Section: News & Summaries

      Michel Platini resigns as UEFA president
      May09

      Michel Platini resigns as UEFA president

      Michel Platini will resign as Uefa president after failing to overturn his ban at the court of arbitration for sport, which cut his sanction from six to four years, according to The Guardian.”I take note of today`s decision from CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] but I see it as a profound injustice,” Platini said in a statement, The Guardian...

      Ukraine’s Unique Totalitarian Trauma Offers Key to Historic Healing
      May09

      Ukraine’s Unique Totalitarian Trauma Offers Key to Historic Healing

      Across the former Soviet Union, May 9 is traditionally the date for Victory Day celebrations to mark the end of World War II. In Ukraine, it can often feel as if the war never actually ended. Ever since Ukraine gained independence in 1991, World War II has served as a proxy battleground for Ukrainians as they fight over the past in order to...

      Casualties reported as tripwire mine goes off in Luhansk region
      May09

      Casualties reported as tripwire mine goes off in Luhansk region

      A patrol of the Ukrainian troops in the early hours of Monday, May 9 accidentally set off a tripwire landmine planted by the Russian proxies near the village of Krymske in Luhansk region, the press service of the Luhansk military and civil administration reported.One Ukrainian soldier was killed in a blast while another two troops were wounded,...

      Ukrainian historian Viatrovych refutes accusations of ”whitewashing Ukraine`s past”
      May09

      Ukrainian historian Viatrovych refutes accusations of ”whitewashing Ukraine`s past”

      Kyiv Post has published an op-ed by Volodymyr Viatrovych, a Ukrainian historian researching the Ukrainian independence movement and the director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance since March 25, 2014. It is a response to a story by Josh Cohen in Foreign Policy, headlined ”The Historian Whitewashing Ukraine`s Past.” Calling Josh...

      Russia’s WW2 parade showcases Syria hardware

      Russia rolled out an air defence missile system of the kind used to protect its base in Syria overhead as it showcased its military war machine. ||| Moscow – Russia rolled out an air defence missile system of the kind used to protect its base in Syria and some of the Russian jets flying missions there screamed overhead as it showcased its...

      Ukraine`s Jamala at Eurovision-2016 opening ceremony in Stockholm
      May09

      Ukraine`s Jamala at Eurovision-2016 opening ceremony in Stockholm

      Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar origin Jamala, who represents Ukraine in this year`s international song contest Eurovision-2016 with the entry titled ”1944,” took part in the opening ceremony of the competition in Stockholm.Jamala posted on her Facebook page the pictures from the ceremony held in Stockholm City Hall on May 8.As UaPosition...

      Twitter bars intelligence agencies from using analytics service
      May09

      Twitter bars intelligence agencies from using analytics service

      Social media firm cuts access to Dataminr, a service used to identify unfolding terror attacks, political unrest, according to The Wall Street Journal.Twitter Inc. cut off U.S. intelligence agencies from access to a service that sifts through the entire output of its social-media postings, the latest example of tension between Silicon Valley and...

      Poroshenko: Ukraine proves to all that enemy can be stopped not only with force of arms
      May09

      Poroshenko: Ukraine proves to all that enemy can be stopped not only with force of arms

      Over the two years of war, Ukraine has proven to the world that the enemy is stopped not only by the force of arms, but also by the spiritual strength and unity of the Ukrainian people, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, according to an UaPosition correspondent reporting from a Prayer for Peace ceremony held in Kyiv`s St.Volodymyr...

      Russian military ship with camouflaged tanks traverses Istanbul`s Bosphorus: media
      May09

      Russian military ship with camouflaged tanks traverses Istanbul`s Bosphorus: media

      A Russian military ship traversed Istanbul`s Bosphorus on May 8, with two tanks secured under camouflage on its deck, according to Hurriyet Daily News.The crane ship, with the bow number KIL-158, entered the strait from the Black Sea at around 08:30 local time under broad security measures, reads the report.A Turkish Coast Guard ship, maritime...

      Savchenko pays fine imposed by Russian court
      May09

      Savchenko pays fine imposed by Russian court

      Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko has paid a RUB 30,000 (almost $450 ) fine imposed by the Russian court, said her mother Maria, 112 Ukraine TV channel reported Sunday.”We communicate with lawyers mostly through the internet and when they arrive. Her lawyer Polozov – we met the day before yesterday. He said that Nadia`s health condition is...