Section: Main news
Kremlin mercenaries violated the cease-fire for 100 times – ATO Press Center
On July 15, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports on its official Facebook page that situation in ATO area is getting tenser and pro-Russian terrorists continue to violate the cease-fire using heavy weapons: “Kremlin mercenaries have opened fire 100 times on July 14, 2015. Terrorists used 152-mm and 122-mm artillery to fire at the Ukrainian...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants increase activities near Horlivka
Kyiv, July 14, 2015. Situation in the ATO zone is escalating; the number of ceasefire violations and the use of heavy weapons by militants are increasing. In the Donetsk sector the enemy intensified activities near Horlivka, firing along the entire perimeter of the occupied city between Luhanske and Leninske. At the same time, the massive...
Here’s How to Make Sense of the Violence in Western Ukraine
Ukraine made headlines again when a nationalist group and police in the western city of Mukachevo exchanged gunfire that killed three on June 11. A group of 21 armed members of Right Sector seized a sports complex owned by Member of Parliament Mikhail Lanyo and reportedly beat and shot one of his employees in the process. …read more Source:...
Greek Crisis ‘Diverts Attention’ from Kyiv
Ukraine’s Economy Minister: Unlike Greece, Ukraine is embracing reforms The Greek financial crisis has diverted global attention away from Ukraine, but it also “sheds a positive light” on the Kyiv government’s achievements, Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said in a July 14 interview.”Greece is...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.13
One of the guard dogs of Ukrainian soldiers. Photograph by MoD of Ukraine. Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue actively shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and [Ukrainian] settlements, using small arms as well as cannon artillery (122-mm and 152-mm), rocket artillery (multiple rocket...
Disturbing precedent: U.S.-registered and U.S.-hosted domain maidanua.org blocked by Russia
Now, after a wave of letters from Maidan activists, the website maidanua.org is unblocked. But it is very disturbing precedent . To Whom It May Concern: This is a request to American government, non-governmental and business leaders who may find it appalling that a Russian government agency is now capable of shutting down American websites. A...
Savchenko faces up to 25 years in prison – Russia’s Investigative Committee
Now she is accused not of accessory to murder, but of “joint participation in murder of two or more persons by socially dangerous means, motivated by hatred towards a social group with a group of persons in collusion.” This was stated by official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin....
US to train Ukrainian army troops?
The United States is considering plans to train soldiers in the Ukrainian army in the next few months, the US army’s most senior commander in Europe said Monday. …read more Source:...
NSDC: militant shelling near Mariupol subsides. Ukrainian troops suffer no casualties
During the last 24 hours, only one armed provocation from the Russia-backed militants was registered in Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. There were no lethal casualties amongst Ukrainian servicemen over the last day. In the Luhansk sector, the enemy has been active mostly during the night. The militants conducted a series of shelling incidents...
Ukraine Must Put Reform Agenda in Overdrive While There’s Still Time
Kyiv is vibrant with intellectual and political discussions. As after any revolution the debate is about what is wrong and what should be done. Policy people acknowledge that reforms are proceeding but too slowly, while a typical business verdict is that corruption is as bad as before, but it has become more disorganized, since the old Yanukovych...