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      Terrorist attack in Kharkiv
      Feb23

      Terrorist attack in Kharkiv

      The bomb explosion took place at 1:20 p.m. in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, during the peace March of Dignity. Two people are dead, a police officer and the leader of Kharkiv’s EuroMaidan movement Ihor Rassokha, and 15-year-old male with an open brain injury caused by an explosion has gone into a coma and then died on Monday in the...

      Rebel attacks prevent pullback – Ukraine

      Continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces who are preparing to pull heavy weapons from the front line. ||| Kiev – A Ukrainian military spokesman says continuing attacks from rebels are delaying Ukrainian forces’ pullback of heavy weapons from the front line in the country’s east.Under a peace agreement reached...

      Ukraine sticks to guns over ceasefire

      Ukraine’s military said Monday that it is waiting for a full ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels before withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline, a key next step in a tattered peace plan. …read more Source:...

      U.S. Sen. John McCain expressed ‘ashamed’ of his country’s strategy for  Ukraine
      Feb22

      U.S. Sen. John McCain expressed ‘ashamed’ of his country’s strategy for Ukraine

      On Sunday, February 22, 2015, U.S. Senator John McCain said on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” he’s “ashamed” of his country, President Obama and himself for not doing more to help Ukraine in its fight to fend off pro-Russian terrorists. “This is a shameful chapter. I’m ashamed of my country. I’m ashamed of my president. And I’m ashamed of myself that I...

      Second-in-command of Nato’s forces in Europe has warned about a large-scale conventional assault by Russia
      Feb22

      Second-in-command of Nato’s forces in Europe has warned about a large-scale conventional assault by Russia

      On Friday, February 20, 2015, Sir Adrian Bradshaw, second-in-command of Nato’s forces in Europe, a former commander of British land forces and the most senior UK officer in the alliance, spoke at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London. He warned Nato forces about a large-scale conventional assault by Russia that wants to snatch...

      European leaders visited the Dignity march in Kyiv
      Feb22

      European leaders visited the Dignity march in Kyiv

      On Sunday, February 22, 2015, President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska, President of the European Council Donald Tusk came to Ukraine to take part in the Dignity march on Maidan revolution anniversary. European leaders are concerned with the cease-fire...

      Ukraine, rebels swap prisoners

      Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners in east Ukraine. ||| Kiev/Donetsk, Ukraine – Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners in east Ukraine, a Ukrainian Security Council aide confirmed on Sunday, a step towards implementing an...

      Former NATO Secretary General admitted that the idea of nuclear disarmament of Ukraine has failed
      Feb22

      Former NATO Secretary General admitted that the idea of nuclear disarmament of Ukraine has failed

      Former Secretary General of NATO [1999-2004] and Secretary of State for Defence George Robertson wrote in his article for Herald Scotland: “I started my own political career, as many people know, carrying a Ban the Bomb banner. By giving up the Bomb I believed that we would give a lead and start a benign chain reaction. I was wrong. As...

      ‘Moody’s downgrade had political character’

      Moody’s downgrade of Russia’s sovereign rating was based on “factors of a political character,” Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. ||| Moscow – Moody’s Investors Service’s downgrade of Russia’s sovereign rating was based on “factors of a political character,” Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov...

      ‘Ukraine war makes West look impotent’

      The continued fighting in eastern Ukraine has made a mockery of the West’s latest attempts to negotiate a ceasefire, analysts say. …read more Source:...