Section: News & Summaries
In Debaltseve and Luhansk the ceasefire isn’t holding
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) reported thar Minsk agreement about the ceasefire is holding in general in Donbas area in Ukraine but the exceptions are in cities Debaltseve and Luhansk. According to the Minsk agreement (February 12, 2015) the OSCE monitors the cease-fire. The truce is violated by pro-Russian...
Call for mass Jewish immigration
After deadly shooting at Danish synagogue, Israeli PM says more attacks likely and Israel will welcome European Jews ||| Jerusalem – After a deadly shooting at a Denmark synagogue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday such attacks will likely continue and Israel would welcome European Jews who choose to move to the Holy...
Terrorists in Ukraine have more weapons than some NATO countries
This was stated by the American ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey R.Pyatt: “The separatists now have larger fighting force with more tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery and rocket systems than some NATO and European countries,” wrote Pyatt on his official Twitter. On Saturday, February 14, 2015 the US Ambassador to Ukraine has posted...
Ukraine fighting persists
Officials in Mariupol say an array of artillery attacks hit areas near the city, as the deadline for a ceasefire creeps closer. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – Officials in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol say an array of artillery attacks hit areas near the city during the morning, as the deadline for a ceasefire creeps closer.The city’s...
Ukraine to have border battle on hands
Rebel border guards have poured scorn on Kiev regaining control of the border with Russia, as part of a new deal. …read more Source:...
McCain says that there is no reason to believe the result of new Minsk agreement
John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, criticised the Minsk agreement on his official website: “The agreement reached in Minsk freezes the conflict at a time of separatist advantage, solidifies the gains of Russian aggression, and leaves Ukraine’s border with Russia firmly...
Ukraine’s Other War: Parliament Advances Anti-Corruption Fight
Lawmakers Vote to End Their Immunity from Prosecution Members of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overwhelmingly passed a bill to end their own legal immunity from prosecution, one of the main laws that for years helped Ukraine to the top of Europe’s corruption charts. Article 80 of Ukraine’s constitution protects all...
The Other War: Ukraine Wins a First Big Battle Against Corruption
Parliament Votes in Landslide to Remove its Own Immunity from Prosecution Members of Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overwhelmingly passed a bill to end their own legal immunity from prosecution, one of the main laws that for years helped Ukraine to the top of Europe’s corruption charts. Article 80 of Ukraine’s...
Shelling in Ukraine despite truce
At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. ||| Kiev/ Donetsk – At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict.Pro-Moscow rebels and government officials said on...
Making Ukraine’s ‘Glimmer of Hope’ Sustainable
If Russia Permits, the Minsk Accord Could Be a Start for Stabilizing Donbas The ceasefire agreement signed by Russia and Ukraine on in Minsk on 12 February offers what German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls “a glimmer of hope, no more no less” for constricting, and eventually ending, the war in southeast Ukraine’s Donbas region. Whether that...