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21 February 2022


Enemy shell hits gas station in Shchastia

A gas station in the town of Shchastia in Ukraine's Luhansk region caught fire and exploded after it came under shellfire from the temporarily occupied territory.


Russia keeps 9,000 troops in Belarus - Reznikov

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has requested a phone call with Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin in connection with the decision to extend Russian-Belarusian military drills "Allied Resolve 2022."

20 February 2022


Ukraine reports 53 ceasefire violations, one soldier wounded

Russian-backed forces violated the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine 53 times as of 17:00 on Sunday, February 20, involving weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements 50 times, the press service of the Joint Forces Operation has said on Facebook.

19 February 2022

18 February 2022


Ukraine not planning military offensive in Donbas – army chief

The leaders of the criminal organizations "DPR" and "LPR" are deliberately misleading the residents of the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions about the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly planning an attack, but Ukraine will never launch an offensive in the east.

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