On Thursday the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law allowing deployment to its territory foreign troops for a peacekeeping operation to ensure the speedy normalization of the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The law specifies that the purpose of the stay of the armed forces of other states on the territory of Ukraine, is the providing Ukraine military assistance at its request.
Deployment to the territory of Ukraine the armed forces of states that have not recognized its independence and territorial integrity, or having territorial claims, and aggression against Ukraine is forbidden.
Speaking in parliament, President Poroshenko stressed that the likelihood of the resumption of large-scale war in the east of Ukraine is very real. He said that in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions there are 14 specialized battalions of Russia with total number of 14,000 people, and a huge amount of military equipment.
Kiev believes that the deterioration of the situation in Donetsk is evidence of the beginning of the next offensive of the Russian troops to capture new territories of Ukraine, in particular Mariupol.-02D-
Politics
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The Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, Mounir Satouri, has called on Azerbaijan’s authorities to lift travel restrictions on Professor Qubad Ibadoghlu, currently under house arrest, enabling him to attend the Sakharov Prize award ceremony in Strasbourg.
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The Separate Combined Arms Army (stationed in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) conducted command-staff exercises.
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The Council today decided to prolong and update the list of individuals, entities, and bodies subject to restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses, for a further year until 8 December 2025.
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On Thursday, the trial in the case of economist Fazil Gasimov continued at the Baku Court for Serious Crimes. During the session, the indictment was read out. However, before the prosecutor's statement, Gasimov protested, claiming that he was innocent and that the criminal case against him should be dismissed.
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