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Donbas heating up: Militants increase number of shellings
Over the past day, Russian occupation forces opened fire 37 times on positions of the Ukrainian army, according to the ATO HQ report as of 6:00, September 12, 2016. The shellings were mostly unsighted, only aiming to provoke the return of fire by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but Ukrainian defenders steadily adhered to the Minsk agreements. 20...
Belarus opposition wins parliamentary seat for first time in 20 years
At least one Belarussian opposition candidate was elected to parliament on Sunday, the central election commission said – the first time a politician opposed to hardline President Alexander Lukashenko has won representation in 20 years, Reuters reported. The result will not change the political landscape in the former Soviet republic, once...
New recording emerges in Smolensk crash case
New evidence has appeared in the case of the Tu-154 crash near Smolensk in April 2010, which killed the then Polish President, Lech Kaczynski and other top leaders of the country, according to Poland`s TVP. Chairman of the Inquiry Commission Waclaw Berczynski has said the evidence includes recordings from air traffic control tower in Smolensk...
Russian soldier detained in Donbas testifies – Ukraine intel
Denis Sidorov, a soldier from Moscow who had been arrested September 9 in Donetsk region, testified against Russian officers who have been fighting against Ukraine in the temporarily occupied areas of Donbas. ”September 10, the soldier of the reconnaissance company of the 3rd separate motorized rifle brigade (based in Horlivka) of the 1st Army...
Russian occupation forces threaten Crimeans with layoffs if they boycott Duma elections – human rights activists
The so-called ”Crimean authorities” use their administrative resources, to force local residents to vote at the State Duma elections, head of the Crimean Human Rights Group Olha Skrypnyk has told 112 TV channel. ”We`ve received several complaints stating the fact that the de facto ”Crimean authorities” use the so-called administrative resources...
Turchynov on Armored Forces Day: Ukrainian tanks among world`s best
Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council Oleksandr Turchynov is convinced that powerful and effective armored units are the key to victory in modern land battles. NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has congratulated the Ukrainian tank crews on the Armored Forces Day Sunday, September 11, noting that Ukraine has one of the most...
North Korea nuclear test: South would reduce Pyongyang `to ashes` – BBC
South Korea has a plan to annihilate the North Korean capital if it shows any signs of mounting a nuclear attack, BBC reports. A military source told the Yonhap news agency every part of Pyongyang ”will be completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosives shells”, according to BBC. As reported earlier, on Friday North Korea carried...
Caucasus-2016 drills: ex-U.S. envoy says Russia tries to legitimize Crimea occupation
Moscow may use the presence of official Western observers at the Russian military exercises Caucasus-2016 in the occupied Crimea to legitimize the illegal attempt of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, an expert at Brookings Institution Stephen Pifer wrote on Twiter, Voice of America reports. Pifer`s...
Deputy Governor of Kyiv region arrested upon receipt of UAH 200,000 bribe
The National Police and the Prosecutor General`s Office in a joint raid have detained deputy chairman of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Ihor Lyubko at the moment he received a bribe, according to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov. The minister said that the official extorted a UAH 200,000 bribe from his subordinate...
Ukraine to bar some Russian singers after Kyiv chosen to host Eurovision
The Ukrainian government said on Friday it would deny entry to certain Russian singers if they were chosen to perform at next year`s Eurovision Song Contest, after picking the capital Kyiv to host the event, according to Reuters. Ukraine won the right to stage the 62nd Eurovision contest in 2017 after its entry, a Crimean Tatar singer called...