The separatist rebel strongholds in eastern Ukraine have new leaders. It is in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic for Denis Poesjilin, who had already been appointed acting director earlier this year. That happened after the death of his predecessor Aleksandr Zachartsjenko, who was killed by a bomb attack.
For the time being, Denis Poesjilin is in charge of the Ukrainian separatist republic of Donetsk. The politician follows the pro-Russian separatist leader Aleksandr Zachartsjenko, who recently died in a bomb attack. Pushinil was the chairman of the parliament of the 'People's Republic'.
For the funeral of the East-Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Aleksandr Zachartsjenko, tens of thousands of people came on their feet. The 42-year-old Zachartsjenko was killed last Friday in a bombing with his bodyguard.
The murder of a pro-Russian separatist in the eastern Ukrainian Donbass region is a provocation that makes peace negotiations impossible. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this in a reaction to the murder of the leader of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk, Aleksandr Zachartsjenko.
The leader of the separatists in eastern Ukraine, Aleksandr Zachartsjenko, was probably killed in an attack. That reported local media.
The Ukrainian government and separatist insurgents have agreed to exchange prisoners on Wednesday. Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church announced this after conversations with the leaders of the so-called People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
A separatist leader in Eastern Ukraine announced a proposal to abolish Ukraine and set up a new state on Tuesday. It has to be named Malorossiya (Lesser Russia), according to former Alexander Aleksandr Zachartsjenko of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The consultation Saturday between Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the military conflict in Ukraine did not break through at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
A closest employee of Russian President Vladimir Putin draws behind the scenes in Eastern Ukraine. Vladislav Soerkov divided among other things top positions in rebel area, saying three former leaders of the pro-Russian separatists.
Poland arrested an Austrian suspected of war crimes in eastern Ukraine. The 25-year-old man would have committed crimes when he fought against the Ukrainian army against pro-Russian separatists.
The army of Ukraine and backed separatists accuse Russia in the east of the country each other of violating a file that is entered in the night from Friday to Saturday. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported Saturday that the separatists the cease-fire violated already at least ten times.
A Ukrainian officer of the state security Friday in the eastern port city of Mariupol slain by a bomb attack on his car. The SBU security service said Russian-backed separatists responsible for the attack.
Russian banks refuse to help customers who submit a passport of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, cities in eastern Ukraine. Thus they go against the express orders of President Putin.
The European Union allocates € 18 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians affected by the conflict in the east of their country. That made EU Commissioner Christos Stylianides (Humanitarian Aid) on Monday during a visit to the place Bakmuth in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
Heavy fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine came in the second week. The army in Kiev reported Monday artillery fire in the Donbass region. Six soldiers were wounded.
In Donbass of eastern Ukraine again deaths and injuries. The rekindled hostilities between Ukrainian military units and pro-Russian separatists on Thursday two soldiers slain by government forces. Fourteen others were injured.
Russia must ' significant 'influence use by separatists in eastern Ukraine to quell the violence flared up. That message gave Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday in Brussels.
In eastern Ukraine this weekend killed five government soldiers and nine injured during an attack by pro-Russian separatists. It was the fiercest fighting in the area in weeks, made the Ukrainian army on Monday. It would also be killed one of the rebels.
In Ukraine talks in Berlin, according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed a plan for peace. In addition, there should be an armed police mission in Donbass. That said Porosjenko after a five-hour meeting between the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine.
The Ukrainian government carries provisionally prescribe any powers to the board of the rebel regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, as the Minsk peace agreement. The government in Kiev will not change the Constitution,, as long as the circumstances not to be, '' said President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday.
Fighting in eastern Ukraine three soldiers are killed. Six others were injured. This was a spokesman for the president in Kyiv on Thursday.
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine since the summer not so often violated as last time.
A Russian court has the Ukrainian pilot Nadesjda Savtsjenko Tuesday sentenced to 22 years in prison, Russian news agencies report.
The UN make an urgent appeal to the warring parties in eastern Ukraine to secure access to clean drinking water in Donetsk. The international organization is concerned about the impact of the ongoing conflict on civilians.
Two Ukrainians are Sunday through shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country killed. Kiev According to the separatists have been 28 times broken the ceasefire.
Two Ukrainians are Sunday through shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country killed. Kiev According to the separatists have been 28 times broken the ceasefire.
The local elections Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol was canceled due to problems with the ballots. In response, President Petro Poroshenko announced that it is a " catastrophe ".
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is no longer welcome in the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk. The reign of the rebels in the eastern Ukrainian region has revoked the work permit of the organization, MSF reported Saturday.
Under the influence of a severe economic crisis and the bloody conflict in the Donetskbekken Ukraine holds local elections Sunday. About 30 million people are called to elect regional parliaments, municipal councils and mayors. For the pro-Western leadership of President Petro Poroshenko 's vote is seen as a test.
Rebels of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine begin Wednesday with the withdrawal of heavy weapons. Warriors of the friendly People's Republic of Lugansk reported Tuesday that the withdrawal on their side of the front is completed by the Ukrainian army .
