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High-level talks on Greece planned
European leaders will hold an emergency summit next week to try to avert a Greek default. ||| Athens/Luxembourg – Euro zone leaders will hold an emergency summit on Monday to try to avert a Greek default after bank withdrawals accelerated and government revenue slumped as Athens and its international creditors remain deadlocked over a debt...
Police declared that killers of pro-Russian journalist Buzina were arrested
The Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced on his Facebook page that on Thursday, June 18, 2015, that Pro-Russian journalist Oles Buzyna’s killers were detained: “Buzyna’s killers have been solved,” wrote Arsen Avakov. Pro-Russian journalist and a key witness in a criminal case related to a pro-Russia rally in Kyiv, Oles...
Switching Spymasters Amid War is Risky
Valentin Nalyvychenko, head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), is in trouble again. On June 15, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was “unsatisfied” with Nalyvychenko’s work. Three days later, Ukraine’s parliament dismissed him.At a time when the Minsk II ceasefire agreement is a ceasefire in name only and...
Russian terrorists fired at Ukrainian positions with BM-21 Grad – ATO Press Center
ATO Press Center informs that on June 17, 2015, the situation in the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) area was difficult but controlled by Ukrainian units. “Militants of Russian-terrorist troops made three attempts to break through Ukrainian defense in Marinka and in the Luhansk region. Our units have successfully repulsed the enemy’s...
UN: World’s displaced hits record high
Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of 2014, the UN said. ||| London – Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday. More than half the...
Ukraine soldiers ‘confess to murders’
Two Ukrainian servicemen reportedly confessed to murdering a mother and daughter after suspecting them of separatist sympathies. ||| Kiev – Two Ukrainian servicemen have confessed to murdering a mother and daughter in east Ukraine after suspecting them of separatist sympathies, the prosecutor’s office for the Kiev-controlled part of...
The 2015 Global Peace Index
The 2015 Global Peace Index has been released today and shows that overall, global peace levels remained stable in 2014; but are lower than 2008. However the overall score disguises an increasing division between the most and least peaceful nations. Since last year, four out of the nine geographical regions experienced an improvement in peace:...
Eagles do not bow to bears, I’m sure that NATO will not bow to Russia either! – US Air Force Secretary
Air Force Secretary Deborah James at the Paris Air Show stated that Russia was as the “biggest threat on my mind” while listing the greatest threat faced by the U.S. Air Force. Air Force Secretary underlined the U.S. could deploy a squadron of F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Europe in response to the stepped-up aggression by Russia in the...
Here’s Why Moscow Doesn’t Want the Donbas but Continues to Meddle There Anyway
The war in the Donbas is imposing large costs on Ukraine. According to Ukraine’s leading investment bank Dragon Capital, in October 2014 the occupied territories in the Donbas accounted for 2.6 percent of Ukraine’s territory, 7.3 percent of the population, 10 percent of GDP, and 15 percent of industrial production. This output has...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants don’t stop using heavy weapons including large-caliber artillery, mortars and armored vehicles
Kyiv, June 17, 2015. Number of Russia-backed militant attacks on the Ukrainian troops has decreased yesterday. Ukrainian Armed Forces did not suffer any lethal casualties. However, the enemy does not stop using heavy weapons including large-caliber artillery, mortars and armored vehicles. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Shyrokyne...