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      Here’s How to Crowdsource Ukrainian Language and Culture
      Jun23

      Here’s How to Crowdsource Ukrainian Language and Culture

      On a scorching Saturday afternoon in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, a group of five young people take refuge in a cool alcove hidden at the back of the Ivan Honchar Museum for a free Ukrainian class. Together, for ninety minutes, they discuss that week’s subject, studentstvo (“student life”), learning new Ukrainian words to...

      Putin ‘saved my life’- Yanukovych

      Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for “saving my life” during the bloody demonstrations that led to his ouster. …read more Source:...

      EU extends Russia economic sanctions

      EU foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia, keeping up pressure on Moscow to help resolve the Ukraine conflict. ||| Luxembourg – European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow to help resolve the Ukraine conflict. Russia described the move as a...

      It’s Hard to Take Russian Propaganda Seriously. But We Must.
      Jun22

      It’s Hard to Take Russian Propaganda Seriously. But We Must.

      Three Russian television stations interviewed Andrei Petkov from a hospital bed in Nikolayev, Ukraine, in April 2014. Rossia 1 described him, with a bandage on his nose, as an ordinary citizen attacked by neo-Nazis and nationalists; NTV named him a German spy for a secret European organization; and the National Independent News of Crimea...

      Putin blames West over Ukraine

      Russian president says political settlement that gives substantial autonomy to Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east and amnesty to rebel fighters will resolve crisis ||| St Petersburg, Russia – It was two minutes before midnight when Russian President Vladimir Putin finally entered the meeting room in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential...

      US Senator John McCain has arrived to Ukraine with the official delegation
      Jun20

      US Senator John McCain has arrived to Ukraine with the official delegation

      U.S. Senator, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, John McCain, has arrived to Ukraine with the official delegation to show America’s support to Ukraine. Good to be in #Ukraine w/ @SenTomCotton & @SenJohnBarrasso – standing united with a free #Ukraine https://t.co/IAMjyybjC5 — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain)...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.19
      Jun20

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.19

      Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist forces remain active in Donbas and continue mounting large-scale offensives on the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects, while also carrying out tactical offensives in a number of areas. During the past 24 hours, insurgents were active in areas that had...

      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants fired at and jammed OSCE UAVs
      Jun20

      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants fired at and jammed OSCE UAVs

      Kyiv, June 19, 2015. Russia-backed militants fired at a UAV of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in the area of Shyrokyne, while a signal of another mission’s UAV was constantly jammed. Mission report notes that militants were possibly using modern electronic warfare systems that proves, once again, that militants are supplied with...

      Russia to send for terrorists in Eastern Ukraine heavy weapons, tanks and artillery system “Acacia” – ATO Press Center
      Jun19

      Russia to send for terrorists in Eastern Ukraine heavy weapons, tanks and artillery system “Acacia” – ATO Press Center

      ATO Press Center informs that Russian terrorists move to the active use of artillery tactics. “The situation in the ATO area is difficult, but controlled by Ukrainian forces. There are signs of deterioration of the situation because illegal pro-Russian armed gangs intensified shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops during the last...

      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants shell Ukrainian positions from 122-mm and 152-mm artillery and mortars
      Jun19

      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants shell Ukrainian positions from 122-mm and 152-mm artillery and mortars

      Kyiv, June 18, 2015. Following a brief period of silence, combat actions escalated in eastern Ukraine. In the Mariupol sector, Russia-backed militants fired at the Ukrainian military positions based in Shyrokyne from 122-mm artillery and small arms. In the Donetsk sector, there were two combat engagements between Ukrainian Armed Forces and...