Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has instructed that the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Ihor Nasalyk, within three months starting Jan 1 draft and submit for consideration by the Cabinet of Ministers a step-by-step plan for the development of the state coal industry.
Russian officers of the so-called "press service of the 1st army corps" on December 14-15 created fake videos on the front line in Donbas in order to demonstrate the alleged breach of the Minsk agreements by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukrainian Defense Ministry speaker for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk told a briefing in Kyiv on December 16.
Donbas in eastern Ukraine is rapidly becoming one of the most mined areas in the world, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine reports the militants of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic ("LPR") are planting anti-tank mines at a checkpoint near the town of Pervomaisk in violation of the provisions of the Minsk agreements on the withdrawal of weapons.