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Putin is expanding his Eurasian Customs Union: Russia, Belarus, Kazahkstan and now Armenian membership has been approved by Moscow.
Daily Digests from the Ukraine News Agency
After speaking to parliamentary fraction leaders President Poroshenko decided not to introduce martial law as long as "the situation is controlled".
Classes reopened in schools around Ukraine except those schools on the territories seized by DPR and LPR terrorists.
In the East, the Ukrainian army has retreated on all fronts. After four months of fighting, Luhansk airport has been left, as well as Maryinka, Krasnogorivka. Retreat is ongoing from Lagutine, Savur-Mohyla and Amvrosyivka. Fights have been going on in Avdiivka, Slovyansk, Stanitsya Luhanska, Debaltseve, Svitlodarsk, Snizhne, Novoazovsk. The corridor connecting terrorists of the DPR and LPR “republics” has reopened due to recent retreats.
The defeat of the Ukrainian army in Ilovaysk was due to the direct Russian invasion in Ukraine, as well as to the fact that the Ukrainian army was not prepared for the attack.
According to the Center for Prisoners of War around 680 Ukrainian military personnel are being kept by LPR, DPR and Russian army. Their conditions are satisfactory, but attempts to convert them to the other side are usual.
Russian invasion forces in Ukraine are numbering around 10,000-15,000 troops of those who do not hide their Russian army status. Overall, around 45,000 Russian soldiers are engaged in the conflict.
Another round of meetings to resolve the situation in Donbass held in Minsk, including OSCE representative, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Zurabov, and ex-President of Ukraine Kuchma, prove unsuccessful as Russian troops advanced in eastern Ukraine. Representatives of DPR and LPR terrorist organizations have been invited to the meetings.
Multinational military exercises of NATO, aimed to rehearse joint operations, started in Latvia. Similar exercises will start on September 3 in Czech Republic.
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Klimkin stressed that Russia declines any consultations between the Budapest Memorandum participants, who guaranteed territorial integrity of Ukraine in exchange of giving up the country’s nuclear status.
Russia and China started construction of the gaz pipeline "Power of Siberia" with maximum annual capacity of 38 bln. cubic meters. Estimated launch timing is in 4-6 years.
Due to the situation in Ukraine, Poland is starting to form a volunteer National Guards units with up to 5,000 men. Australia plans to raise the question of Russia exclusion from G20 during the nearest session of the organisations meeting if connections with terrorists who’ve shot the MH17 flight are confirmed. The US started to chair the UN Security Council as per rotation schedule.
British Prime Minister Cameron stressed, that the best support for Ukraine from the side of the EU will be financial and technical aid without arms supply, and creation of an anti-Putin coalition in Europe and America for further strong sanctions. As rumored in media, European Union could ban Russia from using SWIFT international bank transfer system, but reductions of oil and natural gas purchases aren’t on the agenda. German Chancellor Merkel also supported strengthening sanctions against Russia, but stressed that Germany doesn’t see the conflict resolution in a military way. US Senate Representative of External Affairs Mendez, who’ve recently officially visited Ukraine, called situation in eastern Ukraine a military invasion and urged the need of arms supplies to Ukraine, as well as harder sanctions against Russia.
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