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21 more servicemen released from captivity
Russian-led militants have released from captivity 21 Ukrainian servicemen, including five officers. Deputy Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Borys Filatov reported this on his Facebook page. He said that the hostages had been released as part of the negotiation process organized at the initiative of the Ukrainian...
US, Canada cancel joint military exercises with Russia over situation in Ukraine
The authorities of the United States and Canada have canceled the Vigilant Eagle joint military exercise with Russia due to the situation in Ukraine. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) spokesman Sgt. Charles Marsh told this to U.S. newspaper Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. He said that the decision to suspend the exercise, at least for...
Security forces set up over 100 checkpoints in Donbas
Ukrainian government forces have set up more than a hundred checkpoints on the border of the crisis area in Donbas, Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk has said on Facebook. “Ukrainian Armed Forces, National Guard and Interior Ministry units have set up over a hundred roadblocks and strongholds along the border of the crisis...
EU gives Ukraine EUR 22 million to help eastern regions
The European Commission allocates EUR 22 million to help the people of the eastern regions of Ukraine. The press service of the European Commission told Ukrinform, a Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels reports. “The European Commission allocates EUR 22 million to help the population of Ukrainian regions suffering from the effects of a...
Column of hundred pieces of military equipment proceeds to Luhansk from Russian Federation
Through the checkpoint of Izvaryno towards Krasnodon from Russia on Wednesday a convoy proceeded of 12 tanks, 48 armored vehicles, 20 Ural trucks with ammunition, eight Ural trucks with staff and four air defense automobiles. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. “On September 10, 2014, from...
Poroshenko calls on world’s democracies to unite in fight against terrorism
Today, when the world commemorates the victims of terrible terrorist attacks in New York in 2011, Ukraine suffers from a new wave of terrorism, in the fight against which all of the world’s democracies should unite. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a ceremony to present credentials to the ambassadors of several countries on...
Turchynov calls on PACE to continue pressurizing Russia
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov and PACE President Anne Brasseur have discussed in Oslo the question of Russian aggression against Ukraine, the speaker’s press office has reported. “This is a crucial moment now. Russia aims not to reach peace in Ukraine but to destabilize the situation. However, there is a possibility to...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 11
Russia and the Menace of Unreality via The AtlanticRussian Soldiers Reveal the Truth Behind Putin’s Secret War via NewsweekRussian Nationalists Grasp at Straws with ‘Scottish Solidarity” Campaign via Global VoicesPeace on Putin’s Terms via Foreign AffairsThe Ukrainian Crisis is at a Point of No Return via National InterestCrimean...
Rosneft, Transneft and Gazpromneft fall under sanctions
In Brussels, a new package of EU sanctions against Russia was adopted, which will take effect from tomorrow – September 12. It is reported by the Echo of Moscow. “The EU Council postponed the imposition of sanctions for a few days. Diplomats said they are counting on some real steps from Moscow to stabilize the situation in Ukraine....
“LPR” blocks deliveries of Ukrainians coal enterprises
Militants of the “Luhansk People’s Republic”(“LPR”) stopped coal supplies of five companies of Luhansk to Ukrainian consumers, but the raw materials are taken in Russia. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, Ukrinform reports. “Terrorists of the “LPR” “blocked the delivery of coal...