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Focus: Russia and Ukraine - Feb 2, 2017

By bartolo - Posted on 02 February 2017

Putin says the Ukrainian authorities triggered the current surge of tensions in Donbass - TASS

VIDEO: Putin says Ukraine escalated conflict in Donbass - RT News

Ukrainian paramilitary supported by army attacked rebels in East: Peskov, citing Kremlin data - RT News

Foreign Ministry statement on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Donbass - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Russia UN ambassador Churkin: Kiev trying to find military solution to Donbass conflict - Sputnik

VIDEO: Statement of Russia UN Ambassador Churkin: Violations of the Minsk agreement by Ukraine - YouTube

Recordings of surveillance cameras clearly indicate that clashes were triggered by fire from positions held by the Kiev government troops, Russia's UN ambassador says - TASS

Ukrainian army concentrated troops near Avdiivka for offensive: Separatists - Sputnik

Ukrainian Defense Ministry admits it conducts offensive operations in Donbass, refrains from commenting on the question about the pullback of heavy weapons - TASS

Russia diplomat says OSCE monitors turn blind eye on Ukrainian tanks in Donbass - TASS

VIDEO: BBC reporter films Kiev tanks in residential area on E. Ukraine frontline - RT News

Why Avdiivka is the most vulnerable spot for the Russian-separatist army in Ukraine, The new Ukrainian army positions allow to take the main road under fire control - Euromaidan Press

POLL: Only 14% of Ukrainians trust Poroshenko, 9% the government and 5% the parliament - TASS

POLL (Results): Trust to Ukraine Social Institutions - Kiev International Institute of Sociology

Kiev should give up on the Donbass, As conflict rages again, Ukraine needs to understand that winning the war would be more trouble than it's worth - Foreign Policy

Anxious Ukraine risks escalation in ‘creeping offensive', observers say the Ukrainians appear to be trying to create new facts on the ground - rferl.org

Is Ukraine sabotaging Trump's detente with Russia? It’s hard to see what Putin gains from new fighting, on the other hand Poroshenko has everything to gain - Huffington Post

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US administration flirts with softer stance on Russia's conduct in Ukraine - Military.com

State Dept statement on cease-fire violations in Eastern Ukraine - state.gov

US Ambassador Nikki Haley condemns Russia's 'aggressive actions' in Ukraine - AFP

McCain to Trump: Send weapons to Ukraine - TheHill

EU's Tusk says fighting must stop in Ukraine, points to 'Russia's aggression' - rferl.org

Chief Monitor of the OSCE Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Apakan calls for immediate cessation of violence in the Avdiivka-Yasynuvata-Donetsk airport area - OSCE

NATO Scraps Ukraine meeting fearing escalation with Russia - themoscowtimes.com

Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, to call for referendum on joining NATO - UPI.com

Berlin authorities suspect that Poroshenko bears responsibility for the deteriorating situation in the east of Ukraine, German Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper wrote - Sputnik

Hungary’s prime minister Orban meets Putin, urges the European Union to repair relations with the Kremlin and lift sanctions - irishtimes.com

POLL: Putin has better reputation in Hungary than Merkel or Trump, survey finds - Hungary Today

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