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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the number of armed provocations in Donbas has increased after sanctions were imposed against MP from the Opposition Platform - For Life Party Viktor Medvedchuk. The president says he wants to "hear conclusions" following a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group scheduled for March 10.
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Pro-Russian MP posts Ukraine s map without Crimea, with LPR/DPR / Photo from UNIAN
Ukrainian MP from the pro-Russian Opposition Platform - For Life parliamentary faction Vadym Rabinovych has posted a map of Ukraine without the Crimean peninsula, which is occupied by Russia, but with the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People s Republics ( LPR/DPR ) – the two Moscow-sponsored statelets in Donbas, the country s east.
Read alsoUkrzaliznytsia accidentally publishes Ukraine s map without CrimeaThe relevant map titled, What kind of language independent [Ukraine] speaks, appeared on Rabinovych s Facebook on Monday morning, allegedly depicting the language situation in the country.
The image itself shows that only residents of the western regions supposedly speak Ukrainian. The rest allegedly speak surzhyk [a mix of Ukrainian and Russian] or Russian. It is noteworthy the occupied part of Donbas is depicted as the DPR and the LPR, while Crimea is missing.
One of the challenges the Trans-Atlantic community has to address is its relationship with Russia, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said, addressing this year's virtual Munich Security Conference. Tough agenda is needed on Russia within the Trans-Atlantic community, the Chancellor stressed.