Section: Main news
WSJ: NATO`s Breedlove calls for sharper focus on Russia ahead of departure
NATO`s departing supreme allied commander Gen. Philip Breedlove says that the United States needs more technical intelligence assets, the kind of spy satellites the U.S. uses to keep an eye on both troop movements and terrorist training camps, focused on the threat from Russia, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).”We see that Russia has...
Ukraine intel: Russian supervisors unhappy with DPR leader Zakharchenko
Russian supervisors criticize leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People`s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko`s performance, and Vladimir Putin`s aide Vladislav Surkov visited Donbas to discuss the current situation with Russian DPR-based commanders, DPR senior officials and businessmen, according to the Ukrainian military intelligence...
Saakashvili: Tactics used by Russia in Crimea may be used in Odesa on May 2
Odesa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili says that the tactics used by Russia during the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 – ”special operations forces and military troops hiding behind old people, women and children standing in front” – may be used in Odesa on May 2, the second anniversary of the Odesa fire incident, according to an UaPosition...
TASS: Russia`s Night Wolves bikers not allowed to cross border with Poland
Commander of Poland`s largest Katyn Rally motorcycle club Wiktor Wegrzyn says that bikers from Russia`s Night Wolves motorcycle club taking part in the motor rally ”Roads of Victory – To Berlin” have been unable to cross the Belarussian-Polish border, according to Russian news agency TASS.”No one has been allowed. We are waiting for official...
Freight transportation by rail in Ukraine goes up in price by 15% from April 30
Freight transportation by rail in Ukraine went up in price by 15% from April 30, 2016, according to PJSC Ukrainian Railways, which was set up on the basis of the State Rail Transport Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia).”The company will additionally earn UAH 100 million due to the timely increase in freight transportation rates,” the company told...
POLITICO: Germany to push for fresh Russia-Ukraine talks
German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier announces that the German government wants to ”give new momentum” to peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, according to POLITICO.?”We have lost time. The ceasefire has become more fragile … I think it is necessary that we now give new momentum to overcoming the obstacles between Kyiv and...
Bank Unison put on list of Ukraine`s insolvent banks
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to put Bank Unison on the list of insolvent banks due to the non-transparent structure of ownership, according to an NBU announcement on its website.The decision is stipulated in NBU resolution No. 300/BT dated April 28, 2016.Starting from the middle of 2014, the NBU had repeatedly informed Unison...
Orthodox Christians celebrating Easter
This year Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter on May 1, they greet each other with the words: `Christ is risen!` and the traditional response: `Truly He is risen!`The Resurrection of Christ, in relation to the Crucifixion, constitutes the essence of the Christian Easter, which is the center of the celebrations of worship of God in the...
NATO allies preparing to put 4 battalions at eastern border with Russia – WSJ
Western allies are preparing to put four battalions – a force of about 4,000 troops – in Poland and the Baltic countries as part of an effort by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to reinforce its border with Russia as Moscow steps up military activity, The Wall Street Journal reported referring to Western officials. The U.S. is likely...
Militants violate full ceasefire in Donbas on 1st day – Ukraine ex-President
Pro-Russian militants have violated the full ceasefire regime in Ukraine`s Donbas on the first day, said Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine`s second president and now Ukrainian negotiator in the Trilateral Contact Group, according to Darka Olifer, Kuchma`s spokesperson.”On the previous day, the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk expressed support for a full...