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Kuchma states tentative agreement to begin prisoner exchange in Donbas before July 5

An agreement to complete the approval of the lists of prisoners and begin prisoner exchange before the next meeting of the group on July 5 was reached …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kuchma expects no tangible advancements at Donbas talks until German and Russian elections

Ukrainian representative in the Trilateral Contact Group Leonid Kuchma has expressed the view that until electoral processes in the countries …
Interfax-Ukraine

Politico: EU and Ukraine hail closer ties, extension of Russia sanctions

With recently approved visa-free travel to Europe, Ukrainians have finally broken their historic chains to the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire, …
POLITICO

Minsk contact group announces ‘harvest ceasefire’ as shelling in Donbas continues

Another ceasefire in the Donbas was agreed during the latest meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk, according to a Facebook posting made on …
Illia Ponomarenko

UNIAN: Residential areas of Ukraine’s Maryinka in Donbas under attack again, woman wounded

Residential areas of the Ukrainian-controlled town of Maryinka in Donbas have again come under fire after Russia-backed separatists mounted an attack …
UNIAN

RFE/RL: Poroshenko hails EU ‘solidarity’ with Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he and European Council President Donald Tusk have discussed relations with the EU, as well as U.S. …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Tanya Lokshina: Pro-Ukrainian blogger disappears in separatist-controlled area of eastern Ukraine

Two weeks ago, Stas called his mother to say he was on a bus entering Donetsk city, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern …
Tanya Lokshina

Kuchma says US must implement Budapest protocol

Representative of Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) for the settlement of the situation in Donbas, former President of Ukraine Leonid …
Interfax-Ukraine

Melinda Haring: Experts urge Congress and Trump to arm Ukraine

A bipartisan task force made up of former US defense officials, ambassadors, and security experts renewed calls for the United States to give lethal …
Melinda Haring

Brian Whitmore: Not just a Putin problem

“Krym Nash” was just the beginning. Crimea is not the only place and Ukraine is not the only neighbor where Russia has territorial ambitions. And this …
Brian Whitmore

John E. Herbst: Russia, not Ukraine, is serial violator of ceasefire agreement

Like many articles and analyses of the Minsk process, “Ukrainian Military Progress Could Violate Minsk Peace Process” lacks a clear geopolitical …
John E. Herbst

Halya Coynash: Russian FSB ‘expert’ in trial of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov doesn’t know the language

The trial of Ilmi Umerov for saying only what the UN and entire democratic world says about Russia’s occupation of Crimea was always going to seem …
Halya Coynash

112.ua: Hug says OSCE observers are in state of shock

No casualties reported among the OSCE observers, attacked near the village of Yasynuvata on the separatist-held territories of Donbas on June 20, …
112.ua

Associated Press: Ukrainian government, separatists agree on new cease-fire

MOSCOW – A spokeswoman for the Ukrainian government’s envoy at talks with Russia-backed separatists say they have agreed on a new cease-fire in …
Associated Press

Reuters: Macron says four-way summit on Ukraine crisis to happen before G20

French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks published on June 21 that there would be a “Normandy format” summit with the leaders of Russia, …
Reuters

New York Times: White House tries to get GOP to water down Russia sanctions bill

WASHINGTON — The White House is quietly lobbying House Republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the Senate last week that would slap …
New York Times

Halya Coynash: Donbas separatists reported to be using torture to get ‘confession’ from seized journalist

The Kremlin-backed separatists who have seized Stanyslav Aseyev (Vasin) are believed to be using torture to extract a ‘confession’ from the …
Halya Coynash

RFE/RL: Crimean Tatar leader Umerov’s trial resumes in Simferopol

SIMFEROPOL – The trial of a Crimean Tatar leader who has criticized Russia’s seizure of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine resumed on June 21. Read …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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