Section: War

      Russia blackmails Ukraine with prisoners – Ukraine`s representative in Minsk Group
      Dec31

      Russia blackmails Ukraine with prisoners – Ukraine`s representative in Minsk Group

      Russia has been blackmailing Ukraine with prisoners whom Moscow refuses to release despite earlier agreements, however the talks on hostage liberation should continue with Russia, not with the militant leaders, according to First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral contact...

      Russian militants attacked 25 times from 00:00 to 18:00 on Friday, Ukraine lost eight soldiers
      Dec31

      Russian militants attacked 25 times from 00:00 to 18:00 on Friday, Ukraine lost eight soldiers

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 25 times from 00:00 to 18:00 on Friday, December 30, according to the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size Russia`s hybrid military force continued to attack the Ukrainian positions in all sectors. In the Mariupol sector, the...

      Russia asks United Nations Security Council to endorse Syria ceasefire
      Dec30

      Russia asks United Nations Security Council to endorse Syria ceasefire

      Russia urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to give its blessing to a fragile ceasefire in Syria, the third truce this year seeking to end the nearly six years of war in Syria, according to Reuters. The Security Council met behind closed doors for an hour to consider a proposed resolution endorsing the ceasefire that Russia and Turkey...

      Over 6,000 cyber attacks against Ukrainian authorities detected over two months – Ukrainian President
      Dec30

      Over 6,000 cyber attacks against Ukrainian authorities detected over two months – Ukrainian President

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that over the past two months, about 6,500 planned cyber attacks have been detected in the objects of five institutions and 31 state information resources, according to the president`s press service. ”The cyber attack on December 6 put out of action the network of the State Treasury and the Ministry...

      Ukraine to shoot down aircraft breaching its airspace – Cabinet of Ministers
      Dec30

      Ukraine to shoot down aircraft breaching its airspace – Cabinet of Ministers

      The new regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allows the Ukrainian military to shoot down foreign aircraft violating the country`s borders or involved in committing a terrorist act. The Cabinet resolution dated December 28 refers to ”the destruction of the aircraft of the armed forces of other states, which have violated the state...

      Journalists assess probability of Russian invasion via Belarus
      Dec30

      Journalists assess probability of Russian invasion via Belarus

      Ukrainian journalists have discussed the possibility of an invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine via the Belarus territory, Apostrophe reported. Political columnist Pavlyuk Bykovsky noted that the placement of the Russian military base in Belarus could become an unpleasant surprise to Ukraine. The issue has been on the agenda since 2015. Bykovsky...

      While Trump is forming his team, Moscow tries to discredit Ukraine – Ukraine`s representative in Minsk Group
      Dec30

      While Trump is forming his team, Moscow tries to discredit Ukraine – Ukraine`s representative in Minsk Group

      The official Moscow has made every effort to discredit the Minsk process, because it is linked to the sanctions, according to Iryna Gerashchenko, Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement. ”Now, on the eve of the formation of Trump`s new administration, we see exacerbation in...

      Situation in Donbas: snipers active in all areas
      Dec30

      Situation in Donbas: snipers active in all areas

      Militants continue to carry out attacks in all directions, according to the morning summary of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. In Mariupol direction, the invaders fired mortars on Krasnohorivka and Talakivka. They also shot from grenade launchers and small arms on Shyrokine, Starohnativka, Talakivka, Pavlopil, Hnutove and...

      Russia announces 35 U.S. diplomats persona non grata in mirror move
      Dec30

      Russia announces 35 U.S. diplomats persona non grata in mirror move

      Russia announces the US 35 diplomats persona non grata – those are 31 personnel of the embassy in Moscow and four of the consulate general in St. Petersburg, Russia`s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, according to TASS. ”We, of course, cannot leave unanswered the insults of the kind, reciprocity is the law of diplomacy and...

      Austrian government to seek easing Russia sanctions during 2017 OSCE presidency
      Dec30

      Austrian government to seek easing Russia sanctions during 2017 OSCE presidency

      The Austrian government seeks to have the EU sanctions against Russia eased, according to the country`s foreign minister Sebastian Kurz, Spiegel reports. From January 2017 Austria will be chairing the OSCE, and it intends to seek through the organization a change of the EU sanctions policy toward Russia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria...