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Guardsman killed in Ukraine protests
A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine’s parliament were wounded by grenades hurled by protesters. ||| Kiev – A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine’s parliament were wounded by grenades hurled by protesters on Monday, the Interior Ministry said, as deputies...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 8.28
A woman looks out her apartment window where separatists killed 30 and wounded nearly 100 in a rocket attack earlier this year. Photo: Noah Brooks Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue to actively fire at the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects, using 120 mm mortars, 122 mm and...
National Security and Defense Council:OSCE confirms militants bring their weapons closer to Mariupol
Kyiv, August 29, 2014. OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) confirms that Russia-backed militants bring their military equipment and weapons closer to Mariupol. The mission’s drone observed five tanks near Bezimenne village (30 km east of Mariupol), two tanks in the area of Michurine (57 km north-east of Mariupol) and five more by...
Ukrainian hostage freed, says Russia
Dmytro Bilyi, a Ukrainian who was being held prisoner by Afghan militants, has been freed with Russian help. ||| Moscow – Dmytro Bilyi, a Ukrainian who was being held prisoner by Afghan militants, has been freed with Russian help, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The ministry said that Bilyi had been freed “as a...
Russia’s latest land grab bid a farce
The Kremlin is increasingly resorting to theatrics in an attempt to divert public attention from growing social and economic problems. ||| In the wake of Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, many of Russia’s neighbors in the Arctic are feeling antsy. Yet some observers’ attempts to blast Moscow’s recent claim to 463,000 square...
Exiled Russian Lawmaker Ilya Ponomarev: Current US Sanctions Won’t Work
The United States must expand the scope of its sanctions well beyond Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle if this effort—a response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine—is to have any real impact, says a Russian lawmaker. “The [US] government machine is doing what it can do,...
NATO, EU Need Political Will from Europe to Tackle Challenges
In recent years we have witnessed significant changes in Europe’s eastern and southern neighborhood that have had a profoundly negative impact on our security. The threat from the East, whose nature could be described as traditional or conventional, stems from Russia’s aggressive posture. The illegal annexation of Crimea and the armed...
National Security and Defense Council:Militants use Grad rocket launchers in Mariupol sector, seven Ukrainian servicemen were killed
Kyiv, August 27, 2015. The situation in the Mariupol sector escalated yesterday as Russia-backed militants fired upon Ukrainian positions on the first and second defense lines near Starohnativka 12 times between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday. Apart from mortars and grenade launchers, our troops near Bohdanivka were attacked by multiple rocket...
Date set for final MH17 crash report
The final report into the crash last July of flight MH17 over Ukraine will be published on October 13, the Dutch Safety Board said. ||| Amsterdam – The final report into the crash last July of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine will be published on October 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. The crash, attributed in a...
Things Are Looking Up for Ukraine: Debt Deal Reached
Today Ukraine received great news. Private owners of $19 billion of Ukraine’s Eurobonds have agreed to a substantial debt restructuring that will give Ukraine much-needed relief. The high bond yields have been sharply reduced, the bonds’ maturities have been prolonged, and the face value of the bonds has been reduced by 20...