All the attention this \u00a0week will be focused \u00a0on the summit on the Ukrainian crisis in Minsk on February 11, 2015, as agreed by Ukrainian, Russian, German and French parties.<\/b>\u00a0On the eve of \u00a0the Summit terrorists of DNR-LNR are trying to capture large areas of territory, therefore during Saturday only they made \u200b\u200b111 attacks.<\/b>\u00a0Vladimir Putin has already announced that permanent termination of ATO in Donbas would be a necessary precondition for achieving the anticipated outcome of the negotiations.<\/b><\/p>\n
Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will conduct negotiations in Washington, DC with USA President Barack Obama regarding the conflict in Ukraine.<\/b>\u00a0It is expected that Merkel will express Germany\u2019s disagreement with calls to arm Ukrainian military that voiced over in the United States.<\/b>\u00a0At a security conference which ended on February 8, 2015 in Munich, German Chancellor reiterated that she doesn\u2019t see any possibility of a military solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.<\/b>\u00a0At the Munich Conference, US Senator John McCain called for arming Ukraine.<\/b>\u00a0Lithuanian President and the Foreign Minister of Poland also believe that Ukraine should be provided with defensive weapons.<\/b><\/p>\n
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WAR.<\/b>\u00a0Developments \u00a0in the area of ATO.<\/b><\/p>\n
Military confrontation between Russia and terrorist groups and Ukrainian forces continues in the so-called ATo zone, with the most difficult situation still being around the town of Debaltseve.\u00a0During the day 111 attacks<\/a> committed by terrorists were recorded<\/span> in the ATO\u00a0area in the 37 \u00a0localities.<\/p>\n . At the same time, in recent weeks the enemy has intensified its actions at the Luhansk direction, according to the ATO headquarters ..\u00a0On the night of 7 February) Ukraininan armed forces have clashed with terrorists near the village of Ridkodub, as a result Ukrainian military have captured several jet infantry flame throwers “Shmel\u2019”.\u00a0The military claim that\u00a0this type of weapon is used exclusively by the armed forces of the Russian Federation.<\/a><\/p>\n An explosion at an ammunition depot of self-proclaimed “DNR”<\/a> happened in Donetsk last night\u00a0.\u00a0 13th so-called \u201chumanitarian convoy\u201d from Russia<\/a>has arrived in Donbas.<\/p>\n PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF CRISIS.<\/b><\/p>\n Peace plan proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande regarding Ukraine envisages the establishment of a demilitarized zone between 50 and 70 kilometers<\/a>, Hollande told the France 2 TV channel. The French president also called for a “very broad” autonomy for the eastern regions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n Petro Poroshenko, Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin during a conference call in so-called \u201cNormandy format\u201d\u00a0discussed ways of a peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbas.<\/a>\u00a0Leaders of “Normandy four” agreed to hold a meeting aimed to resolve the Ukrainian conflict in Minsk on Wednesday, February 11.\u00a0However, as noted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, such a meeting would be possible only in case of prior approval of “number of items”<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0Yesterday it was reported that during the negotiations in Moscow the sides agreed to continue work on “possible joint document”, which\u00a0will take into account both proposals of Poroshenko and Putin<\/a>.\u00a0OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier\u00a0does not exclude the possibility of “frozen conflicts” in the Donbas.<\/a>\u00a0At the same time, according to the influential American newspaper Washington Times,\u00a0the war in the Donbas is not “frozen” conflict<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 since the Russian military active attack in eastern Ukraine are getting more and more frequent.\u00a0\u00a0EU High Commissioner for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini expressed<\/a>\u00a0doubt that attempts to stop a military conflict on the eastern Ukraine of France\u2019s and Germany\u2019s leaders, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel will succeed.<\/p>\n Washington has no doubt that Ukraine, which is suffering from the Russian aggression,\u00a0will have additional economical assistance, as well as assistance in other areas, soon.<\/a>\u00a0This was announced on Sunday, February 8, by USA Secretary of State John Kerry, who spoke from the stage of the Munich Conference on Security Policy.\u00a0Polish Foreign Minister claimed that the EU and the USA should help Ukraine to defend with the weapon, and\u00a0the issue of Poland arms sales to Ukraine “is not closed.”<\/a>\u00a0Republican Senator John McCain <\/span>called to provide Ukraine with weapons immediately.<\/p>\n Lithuanian President believes that “support for Ukraine today \u2013 in all accessible means \u2013\u00a0is support of freedom and peace for everyone in Europe<\/a>.”<\/p>\n The editor of the British magazine Economist Edward Lucas, speaking in Munich Security Forum,\u00a0called for a boycott of channel Russia Today<\/a>.\u00a0According to Lucas, the channel RT is connected directly to the Kremlin machine for the production of lies and promised to use his influence to counteract the work of the channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"