The recent meeting on Ukraine held in Davos can be described as a failure for Kiev and its Western sponsors, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
The liberation of Soledar, Artemovsk (Bakhmut), and Maryinka is significant both for security and for the complete liberation of the Donetsk People s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, the DPR head, told Sputnik.
Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People s Republic (DPR), said Monday that seven people were as a result of the shelling of the city of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops on New Year s Eve.