Here's an interesting video of a speech given yesterday by Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, asking EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini why the European Union is not playing a more active role in the Ukrainian peace talks.
Ukrainian forces say they still control Donetsk's airport:
Ukrainian authorities are denying claims by pro-Russian separatists that rebel forces have seized control of the international airport in Donetsk.
Vladyslav Seleznyov, spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces, said on January 16 that "the new terminal at the Donetsk airport is under the control of the forces of the antiterrorist operation."
That is what Ukrainian officials often call government forces fighting against the pro-Russian separatists who have seized parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The airport is in ruins and has long been closed, but it has been the site of some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict that has killed more than 4,700 people since April.
The U.S. State Department said on January 14 that the intense fighting around the airport was among the "latest egregious violations of the commitments made by the Russian-backed separatists" under a September 5 cease-fire plan. (UNIAN and Reuters)