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      Here’s Why European Disunity is a Greater Threat to Ukraine Than Russia
      Jul13

      Here’s Why European Disunity is a Greater Threat to Ukraine Than Russia

      As the Greek tragedy unfolds, many Europeans seem to have forgotten that for the first time since the end of World War II, a country is trying to redraw European borders by force. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for rebels in eastern Ukraine is, by far, Europe’s most serious security crisis since the Balkan wars. Once...

      Ukraine’s Dangerous Drive to Decentralize
      Jul13

      Ukraine’s Dangerous Drive to Decentralize

      Here’s Why the West Should Stop Pushing Decentralization Now In the coming days the Ukrainian parliament is expected to debate a draft law that would amend Ukraine’s Constitution on decentralization to expand local governments’ powers.The West has enthusiastically encouraged Ukraine to embrace decentralization, provide special...

      245 Ukrainians still held captive by Russian militants
      Jul12

      245 Ukrainians still held captive by Russian militants

      30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been released from militant captivity in the past two months. President’s envoy for the peaceful settlement of the Donbas conflict and Ukrainian representative of the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group, MP Iryna Herashchenko said this on the air of 112 Ukraine TV channel....

      National Security and Defense Council: situation in Eastern Ukraine. Eight Ukrainian soldiers and two volunteers released from militant captivity.
      Jul11

      National Security and Defense Council: situation in Eastern Ukraine. Eight Ukrainian soldiers and two volunteers released from militant captivity.

      10 Ukrainians held in militant captivity were exchanged on ten militants on the Shchastya–Luhansk road. Ukrainian servicemen of the 17th, 40th and 43rd brigades, 24th assault battalion as well as two volunteers returned home. In the Luhansk sector, Krymske village was the only hotspot where three armed provocations occurred. In the Donetsk...

      Russian terrorists shelled at Ukrainian villages – ATO Press Center
      Jul11

      Russian terrorists shelled at Ukrainian villages – ATO Press Center

      On July 11, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports that last night the situation in the ATO area remained stably tense. “During the last 24 hours pro-Russian terrorists made 50 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements. 26 cases of shelling were violations of the Minsk agreements,” informs ATO Press Center. The...

      National Security and Defense Council: OSCE SMM registers amassment of over 160 pieces of military equipment by militant groups close in Mariupol sector
      Jul11

      National Security and Defense Council: OSCE SMM registers amassment of over 160 pieces of military equipment by militant groups close in Mariupol sector

      Kyiv, July 10, 2015. International observers registered an amassment of militants’ heavy military equipment close to the combat line in the Mariupol sector. UAV of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission registered seven tanks, 30 APCs and at least 37 military trucks near Komsomolske. Additionally nine tanks, eight APCs and one truck were spotted...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.10
      Jul11

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.10

      Kyivskyi District of Donetsk, “Sarepta” neighborhood, after shelling. Source. Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, actively using “forbidden” weapons systems – cannon artillery (122- and 152-mm in caliber), reactive artillery (MLRS),...

      Families of MH17 dead demand justice

      As he first anniversary of the disaster looms, families of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down demanded justice. ||| Sepang – Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster.The...

      ‘Greece hasn’t asked Russia for aid’

      Russian President Vladimir Putin said Greece had not asked Russia for aid to overcome its debt problems. ||| Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Greece had not asked Russia for aid to overcome its debt problems and questioned the European Union’s handling of the crisis. “Mr (Prime Minister Alexis) Tsipras has not...

      OSCE: Hundreds of coalminers in separatist-controlled territories do not receive salaries for over a year
      Jul10

      OSCE: Hundreds of coalminers in separatist-controlled territories do not receive salaries for over a year

      Around 400-500 coalminers living near the militant-controlled town of Bilorechensky have not received salaries for over a year. It is nearly impossible to obtain supplies, as transport access to traditional markets has been disrupted, said Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), at a press...