During the day, according to official data, there were no casualties among Ukrainian military. Militants were firing in the surroundings of the Donetsk airport, Maryinka, Horlivka, Starognativka and on Mariupol direction.
The OSCE observers opened a patrol base in Stanitsa Luhanska. This is the eighth base in a war zone. In the evening, mission patrol car was shot by a militants sniper in Marinka, the staff was not harmed.
On January 18, the decision of the Cabinet comes into force , according to which trade with the occupied Crimea is banned. It is only allowed to carry personal belongings, socially significant food products and humanitarian aid.
Russia returned to Ukraine a soldier, who accidentally crossed the state border in Melovoe-Chertkovo.
President Poroshenko posthumously awarded 118 soldiers who took part in the fighting in the Donbass, including five defenders of the Donetsk airport.
According to Bild German tabloid, Russia spends on the occupied Donbass about one billion euros per year.
Romania proposed to create a NATO fleet in the Black Sea due to the strengthening of the Russia's positions in the region, including the occupation of the Crimea. This issue is a priority for the country’s government in 2016.
As a result of the terrorist attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso 26 people were killed , including four citizens of Ukraine. The attackers were destroyed by the police.
The US and the EU partially lifted sanctions for Iran, which fulfilled its obligations under the nuclear program. Representatives of two major oil companies, Shell and Total, arrived in Tehran to discuss the ways of cooperation.
US State Department spokesman Fried said that if the war in the Donbass stops, the general sanctions against Russia could be lifted, only the restrictions in connection with the Crimea will remain.
The Ambassador of Georgia announced that he would insist on the extradition of Saakashvili, when he leaves the territory of Ukraine.
Representative of Ukraine at the talks in Minsk, Bessmertny said that we should not talk about elections and amnesty in the Donbass until the safety factor is implemented. Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Syroyid, in an article in the "The Mirror of the Week" said that changes to the Constitution, which President Poroshenko wants to be adopted under the guise of "decentralization", will permanently formalise the special status of the occupied territories of the Donbass and will lead to the subsequent disintegration of the country. According to American analyst Blank, Minsk agreements proved to be unviable, instead a new plan of the settlement in Ukraine should be offered. Journalist Rakhmanin believes that President Poroshenko cannot decide what to do with the war in the Donbass, he does not want to change anything and is procrastinating. However, the situation requires the specific solutions, esecially, in the case of the failure of the voting on changes to the Constitution.
After another court decision on release on bail of a person guilty of a resonant accident, interior minister Avakov emphasized that the judicial system needs a complete reboot.
President Poroshenko said at a press conference that Head of the NBU Gontareva is best banker in the world, but according to the rating, published by the Global Finance , she is at the end of the list with nearly the worst figures.
Experts believe that the loud statement of the General Prosecutor's Office on closure of the illegal casino in the city center is one of the steps to remove the "extra" players from the gaming business on the eve of the voting for the law on legalization of gambling.
The SBU announced that General Ruban was not granted the authority to negotiate the release of hostages and prisoners. Ruban published the documents confirming such powers. The volunteers who participated in the liberation of the hostages say that Ruban, who is a protege of former head of presidential administration Medvedchuk - the godfather of Russian President Putin, was involved in release on a commercial basis.
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