during the winter session of the organization’s parliamentary assembly. …read more...

      Myasnikovich: Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in Belarus
      Feb19

      Myasnikovich: Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in Belarus

      We have received tens of thousands of refugees. We have done everything to help these people. We have sent the children to school, provided accommodation and job opportunities. For seniors we have provided some financial assistance. We have undertaken these expenses because they are our brothers, said Mikhail Myasnikovich. …read more...

      Belarus president: Nobody needs weapons without professional soldiers to use them
      Feb19

      Belarus president: Nobody needs weapons without professional soldiers to use them

      “If we preserve the officer corps as a well-trained part of the army, we will have combat-effective armed forces. Nobody needs piles of weapons, even state-of-the-art ones, without true professional military. We can look at Ukraine for an example. If multiple-launch rocket systems are used over there and the strikes are based on guesswork, it...

      London and Madrid still oppose military aid to Ukraine
      Feb19

      London and Madrid still oppose military aid to Ukraine

      The foreign ministers of Britain and Spain said Thursday the solution to the Ukrainian crisis had to come through dialogue and could not involve military aid to Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: The Local...