February 22, 2015, 11:07 / Business / News Concern "Kalashnikov" will produce drones and boats undefined Vedomosti The Kalashnikov concern acquired 51% of the shares of the Rybinsk Shipyards enterprise and 51% of the shares of the Izhevsk company ZALA Aero, which produces drones, the concern’s general director, Alexey Krivoruchko, told reporters on Sunday.

February 22, 2015, 14:46 / Politics The withdrawal of heavy weapons in Donbass will last two weeks - Basurin undefined Vedomosti The militias in Donbass expect to withdraw heavy weapons from the contact line within two weeks, Eduard Basurin, deputy corps commander of the DPR Ministry of Defense, told Interfax. “Tonight the plan was signed. Today is defined as D-Day. That is, starting today, two weeks are given for the withdrawal of heavy weapons,” Basurin said.

European Council President Donald Tusk said that on February 23 he would begin consultations with EU member state leaders on the issue of expanding economic sanctions against Russia. "I will begin consultations on Monday on increasing some measures in connection with aggression," he said on Sunday in Kyiv after visiting the exhibition "Presence.

Latvia supports the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Ukraine, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma told BNS after a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv on Sunday. According to her, during the meeting the parties discussed the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko noted that the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Donbas is supported by the United States and Great Britain, and he intends to ask France for support as well.

Radioactivity sensors have detected a new leak of radioactive water into the sea from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, plant operators said on Sunday. According to information received from them, the level of radioactivity exceeds the maximum permissible by 70 times. Nuclear power plant operator TEPCO informed that an inspection of the tanks with waste water used to cool the reactor did not reveal any new damage.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported that special services had prevented a terrorist attack in Odessa. According to the press service of the head of the republic, at a meeting with the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski, Poroshenko noted that on Sunday, actions to mark the anniversary of the "Euromaidan" took place throughout the country. "Our enemies tried to destabilize the situation in Ukraine," he said, reporting on the terrorist attack in Kharkov.

The leaders of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR have agreed on documents on the withdrawal of heavy weapons, Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing the head of the Ukrainian military group in the joint coordination center for monitoring the ceasefire, Petro Kanonik. "The Russian representative at the common center, Alexander Lentsov, signed documents with Zakharchenko, and before that with Plotnitsky, on the withdrawal of heavy weapons," Kanonik reported.

The militias have not completely ceased fire in eastern Ukraine, despite the fact that the parties to the conflict had agreed on the withdrawal of troops the day before, the press center of the military operation claims. According to him, the militants' most active actions were carried out in the Donetsk direction. The village of Peski was shelled twice at night from the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, three times from artillery and mortars.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski believes that the introduction of the next level of sanctions against Russia will depend on the implementation of the Minsk agreements. "The Ukrainian side itself must decide and say: does it place its hopes on the Minsk agreements or does it have no hopes on these agreements and believes that they will not help here," the head of the Polish state said at a press conference on Sunday in Kyiv.

As a result of the terrorist attack in Kharkov, two people died on the spot, including a police officer, and about 15 others were injured, the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports. Among the victims are five law enforcement officers. Previously, the regional prosecutor's office reported three deaths. The explosion occurred during a procession in honor of the anniversary of the Euromaidan.

The issues of introducing new sanctions against Russia and starting arms supplies to Kyiv will be considered by US President Barack Obama in the next few days, US Secretary of State John Kerry said. According to him, serious discussions are currently underway with European allies regarding what new steps could be taken with regard to Russia.