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Luhansk People's Republic to remove its heavy weapons in 3 daysThe militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic will complete the removal of all heavy weapons from the contact line before March 3, Itar Tass quotes the representative of the LPR.
The uncompromising attitude of the authorities of Ukraine may lead to the disintegration of the country, said the speaker of Russia's Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko.
The self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic is switching to a multicurrency financial system, the head of the LPR Igor Plotnisky announced today.
The self-proclaimed Luhansk people’s republic (LPR) has withdrawn almost 80% of heavy weaponry in line with the Minsk agreements, the head of LPR Igor Plotnitsky said. "The weaponry withdrawal is 80% complete, and the OSCE has confirmed this. But Kiev troops have withdrawn only 15%-20% of military hardware," TASS cited him.
Western press on Russian gas for Ukraine and Europe
The vice-speaker of the State Duma, the deputy secretary of the General Council of the party 'United Russia', Sergei Zheleznyak, believes that rejection of the Day of Defender of the Fatherland proves the desire of Kiev to trample on Russian-Ukrainian history.
The head of the Ukrainian group of the military at the joint center of monitoring and coordinating issues of the ceasefire and stabilization of situation, Petr Kanonik, said that the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact in the Donbas is to begin on Sunday, February 22.
Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has switched to using Russian gas supplies starting today, the republic’s parliamentary speaker, Andrey Purgin, said. "From now on, the republic will use Russian gas," he said, adding that gas flows were redirected to other pipelines on Wednesday night, TASS cited him as saying, with reference to republic’s press center.
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The leaders of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk republics will consider the possibility of providing a corridor to Kiev troops trapped in the Debaltsevo pocket, but they will not be able to leave with weapons or hardware, LPR leader Igor Plotnitsky said. Plotnitsky said that he is not sure that Alexander Zakharchenko still has such a wish, Tass reports.
Canada announced new sanctions against Russia in relation to the situation in Ukraine. The list includes names of 37 individuals and 17 entities from Russia and Ukraine.
NATO has evidence that Russia is helping the militia and self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, including with a military presence, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
They will only prolong the conflict and make it more murderous
The confrontation of “volunteers” could continue in Georgia itself
Kiev and the self-proclaimed representatives of the DNR have accused each other of presenting ultimatums …
Orhan Sattarov, director of the European Bureau of "Vestnik Kavkaza"A recent working visit of the President of Azerbaijan to Germany, after which Ilham Aliyev went to Davos, Switzerland, has left a lot of information to think about. For obvious reasons, many details of the negotiations and agreements were reached "behind closed doors". However, some results of the visit are evident today.
In the self-proclaimed Lugansk Republic the investigation of the murder of a battalion commander nicknamed "Batman" is continuing by the Attorney General of the LPR, Zaur Ismailov.
Freezing, a compromise and escalation
Trying to avoid gas imports, Ukrainian energy became addicted to coal imports
Anton Finko believes
