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Egyptian military finds debris of crashed airliner
The Egyptian military found the personal belongings of passengers and other debris from an EgyptAir jet floating in the Mediterranean, Cairo said on Friday, confirming that the plane had plunged into the sea with 66 people on board, according to Reuters.The navy said it had found the debris about 290 km (180 miles) north of the coastal city of...
Antonov to supply its first An-132 in early 2017
The Antonov Design Bureau, a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and servicing company, which is part of the state-run Ukroboronprom Concern, plans to supply its first An-132 aircraft to a customer under a contract with Saudi Arabia`s scientific organization KACST in early 2017.This aircraft was designed and built with the use of Europe- and...
”No delay”: EU assures visa liberalization for Ukraine going as planned
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombinski says that the introduction of a visa-free regime between the European Union and Ukraine, the decision on which has to be taken by the European Parliament, is going according to plan, and there is no information about delays.Answering journalists` questions if the...
One Ukrainian soldier killed, seven wounded in Donbas in last day
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another seven were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”In the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier, and another...
Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.23 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday strengthened to UAH 25.19/25.23 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UaPosition correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.2650/28.3080, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
Myrotvorets OSINT website back to work, updates list of DPR-accredited media
The Ukrainian Myrotvorets (Peacekeeper) OSINT website, which found itself in hot water over the publication of personal data of journalists accredited by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People`s Republic (DPR), is available again after a break and has published an updated press accreditation list for 2014-2016.What is more, the volunteers who...
Ukraine intel spots enemy reconnaissance group near Avdiyivka
A sabotage and reconnaissance group of Russian proxies has been spotted near the industrial zone of the town of Avdiyivka, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry`s Main Intelligence Directorate.”The enemy has been intensively shelling of ATO [Anti-Terrorist Operation] forces near the industrial zone of Avdiyivka, using 82mm and 120mm...
France`s Ayrault wants to lift Russia sanctions, needs results – Bloomberg
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault sees Russia as ”a partner not an adversary” and wants to lift sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine if concrete results can be achieved, he told the France2 television station in an interview, according to Bloomberg.Ayrault said that change is needed in Ukraine but there is no sign of that now,...
Kyiv mulls scrapping Ukraine-Russia 1654 reunion arch
Ukrainian Culture Minister Yevhen Nyshchuk says that the Friendship of Nations Arch, a Soviet monument dedicated to the reunion of Ukraine and Russia under the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav, has to be dismantled, according to TV news service tsn.ua.”Now we are discussing the Friendship of Nations Arch… Under any circumstances, it has to be...
Pentagon: `Revanchist` Russia seeking path of aggression
The global security landscape is changing, with a ”revanchist” and ”resurgent” Russia posing a major concern, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said on Thursday, according to U.S. Department of Defense.Work spoke at the Norwegian-American Defense Conference at the National Press Club, where he hailed Norway`s commitment to global peace and...