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The condition for lifting sanctions from Russia is the return of Crimea to Ukraine. According to CNN, the new US Permanent Representative to the UN Nikki Haley said. "Crimea is part of Ukraine. We have introduced by the sanctions associated with the Crimea will act until Russia returns Ukraine control over the peninsula," she said.

Haley also condemned Moscow for the situation in the Donbass. “It’s a pity, but in my first public speech I must condemn aggressive actions in the Donbass. We really want to improve relations with Moscow, but the terrible situation in eastern Ukraine requires us to harshly condemn the actions of Russia,” Reuters quoted Haley.

At the same time, as TASS reports, the Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN Vitaly Churkin appreciated the speech of Haley as "quite friendly." “I noticed a rather tangible tone change,” Churkin said. At the same time, the diplomat emphasized that he does not want to "attach too much importance to this, as this is only the beginning of the path." “I hope this path will lead to something more constructive than what has yet been,” he added.

The day before, President Vladimir Putin said that the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass was provoked by the Ukrainian side and is happening right now, because Kiev needs to “beged” with money from abroad .

"As for today's exacerbation, our position is known: it was provoked by the Ukrainian side. On Friday last week, combat operations began. On Sunday, Ukrainian so -called volunteer detachments captured one of the opposition’s strongholds and penetrated the territory controlled by the militia for 200 meters. On Sunday they were knocked out from there," said Putin to Putin to Press conferences in Budapest after a meeting with the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban.

Answering the question of the reasons for the last exacerbation, the Russian leader noted that there are several. "The first reason is that the Ukrainian leadership needs money today, the money is best to be bored from the European Union, individual countries of Europe, from the United States and international financial institutions, exposing himself as a victim of aggression," Putin said.

According to him, the current Ukrainian government is not ready to implement the Minsk agreements and is looking for an occasion to abandon them in any way. “And this would also be facilitated by the development of the conflict,” the president said.

On Thursday, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that as a result of hostilities in the Avdeevka area, more than 17 thousand people, including 2.5 thousand children, were left without light, water and heating . In addition, according to UNICEF, as a result of battles in the Avdeevka area, six schools and four kindergartens were closed. Recently, 149 people, including 77 children, have been evacuated from Avdeevka.

The massive shelling of Avdeevka using heavy artillery, Grad systems and tanks began on January 29. On January 30, the power lines were damaged as a result of the shelling and the power supply and water supply to the city, as well as the Avdeevsky coke and the Donetsk filter station, were stopped.