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      Russian aggression cannot be stopped by diplomatic means – Turchynov
      Dec19

      Russian aggression cannot be stopped by diplomatic means – Turchynov

      Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov does not believe that Russian aggression could be stopped by diplomatic means. He told this in an interview with LigaBusinessInform online news site. “The only mechanism to make them implement the agreements, including those reached in Minsk, and to...

      Five Ukrainian servicemen killed over past 24 hours
      Dec19

      Five Ukrainian servicemen killed over past 24 hours

      Illegal armed groups have committed nine provocations over the past 24 hours against the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces who sustained losses. The spokesman for the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing on Friday. “Five Ukrainian soldiers have...

      50 Polish humanitarian trucks arrive in Kharkiv
      Dec19

      50 Polish humanitarian trucks arrive in Kharkiv

      A humanitarian convoy provided by the Polish Foreign Ministry for internally displaced persons from the anti-terroristic operation area in eastern Ukraine arrived in Kharkiv on Friday morning, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. Two columns of more than fifty trucks of the Polish State Fire Service, accompanied by traffic police cars, arrived in...

      Russian special forces want to disrupt fourth stage of mobilization in Ukraine – Tymchuk
      Dec19

      Russian special forces want to disrupt fourth stage of mobilization in Ukraine – Tymchuk

      Russian special forces intend to disrupt or hinder the fourth stage of mobilization in Ukraine. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “The structures of information and psychological operations of the General Staff of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces and the...

      SBU prevents terrorist attack in central Kyiv
      Dec19

      SBU prevents terrorist attack in central Kyiv

      The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has prevented a terrorist attack in the center of Kyiv. An advisor to the SBU chairman, Markiyan Lubkivsky, said this at a briefing on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “SBU has managed to prevent an awful tragedy in downtown Kyiv, a terror attack that was to be perpetrated just...

      Turchynov wants to clean Ukraine of Kremlin media
      Dec19

      Turchynov wants to clean Ukraine of Kremlin media

      Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has said he intends to clean the Ukrainian media space of the Russian media. He told this in an interview with LigaBusinessInform online news site. “We need to complete the started processes that have been announced, clean the information field of...

      Lavrov: Obama’s Act on Ukraine may harm relations for a long time
      Dec19

      Lavrov: Obama’s Act on Ukraine may harm relations for a long time

      Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 signed by U.S. President Barack Obama may harm relations between Moscow and Washington for a long time. Lavrov said this during phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported....

      Russian reserves: $400bn or half that?

      Depending on who’s doing the maths, Russia’s usable hard currency reserves are either running low, or are healthy. ||| London – Defending the rouble has cost Russia around $80 billion this year, and depending on who’s doing the calculations, its usable hard currency reserves are now either starting to run low, or at a...

      EU now not to impose new sanctions on Russia – Hollande
      Dec19

      EU now not to impose new sanctions on Russia – Hollande

      The decision was made at the EU summit in Brussels on December 18 to refrain from imposing new sanctions on Russia, French President Francois Hollande has told reporters after the summit, according to Interfax. “The decision to tighten sanctions was not taken, because the process [of a peace settlement in Ukraine] is ongoing,” he...

      Terrorists provoke ‘Cyborgs’
      Dec19

      Terrorists provoke ‘Cyborgs’

      Militants continue to fire on the defenders of the Donetsk airport, provoking them to return fire. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “In the Donetsk airport area units of the Russian-terrorist troops continue to fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops, trying to provoke Ukrainian...