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National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire from small arms towards Ukrainian positions
Kyiv, October 13, 2015. A militant provocation took place in the ATO zone yesterday. In the evening, militants opened fire from small arms towards Ukrainian positions between Berezove and Novotroyitske. Fire was conducted from western outskirts of Dokuchayevsk that is controlled by militants. No flights of militant unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
MH17 shot down by missile – inquiry
Air crash investigators concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from the eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Finally some answers over flight MH17
Investigators concluded that Flight MH17 was shot down by a BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine, a report said. ||| The Hague – International investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily said on Tuesday. The final report...
MH17 ‘downed by Russian-made BUK’
Investigators concluded that Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from eastern Ukraine, a report said. ||| The Hague – International investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily said on Tuesday.The...
Inquiry to unveil MH17 final report
The Dutch Safety Board will report the results of its investigation into the downing of flight MH17 which killed all 298 on board. ||| Dutch-led air crash investigators on Tuesday release their final report into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, in a move likely to worsen already-strained ties between Russia and...
Ukraine’s New Police Are an Expression of a “Civil” State
Almost two years after the Euromaidan demonstrations began, most Ukrainians agree that the pace of reforms has been largely disappointing. While many former civil-society activists hold key positions in the government and parliament, corruption continues to plague the country and state institutions cannot provide basic services.Amid the...
Snapshots of Ukraine’s Five Hottest Elections
Ukrainians go to the polls on October 25 to elect mayors and city councils. These local elections matter more than one might expect. The likely passage of a constitutional amendment on decentralization by parliament later this year will give the newly elected mayors and councils more autonomy and authority than ever before. …read more...
National Security and Defense Council:One armed militant provocation registered in ATO zone
Kyiv, October 12, 2015. Yesterday militants conducted another provocation at the delimitation line. In the evening militant group members opened fire from small arms near Ukrainian positions on the outskirts of Shyrokyne. It was calm in other parts of the frontline yesterday. Ukrainian troops incurred no casualties over the last day, there were...
A Bold and Optimistic Strategy for Europe
US President Barack Obama recently derided critics of his foreign policies as offering merely mumbo-jumbo. Yet everyone can plainly see the administration’s shocking degree of across-the-board strategic incomprehension and incompetence in Europe and the Middle East. In fact, European Union diplomats publicly admit that confidence in US...
Don’t trust Putin – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Monday he had no trust in Russia’s Vladimir Putin and urged the army to prepare “for the worst” despite a new truce in the separatist east. …read more Source:...