Section: News & Summaries
Medvedchuk consults “DPR”, “LPR” leaders
Head of NGO “Ukrainian choice” Viktor Medvedchuk has met with the leaders of terrorist organizations “DPR” and “LPR”, spokesman for the Russian president Dmitry Peskov has announced, RIA Novosti reports. According to Peskov, the meeting has a nature of “prior consultations before the forthcoming talks in...
Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed and 29 wounded in Donbas conflict zone in 24 hour period
Nine Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donbas conflict zone in a 24 hour period. Spokesman for General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces Vladyslav Seleznyov told this at a briefing at Ukrainian media crisis center on Tuesday, Ukrinform reported. “Due to heavy fighting, long lasting shelling of our position, Ukraine has lost nine soldiers...
Mariupol shelled from militants territory – NATO Secretary General
Artillery attacks on Mariupol on Saturday were carried out from the territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this after an emergency meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in Brussels on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The attack on Mariupol was carried out from the...
Expert explains what emergency state declaration means
The state of emergency, which has been declared on the initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, provides for a set of measures to stabilize the situation in the region. Former chief of Ukraine’s foreign intelligence service Mykola Malomuzh said this in commentary to Ukrainian media obozrevatel.com....
NATO-Ukraine emergency meeting: Alliance preparing specific measures due to Russia’s aggression
The follow-up actions due to the intensification of Russian-backed terrorists’ activity in Donbas were discussed during an emergency meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission on Monday, the press service of the National Security and Defense Council [NSDC] has reported. “During the meeting, the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council...
Ukraine’s Parliament to convene for emergency session on Tuesday
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada will convene for an emergency session on Tuesday, January 27, at 12:00. The website of the Parliament has reported the news. As reported, leader of Samopomich party Oleh Bereziuk said that Ukrainian lawmakers would vote for recognizing Russia as an aggressor country at a special session of parliament on Tuesday. As...
U.S. Department of State: No U.S. troops in Ukraine
The U.S. Department of State has officially refuted information of that the U.S. troops are operating in territory of Ukraine. The appropriate statement was made by State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Monday at a briefing in Washington, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “There are not U.S. troops operating. There was also an...
Litvinenko inquiry begins in UK
The public inquiry into former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko’s death begins in London this week. ||| London – A long-awaited public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko begins in London on Tuesday, nine years after the former KGB spy died after drinking tea poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope in the British capital. From...
Two civilians killed and four wounded in Donetsk region in past 24 hour period
Law enforcement officers took reports of death of two and wounds of four civilians and also of new destructions at villages and cities in the Ukrainian controlled Donetsk region. Criminal proceedings were opened for all these cases. The press service of Chief Department of Ukraine’s Internal Ministry reported the news. “A 68-year-old...
UK representative to UN: Russia involved in war
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN Jeffrey Feltman has said that Russia is involved in the war in eastern Ukraine. He stated this in his speech at the UN Security Council. “Russia is not only financing and arming terrorists, but is also directly involved in the war,” he said, adding that “the words of the...