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20 October 2021
Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Eastern Europe Daniela De Ridder (Germany) said that undue restrictions on the freedom of movement of the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine are a troubling development that must be reversed.
19 October 2021
Russia, which unleashed the war in eastern Ukraine, obstructs a peaceful settlement of this armed conflict.
No third country has the right to veto Ukraine's accession to NATO. Ukraine is free to determine its future without external interference.
The United States intends to strengthen its strategic defense partnership with Ukraine, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
At the level of defense ministers, Ukraine and the United States coordinated the steps of practical implementation of agreements to ensure Ukraine's defense on land, in the air, at sea, and in cyberspace from existing and potential threats.
Between the evenings of 15 and 17 October, the OSCE SMM recorded 734 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 78 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has exposed enemy caches of weapons in Donetsk region and Kherson. Among the seized items is almost 15 kg worth of explosives with detonators, as well as anti-tank mines.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has resumed patrolling from its forward patrol base in Horlivka, according to a spot report issued by the SMM on October 19.
Russian occupation forces over the past 24 hours seven times breached the ceasefire, including one time with the use of weaponry proscribed by the Minsk Agreements.
18 October 2021
As many as 426 citizens of Ukraine are being held in inhumane conditions in detention centers in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine on trumped-up politically motivated charges, according to Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova.
In Horlivka, the town in the area beyond Ukrainian government control, members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission are being held in a hotel against their will.
Ukraine has received another load of United States government's foreign technical assistance. This is the second batch the American partners delivered for the needs of Ukraine’s Armed Forces following the agreements reached during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent visit to the United States.
Russian occupation forces over the past 24 hours committed four ceasefire violations in the Joint Forces Operation zone.
16 October 2021
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will meet with Ukraine's top political and military leadership as part of his visit to Kyiv next week, according to the website of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has approved Ukraine's Defense Plan, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov has said at a briefing.
Over the past day, October 15, eight ceasefire violations by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine, the JFO press center wrote on Facebook.
15 October 2021
Russian-backed forces launched three attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on October 14, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation headquarters has reported on Facebook.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as part of a working trip to the Donetsk region on October 14, has visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Joint Forces Operation, the press service of the head of state has reported.
14 October 2021
President's wife Olena Zelenska congratulated defendresses of Ukraine on their holiday.
On the Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine, President Zelensky took part in the ceremony of honoring the memory of those fallen for Ukraine.
The security situation along the contact line in eastern Ukraine is considered to be “close to unstable” even though the last two weeks have shown a slight decrease in ceasefire violations.
The partnership of the California National Guard, USA, with the Ukrainian military structures has never been stronger and gets stronger every single day.
President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated the Ukrainian military on the Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine and thanked them for their conscientious performance of military, service and civilian duty, courage, heroism and self-sacrifice.
Over the past day, October 13, ten ceasefire violations by Russian-occupation troops were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in eastern Ukraine.
On October 14, on the Orthodox feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos, Ukrainians celebrate the Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine and the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks.
13 October 2021
The Ukrainian side does not count on the OSCE’s pro-active stance to resume the work of the monitoring mission at the Gukove and Donetsk crossing checkpoints, seeking own "symmetrical or asymmetrical" response to Russia’s step to block the mission’s work.
The Security Service of Ukraine has confirmed that the members of illegal armed groups with the self-styled “LPR/DPR” have been using Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicles, including in strikes on Ukraine’s defense positions.
Over the past day, the OSCE SMM recorded 220 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 71 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay a visit to Ukraine next week as part of a European tour that is currently being prepared by the Pentagon.
Humanitarian cargo weighing 39.17 tonnes was delivered to certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions currently occupied by Russia.