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Turkish pilot admits to bombarding parliament during failed coup attempt
A Turkish pilot staff captain has admitted that he was the pilot of an F-16 fighter jet which bombarded the parliament building on the night of the failed coup attempt of July 15, according to Turkey`s English-language leading newspaper Hurriyet Daily News. Pilot Staff Cpt. Huseyin Turk confessed in his testimony that Brig. Hakan Evrim, the...
AvtoKrAZ fulfills state order on Defense Ministry`s requirements in 2016
Kremenchuk Automobile Plant PJSC AvtoKrAZ, one of the largest companies producing heavy-duty trucks in Europe, fulfilled in late July, the state order on the Ukrainian Defense Ministry`s requirements for 2016. According to a contract concluded between AvtoKrAZ and the Defense Ministry in late 2015, various models of special purpose KrAZ vehicles,...
How the International Media Enables Russian Aggression in Ukraine
If anyone had attempted to report on “German-backed forces” in Nazi-occupied France or “pro-Soviet forces” during the Prague Spring, they would have been dismissed as either hopelessly misinformed or deeply disingenuous. While local collaborators and convenient euphemisms were plentiful in both instances, there was never...
Finance Ministry fails to raise funds at weekly T-bill placement auction
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry failed to attract funds for the state budget at a weekly scheduled auction on T-bills placement on August 2, according to a posting on the ministry`s website. During the auction, the placement of bonds in the national currency was planned and investors filed one application for internal treasury bonds with a...
Ukraine receives NATO`s demining equipment worth EUR 1 mln
Ukraine has received the next batch of material and technical assistance from NATO for the humanitarian work of mine clearance, the Mission of Ukraine to NATO wrote on Facebook. ”The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has received from the NATO program `Science for Peace and Security` the next batch of material and technical assistance for the...
Ukraine reports 3 WIA, 1 slightly injured in past 24 hours
Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded and one suffered slight injuries while fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Presidential Administration. ”There were three wounded in action (WIA), while one suffered slight injuries,” Andriy Lysenko, administration spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation...
Provocateurs from DPR, LPR and Transnistria accompany religious march: Tandyt
Provocateurs from the Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics (DPR and LPR) and Transnistria were participating in the religious procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, Yuriy Tandyt, adviser to the chief of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine, said on Ukrainian TV Channel 5. ”We knew that the provocateurs, who were...
Poland resumes small border traffic with Ukraine
Poland has resumed small border traffic with Ukraine, the press center of Ukraine`s State Border Service reported. All the checkpoints are operating normally and the number of vehicles crossing the checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border has been increasing. Small border traffic between Poland and Ukraine was suspended on July 4, 2016, as a...
Obama: U.S. to continue to ensure Russia, militants stop terrorizing Ukraine
Despite the current strained relationship, the United States will try to reach a settlement on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, U.S. President Barack Obama told journalists on August 2. ”And so, I don`t think that it wildly sways what is a tough, difficult relationship that we have with Russia right now. But it`s not going to stop us...
U.S. supplies maximum arms to Ukraine: Media
Of all the countries, the United States provided the largest military support to Ukraine, the Office of Public Relations of the Ministry of Defense said, according to Ukrainian online news source Apostrophe. From January 1, 2014 to July 15, 2016, 18 countries provided different kinds of logistical and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. These are...