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      10 police buses on duty near Lavra
      Aug13

      10 police buses on duty near Lavra

      There are ten police buses on duty near the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, where elections of the new head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate will be held today. According to the Internet publication Apostrophe, in the Lavra lane, there are about three hundred enforcers in full gear, helmets, body armor and shields. In the morning,...

      Serbia threatens to punish compatriots fighting in Ukraine
      Aug13

      Serbia threatens to punish compatriots fighting in Ukraine

      Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has urged citizens involved in the fighting in eastern Ukraine to return home, ITAR-TASS has reported. According to Vucic, Belgrade is seriously considering the introduction of punishment for Serbs who are fighting abroad without government permission. Within a month, the respective amendments to...

      Makarevich visits Donbas, gives concert for refugees
      Aug13

      Makarevich visits Donbas, gives concert for refugees

      Famous Russian singer Andrei Makarevich visited Donbas. He traveled to destroyed towns and villages and talked to their residents, and then in Sviatohorsk gave a charity concert for refugees from the combat zone. It is reported by the TSN. When asked why he decided to go to Donbas, Makarevich said he has long wanted to make this trip because,...

      Russia wants to put on wanted list Liashko, Taruta, Avakov’s son, Russian newspaper says
      Aug13

      Russia wants to put on wanted list Liashko, Taruta, Avakov’s son, Russian newspaper says

      The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation may initiate criminal proceedings against member of the Verkhovna Rada Oleh Liashko, head of Donetsk Regional State Administration Serhiy Taruta, businessmen Oleksandr and Viacheslav Konstantinov and son of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov Oleksandr. The Russian newspaper Izvestia reported...

      Government forces block channel of supplies of arms and mercenaries from Russia to Donetsk
      Aug13

      Government forces block channel of supplies of arms and mercenaries from Russia to Donetsk

      The anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces have blocked Russian supplies of arms and mercenaries to Donetsk through the H21 highway. Head of the Center for Military and Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “The lack of resources for the organization of defense in the Shakhtarsk-Torez-Snizhne area became...

      Ukrainian army blocking terrorists in Horlivka, Luhansk
      Aug13

      Ukrainian army blocking terrorists in Horlivka, Luhansk

      The anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces got the opportunity to completely block the terrorists in Horlivka, Luhansk and two strongholds of militants, head of the Center for Military-Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on his Facebook page. “Yesterday’s liberation of Vuhlehirsk allows the Ukrainian army, building on the success,...

      Putin’s ‘humanitarian aid convoy’ leaves Voronezh
      Aug13

      Putin’s ‘humanitarian aid convoy’ leaves Voronezh

      A convoy of 280 white KamAZ trucks loaded with a cargo of the so-called “humanitarian aid” for Ukraine has left for Belgorod, RIA Novosti has reported. Last night a nearly three-kilometer convoy of trucks, after a long journey from Naro-Fominsk, a suburb of Moscow, entered Voronezh. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed hope...

      Merkel still wants to negotiate with Putin
      Aug13

      Merkel still wants to negotiate with Putin

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands for the continuation of negotiations on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deutsche Welle reported. “I try to make sure that, in spite of the sanctions, we do not to lose the thread of conversation with the Russian president,” Merkel said in an interview with the German edition...

      Barroso backs Ukraine’s position on humanitarian mission in Donbas
      Aug12

      Barroso backs Ukraine’s position on humanitarian mission in Donbas

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has continued his telephone consultations with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso regarding a humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine, the press service of the head of state has reported. According to the report, Barroso expressed his full understanding and support for Ukraine’s position...

      Border guards rebuffed terrorist attack near Pobeda for an hour – NSDC
      Aug12

      Border guards rebuffed terrorist attack near Pobeda for an hour – NSDC

      A battle between terrorists and Ukrainian border guards near the village of Pobeda in Donetsk region lasted for about an hour. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “An armed confrontation...