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Interim rules of citizens' entry to the occupied territory updated The Interior Ministry released updated rules for the entry into the temporarily occupied territories of the Donbas. 30.03.15 17:57 45 182 48 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

NATO does not recognize the illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea - Stoltenberg NATO is providing strong political and practical support for Ukraine 27.03.15 23:53 22 185 213 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Numerous mothers in occupied Crimea deprived of child care allowance Scores of mothers were refused to be paid child care allowance for children aged under one and a half years. In Crimea, there are almost 1,500 such mothers only in Sevastopol city. 26.03.15 18:28 48 409 381 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Russian tankman Ivan Badanin, who participated in battles in the Donbas, identified on video. PHOTOS Russian tankman Ivan Badanin, who was captured by the Ukrainian military in August 2014 and was spotted on the video recorded by the SBU, was identified. 23.03.15 18:19 137 029 219 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

SBU Colonel arrested for issuing permits to ATO area for bribes. 120,000 hryvnia confiscated. Kramatorsk City Court elected measure in the form of detention for a security officer of Ukraine suspected of taking bribes for issuing permits to the area of anti-terrorist operation (ATO). 23.03.15 14:53 38 028 121 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Britain's Foreign Secretary: Russia must return the Crimea to Ukraine Foreign Secretary denounces Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea one year after. 22.03.15 17:10 46 257 598 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Crimea still is Ukraine. We must do our best to make the aggressor go - Poroshenko Crimea still is Ukraine one year after the peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation. 20.03.15 16:13 77 837 868 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Russia, China, Venezuela, and Angola snubbed U.N. meeting on Crimea human rights - Reuters Russia, China, Venezuela and Angola snubbed an informal United Nations Security Council meeting on Thursday on human rights in Crimea a year after Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, diplomats said. 20.03.15 11:51 94 393 431 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Deployment of Russian weapons in Crimea will put an end to diplomacy – U.S. State Department Crimea was and remains a part of Ukraine, thus any increase in military activity in its territory will be considered an attempt to undermine the peace process to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. 19.03.15 23:45 102 214 431 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Prime Minister of Canada urged Putin regime to cease destabilization campaign and fully withdraw from Crimea and eastern Ukraine Prime Minister Stephen Harper's statement marked the so-called Crimean “referendum” held one year ago and the subsequent illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia. 19.03.15 12:31 15 924 98 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea

Putin at concert dedicated to occupation of Crimea: "Russians and Ukrainians are one people. We will do our best to normalize relations" Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia intends to normalize relations with Ukraine. 18.03.15 22:12 169 660 1 900 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Ukraine complies with Minsk Agreement. We demand free and fair elections in Donbas, which is especially unnerving Russia - Poroshenko Ukraine fulfills its obligations under the Minsk Agreement. Yesterday's vote in the parliament on the bills regarding the Donbass confirms it. 18.03.15 20:12 14 717 110 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Yatseniuk instructed PGO to urgently bring an action at the Hague Tribunal regarding annexation of Crimea The Government instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lodge legal application to the Hague Tribunal, and the prosecuting agencies to urgently bring an action at the Hague Tribunal to put the Russian Federation to justice for aggression against Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. 18.03.15 16:11 35 688 280 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea

Rada adopts resolution recognizing individual areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions ‘occupied territories’ Today, the Verkhovna Rada by 280 votes adopted a resolution on the recognition of individual territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as occupied. 17.03.15 21:22 61 780 363 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Merkel: Annexation of Crimea threatened European peace order Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia with violations of the international law, which threatened European peace order, and this problem should be solved by political means. 16.03.15 17:58 16 273 184 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

EU ready to extend sanctions against Russia due to annexation of Crimea - Mogherini The EU fully respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. 16.03.15 17:46 15 330 254 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Sanctions against Russia

"We were ready to do it," Putin admitted he could use nuclear weapons while annexing Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Kremlin could alert nuclear forces if annexation of Crimea did not go well. 15.03.15 18:27 312 304 2 098 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was the basis for occupation of the peninsula – Russian Admiral In February 2014 Russian Black Sea Fleet provided covert delivery of Russian special forces to Crimea in order to block the Ukrainian troops there. 13.03.15 18:59 81 704 531 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says annexation of Crimea and aggression in Donbas do not violate Budapest Memorandum The Foreign Ministry states that the Russian Federation did not violate the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, did not annex Crimea, and has nothing to do with the military actions in the Donbas. 13.03.15 12:50 80 302 584 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea

Number of terrorist forces reaches 33,000 people with about 80% being Russian mercenaries - Tymchuk The number of Russian-terrorist forces in the Donbas reaches about 30,000-33,000 people. 12.03.15 10:13 66 138 411 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Another Crimean Tatar detained by Russian authorities in Crimea Crimean Tatar Talat Yunusov, born 1984, was detained in reference to the “case of Feb. 26” (protests near the parliament building of Crimea in 2014– ed.) in the village of Yastrubivka (Crimea) on March 11. 11.03.15 12:47 10 958 62 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

During the 'truce,' Russian military leaders created capable army out of DPR and LPR gangs - Tymchuk Taking advantage of the "truce", the command of the Russian-terrorist forces continues to improve the level of combat readiness of the units. 10.03.15 11:17 59 589 395 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Police detained three Shevchenko meeting participants with Ukrainian flags in Crimea. PHOTO + VIDEO In Simferopol, the Kremlin henchmen detained organizer of rally in memory of Shevchenko (Ukrainian writer and poet) Leonid Kuzmin and two other participants. 09.03.15 18:02 64 880 379 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Putin confirmed Crimea's annexation had been planned by Kremlin. VIDEO Russian President Vladimir Putin disclosed details of operation of last year's Crimea annexation to media. 09.03.15 07:39 199 612 614 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Fighters for Russian Orthodoxy destroyed eight churches in the Luhansk region - Moskal. PHOTOS Eight churches were destroyed by the terrorists in the Luhansk region during the ATO. 08.03.15 14:18 50 126 284 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Terrorist leader Zakharchenko announces nationalization of Zasyadko mine: "It will bring money to our 'republic'" Terrorist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko has announced that Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk, where 34 miners have died this week, will be nationalized. 07.03.15 17:47 68 400 512 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Terrorists restore railroad for supply of arms and ammunition Violating the cease-fire, the terrorists do not only attack Ukrainian army’s positions in the ATO area, but also reconstitute their forces. 07.03.15 14:49 30 201 296 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Russia uses "equipment withdrawal" for the rotation of its forces. Troops from Chinese border are redeployed to the Ukrainian one – Komakhidze. PHOTOS After the Minsk talks, the Russian side started "withdrawal" of some military units from the Rostov region, but this is just a routine rotation, which involves the replacement of the divisions of the Central and Eastern Military Districts who spent the winter in the fields of Rostov region and the Donbas by fresh forces of the Southern (and possibly other) Districts. 06.03.15 19:36 109 246 323 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

'DPR' terrorists announced ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians in Horlivka 'DPR' terrorists announced ethnic cleansing of Ukrainians. 06.03.15 12:26 217 602 602 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

"Russian World" came to Nikishyne: the village left in ruins with only few elderly living there. PHOTOS Journalist Roman Bochkala published pictures of the Nikishyne village, which was abandoned by the Ukrainian troops after exiting the Debaltseve bridgehead. The village has no whole buildings left, and only a few old people live there. 03.03.15 19:22 71 309 133 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Debaltseve salient

Russian Foreign Ministry protests UN mission report which calls Crimea Ukrainian territory The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that not all of the estimates of the UN mission in Ukraine on Human Rights are objective. 02.03.15 23:01 161 856 669 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

"Two happy families": Russian Сolonel and captain came under Ukrainian artillery fire. Colonel left with no legs, captain died. PHOTOS The smell of money and nationalist propaganda on Russian TV switch off the brains of Russian soldiers who go to war in the Donbas in the pursuit of profit. 03.03.15 00:33 428 705 779 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Proof of Russian invasion: following in the steps of the terrorists’ August armor battalion. PHOTOS New proofs of the Russian invasion and aggression against Ukraine were found in videos from public sources. 03.03.15 12:07 129 467 190 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen suppress powerful attacks of terrorists near Horlivka and Krasnohorivka - InfoResist The terrorists’ attempts to force Ukrainian troops out from their positions by conducting offensive operations along with shelling from barrel and rocket artillery were recorded on the section of the front, which stretches from Krasnohorivka village to the south-western vicinity of Horlivka. 02.03.15 11:43 89 659 132 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Damaged in battles Russian Grads from the Donbas spotted near Murmansk. PHOTOS Grad multiple rocket launchers, which track was lost in the Rostov region last fall, were found near Murmansk with battle damage. 27.02.15 17:57 278 345 443 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Dzhemilev calls on Poroshenko to completely block occupied Crimea The official Kyiv should completely block Crimea - no delivery of any food products, no electricity, no water - which will help to liberate the peninsula from the invaders. 26.02.15 18:30 94 142 687 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

DPR ringleaders conduct mass killing of Russian mercenaries to avoid payment - Russian journalist Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic intentionally kill mercenaries from Russia, in order to avoid paying the salaries they were promised. 26.02.15 17:32 263 752 469 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Russian tanks from 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in service with ‘Oplot’ terrorists. PHOTOS Russian tanks of the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade were discovered being in service with the ‘Oplot’ and ‘Vostok’ terrorist groups. 25.02.15 19:06 137 190 274 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Russia concentrates troops at the border with Kharkiv region and steps up efforts at Mariupol direction - Blogger. PHOTOS Information on concentration of the Russian troops at the north-eastern border of Ukraine in the Voronezh and Belgorod regions of Russia is receiving more and more confirmation. 24.02.15 16:23 151 756 374 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

War in the Donbas.PHOTOS by The Atlantic American magazine The Atlantic published a set of images from the Donbas war. 24.02.15 11:23 70 465 44 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Collision occurred in Shyrokyne, the Donetsk region, in the night - ATO press center The volume of shelling of the Ukrainian army's positions decreased significantly in the ATO area over the past night. 23.02.15 10:55 24 811 16 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Residential area took a direct hit as terrorists shelled Avdiivka all night long Direct hits at residential houses and infrastructure objects are reported in the town of Avdiivka. 22.02.15 12:26 16 837 66 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Terrorists fired at settlements in Donetsk sector with Grads, artillery, and mortars Last night the terrorists continued shelling the ATO forces' positions. 22.02.15 08:06 16 067 93 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Terrorists shelled Avdiivka. Three civilians killed The militants continue to shell the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. 21.02.15 12:08 30 997 89 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Giant cemetery of unidentified Russian mercenaries found by Russian blogger in Donetsk. PHOTO Russian journalist and blogger Ilya Varlamov took a picture of Donetsk cemetery where terrorists are buried. The vast number of graves are those of unidentified soldiers. 20.02.15 09:51 918 200 1 162 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Naftohaz resumed supply of gas to ATO area National Joint Stock Company Naftohaz Ukrainy has resumed gas supplies to the Donbas. 19.02.15 22:45 50 305 455 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Russia sends missile submarines to occupied Crimea and calls it an ‘impregnable fortress’ Russia has taken an unprecedented decision to strengthen the defense of the recently seized Crimean peninsula. 19.02.15 17:09 114 390 539 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

More than 90 Ukrainian soldiers captured on Debaltseve bridgehead - Joint Staff The militants resorted to another provocation today being unable to announce their military successes in the battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine – they demonstrated captured Ukrainian soldiers. 19.02.15 17:30 81 136 336 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Debaltseve salient