Section: News & Summaries
Jihadists threaten Cologne-Bonn airport with photo montage on Twitter
A photo montage that showed up on Wednesday on a Twitter channel of militant Islamists ISIS appeared to threaten Cologne-Bonn airport, German newspaper General-Anzeiger (GA) reported.In the background is a picture of the airport, with fighters and the sentence: ”What your brothers in Belgium managed to do, you can do as well,” GA wrote.Asked if...
Chinese cable laying ship operating in Kerch Strait breaks down
Chinese cable laying ship, Jiangong 1, which has been laying a so-called ”energy bridge” from Russia`s Kuban to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, has broken down, according to Kerch.FM.”One of the auxiliary engines of the vessel is down. Now the cable laying vessel needs to be towed,” a report reads.It is noted the ship cannot be sent...
Ukraine ranks 4th among worst performers of ECHR decisions
Ukraine became the fourth in the list of countries, which complied worst with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2015, according to the 9th Annual Report of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe published on Wednesday.In particular, the rating of the countries, where the highest number of ECHR judgments...
Poroshenko: High time to boost Ukraine-US bilateral dialogue
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during his speech at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington Wednesday called on the U.S. to sign a comprehensive bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, an UaPosition correspondent reports.”The US support has been critical for successful resistance to the Russian aggression,” said...
Russian proxies mortar ATO forces near Avdiyivka, in Mariupol sector
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 49 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons, according to press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”In the Donetsk sector, the militants fired mortars seven times on ATO forces near the town of Avdiyivka. They also fired 120mm and 82mm...
Poroshenko: Intl community should ”revisit attitude” to supplying Ukraine with weapons
It is time for the international community to revisit its attitude regarding the supply of weapons to Ukraine, that`s according to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko who spoke at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington DC late Wednesday, an UaPosition correspondent reports.According to the president, Ukraine has been...
Poroshenko says Ukrainian blood to ”cost nothing” if anti-Russian sanctions lifted
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said during his speech at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington on Wednesday that if the West lifts the sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian blood will cost nothing and killing Ukrainians will go without punishment, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”If the West lifts...
Oil falls as U.S. crude stocks hit record for 7th week in a row
Oil futures fell in Asian trade on Thursday, with U.S. crude hitting the lowest level in more than two weeks, amid renewed worries of global oversupply after U.S. crude inventories rose to a record high, Reuters reported.That increase came despite seasonal refinery utilization hitting an 11-year high, while a rise in the dollar index put further...
Naftogaz intends to hire PR-agency to promote its interests abroad
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, one of Ukraine`s largest vertically integrated oil and gas companies, has announced a tender to buy PR services for promotion on the European and U.S. markets, as well as protection of interests on a number of issues, including the Nord Stream 2 project.As reported, Naftogaz seeks to ensure information support of the...
Russia heavily militarizes Crimea, seeks to deploy nuclear weapons – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington DC about Russia`s heavy militarization of the occupied Crimean peninsula and its plans to deploy nuclear weapons there as well, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”There are systemic and large-scale violations of human rights in...