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Conflict in the Donbass region

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Emmanuel Karagiannis
Emmanuel Karagiannis

“The Wagner Group has its own tanks, artillery and drones, while maintaining an independent command and control system. In effect, it functions as a combined arms force. This victory is definitely credited to the Wagner Group, which is bound to affect relations with the Russian army. The battle of Bakhmut is the key to both sides' future plans in Donbas. If the Russians manage to occupy the town, they will try to regain some of the territory lost since September. If the Ukrainians defend the town successfully, they can ask for more western support for their spring counterattack in the region. At present, the Ukrainian army does not seem to have either the reserves or the equipment to push deeper into Donbas.”

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International security expert from King’s College London
19 Jan 2023 4 4
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Volodymyr Zelenskiy

“The tough battle for the Donetsk region continues. The battle for Bakhmut and Soledar, for Kreminna, for other towns and villages in the east of our country continues. Although the enemy has concentrated its greatest forces in this direction, our troops - the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all defence and security forces - are defending the state. They are already fighting among themselves over who should be credited with some tactical advance. It's a clear signal of failure for the enemy. And it's another incentive for all of us to put more pressure on the occupier and to inflict heavier losses on the enemy.”

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President of Ukraine
13 Jan 2023 5 3
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John Kirby
John Kirby

“Even if both Bakhmut and Soledar fall to the Russians, it's not going to have a strategic impact on the war itself and it certainly isn't going to stop the Ukrainians or slow them down.”

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Pentagon spokesman
13 Jan 2023 5 3
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Volodymyr Zelenskiy

“Bakhmut, Soledar, Maryinka, Kreminna. For a long time, there is no living place left on the land of these areas that have not been damaged by shells and fire. The occupiers actually destroyed Bakhmut, another Donbas city that the Russian army turned into burned ruins.”

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President of Ukraine
10 Dec 2022 6 3
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Dmytro Kuleba
Dmytro Kuleba

“Sham 'referendums' will not change anything. Russia has been and remains an aggressor illegally occupying parts of Ukrainian land. Ukraine has every right to liberate its territories and will keep liberating them whatever Russia has to say.”

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Foreign Minister of Ukraine
19 Sep 2022 4 2
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Serhiy Haidai
Serhiy Haidai

“We would have simply lost many soldiers. We withdrew [Severodonetsk] well and in an organised fashion and without losing even one fighter. We will hold [Lysychansk] for as long as possible. If there aren't any big losses, we will hold it. The Russians were unlikely to end the war even if they captured the entire Donbas region. Only force can stop Putin.”

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Governor of Luhansk region
26 Jun 2022 5 4
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Volodymyr Zelenskiy

“This is a very brutal battle, very tough, perhaps one of the most difficult throughout this war. Sievierodonetsk remains the epicentre of the encounter in Donbas ... Largely, that is where the fate of our Donbas is being decided now.”

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President of Ukraine
08 Jun 2022 2 3
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Volodymyr Zelenskiy

“Russian troops again fired at the border areas of the Sumy region, Mykolaiv, cities and communities of the Zaporizhzhia region, Kharkiv region. The situation in Severodonetsk, where street fighting continues, remains extremely difficult. It is also difficult in Lysychansk, Marinka, Kurakhove, other cities and communities of Donbas. Constant air strikes, artillery and missile fire. As of this morning, the total number of various Russian missiles used against Ukraine is already 2,503. Our heroes hold their positions and do everything to inflict maximum losses on the enemy. I am grateful to each of our defenders who are approaching the day when Russia will have to leave Donbas alone.”

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President of Ukraine
04 Jun 2022 10 4
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Serhiy Haidai
Serhiy Haidai

“The heaviest fighting is going on towards Severodonetsk [but] all free settlements in the Luhansk region are hotspots. Right now, there are shooting battles in [the villages] of Bilohorivka, Voivodivka and towards Popasna. It [new weaponry] is arriving now. Only the military will decide when should they use it. But we can see results even now. And new military supplements can change the course of the war here in Donbas.”

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Governor of Luhansk region
08 May 2022 7 3
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“As you see, there are people who want to come on a voluntary basis, especially not for money, and help the people who live in the Donbas - well, you have to meet them halfway and help them move into the combat zone.”

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President of Russia
11 Mar 2022 2 3
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Alexander Hinton
Alexander Hinton

“It is well-documented that since 2014, both sides have committed human rights violation in Donbas and innocent people have been killed and abused. But there is no credible evidence that genocide is taking place. None. Russia has made vague references to mass graves and civilian attacks. If it had proof, you can be sure Russia would have provided it long ago. Russia should have done so [formally bring its genocide claims before the UN] and pressed for action at the UN if it had credible concerns. It claims that Ukrainians are attacking ethnic Russians and Russian speakers who Russia claims to be obliged to protect. That sounds reasonable in the abstract, but, again, Russia has not provided any credible proof to support its claim … It didn't do so because Russia's goal isn't to save lives but to conquer Ukraine. Lavrov's accusation is just another attempt to mask an invasion.”

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Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University
09 Mar 2022 10 4
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Nataliya Sekretareva
Nataliya Sekretareva

“Some casualties are lawful under international humanitarian law provided they do not cause excessive incidental loss of civilian life. Other attacks, depending on the context, could constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide. What distinguishes the crime of genocide is the context: The attacks on civilians should be committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such. So, answering your question, only genocide is committed with the intent to erase a group. To claim that Ukraine had been committing genocide in Donbas, Russia would have to prove that the Ukrainian government had been pursuing a deliberate policy of killing or otherwise targeting some national, ethnic, racial or religious group with the intent to destroy this group. The mere fact that the deaths occurred during an armed confrontation cannot constitute genocide, especially considering that Ukraine did not even control the territory in question since 2015. How would the state perpetrate a genocide on the territories it doesn't even have access to?”

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Russian human rights lawyer
09 Mar 2022 5 4
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Denis Pushilin
Denis Pushilin

“We will win. With people like this, we will win. With such a country, with big Russia, which we respect and value. We have no right to lose, or even to doubt in our victory. We are not yet at that stage [to expand the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic], we're at the stage when the enemy's forces are on the line of contact and can move onto the offensive at any moment.”

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Head of the Donetsk People's Republic
23 Feb 2022 4 2
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Denis Pushilin
Denis Pushilin

“I urge my fellow citizens who are in the reserves to come to military conscription offices. Today I signed a decree on general mobilisation. I appeal to all the men in the republic who can hold weapons to defend their families, their children, wives, mothers. Together we will achieve the coveted victory that we all need.”

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Head of the Donetsk People's Republic
19 Feb 2022 2 3
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

“All Kiev needs to do is sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of the Donbass and agree on political, military, economic, and humanitarian measures to end this conflict. The sooner this happens, the better.”

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President of Russia
18 Feb 2022 2 3
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Valery Zaluzhny
Valery Zaluzhny

“I am addressing the residents of the temporarily occupied territories: don't believe the falsehoods circulated by the occupation authorities! You're being used for escalating the situation [...] The allegation that sabotage groups from the [Ukrainian] Joint Forces planned to blow up chlorine at sewerage facilities in Horlivka are absolutely untrue. The statements [...] alleging that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning an offensive and the liberation of the temporarily occupied territories by force are untrue. The information presented by me has also been confirmed by the OSCE. I am reiterating that the state's military-political leadership is not planning and is not conducting offensive operations in eastern Ukraine. An offensive operation in Donbas would definitely cause numerous civilian casualties, and therefore, such scenarios are not even under consideration.”

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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
18 Feb 2022 8 3
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