Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas combat zone, courtesy of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE):
Sanctions against former Ukrainian officials are still in place, despite the ruling of an EU court to lift some of them, said Serhiy Horbatyuk, a representative of Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office.
"Sanctions against 17 former officials are now in place, they were not canceled," he said, adding that the measures will remain in place at least until March.
According to Horbatyuk, Ukraine is sending Deputy Prosecutor-General Vitaliy Kasko to the EU to "support the Prosecutor-General's position on continuing the sanctions."
Ukrainian deputy Volodymyr Ariyev also said on his Facebook page that although the European court in Luxembourg ruled to cancel sanctions whose validity expired a year ago, the assets of former Ukrainian officials remain frozen. New sanctions are in place, he said.
A January 28 ruling by the EU’s General Court said it was wrong to freeze the assets of five close associates of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.