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      Ukraine fears new rebel offensive

      Ukraine is redeploying troops in the east amid fresh concern that separatists will launch a new military offensive. ||| Kiev – Ukraine said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears that separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia’s denials it has sent troops to reinforce the rebels. A...

      Asian shares flat, eyes on China data

      Asian shares mostly steadied on Thursday as investors awaited a flurry of Chinese economic indicators later in the day. ||| Tokyo – Asian shares mostly steadied on Thursday as investors awaited a flurry of Chinese economic indicators later in the day, but energy stocks slumped after oil prices fell to four-year lows. MSCI’s broadest...

      Putin’s Project Sparta
      Nov12

      Putin’s Project Sparta

      As the US Congress Reconvenes, It and Europe Must Respond to the Kremlin’s Coming Offensive in Ukraine Russia has moved a massive wave of tanks, armored personnel carriers, and artillery into Ukraine’s Donbas region in recent days, accompanied by new uniformed troops without insignia, to bolster the armed forces of the...

      EU unlikely to step up Russian sanctions

      European Union foreign ministers are unlikely to step up sanctions against Russia next week over its involvement in destabilising eastern Ukraine, EU diplomats said. ||| Brussels – European Union foreign ministers are unlikely to step up sanctions against Russia next week over its involvement in destabilising eastern Ukraine, EU diplomats...

      Pentagon sees situation in Ukraine as most important security issue
      Nov12

      Pentagon sees situation in Ukraine as most important security issue

      Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its threat to the whole region are the focus of efforts by the United States and its partners in Europe. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said this at the Global Security Forum in Washington on Wednesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “Russian aggression in Ukraine is the...

      Opposition Bloc officially says about going to opposition
      Nov12

      Opposition Bloc officially says about going to opposition

      The Opposition Bloc officially says about formation of the parliamentary coalition in the Verkhovna Rada of the VIII Convocation. A statement of the political force reads. “The Opposition Bloc undertakes responsibility for formation of the parliamentary opposition, which will fight for interests of people,” a statement reads. Members of the...

      Poroshenko wants to speed up probe into crimes on Maidan
      Nov12

      Poroshenko wants to speed up probe into crimes on Maidan

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stressed the importance of speeding up the investigation into all crimes committed against protesters on the Maidan and urged the investigating authorities to speed up their work. He said this at a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies on Wednesday, the presidential press office reported....

      Power economy will be discussed at coalition negotiations today
      Nov12

      Power economy will be discussed at coalition negotiations today

      Next meeting of a working group on the coalition agreement started in the Verkhovna Rada. As reported by Ukrinform, representatives of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, People’s Front, Samopomich Association and Radical Party of Oleh Liashko came to participate in the meeting. According to Yuriy Lutsenko, representative of the Block of Petro...

      Defense minister: Ukrainian armed forces should prepare for warfare
      Nov12

      Defense minister: Ukrainian armed forces should prepare for warfare

      The Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces should prepare for combat operations due to the build-up of military efforts by Russia and Russia-controlled terrorists. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said this at a government meeting on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “We see and know about increasing efforts by...

      National Bank says when market becomes balanced
      Nov12

      National Bank says when market becomes balanced

      The balanced hryvnia rate will be found, when the dynamics of its price reduction stops. Head of the NBU department for foreign exchange transactions and analysis of financial markets Serhiy Ponomarenko told reporters on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The balanced exchange rate will be found when devaluation stops,”...