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      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.16
      Jun17

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.16

      Operational data from Information Resistance: During the past 24 hours, Russian-terrorist forces in Donbas have focused shelling the positions of the ATO forces and civilian objects in the Donetsk direction; in general, massive attacks have been recorded on the stretch from Shumy to Hranitne and Starohnativka. Armed confrontations have been...

      Russia beefing up nuclear arsenal

      President Vladimir Putin said Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal. ||| Kubinka, Russia – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year, a remark that is likely to increase alarm in the...

      Here’s One Practical Way to Save Ukraine
      Jun16

      Here’s One Practical Way to Save Ukraine

      Stimulating Ukraine’s economy is a key goal of the reforms that are underway in Kyiv. Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union (EU) should enable better economic management and freer trade. But there’s an important precondition for growth: investor confidence. Domestic businessmen and foreign investors must feel...

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants intensify attacks near Shyrokyne, use Grad missile systems by Maryinka
      Jun16

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants intensify attacks near Shyrokyne, use Grad missile systems by Maryinka

      Kyiv, June 16, 2015. Russia-backed militants have continues to use heavy weapons against the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the entire frontline. In the Mariupol sector, attacks intensified near Shyrokyne where militants fired from large-caliber mortars and artillery. In the Donetsk sector, pro-Russian fighters targeted Ukrainian military position...

      The Muddled Thinking at the G-7 Only Encourages Putin
      Jun16

      The Muddled Thinking at the G-7 Only Encourages Putin

      Leaders at the recent G-7 summit reaffirmed their commitment to keeping sanctions on Russia in place. They also agreed that sanctions will likely be extended until 2016 because Russia has failed to implement the Minsk II ceasefire agreement. But the summit ended on a disappointing note: The summit communiqué and all the G-7 leaders indicated that...

      The Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum will help to cooperate Swedish and Ukrainian investors
      Jun16

      The Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum will help to cooperate Swedish and Ukrainian investors

      The 4th Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum (June 15-16, 2015) has started in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is organized by Business Sweden and the Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv, and is attended by high level Swedish representatives from the government and industry as well as by top officials from Ukraine. The Swedish Trade and Invest Council states that Forum will...

      Russian terrorists forced miner to repair heavy equipment under pain of death – SBU
      Jun16

      Russian terrorists forced miner to repair heavy equipment under pain of death – SBU

      Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) received a confession from locksmith worker at one of the mines of Donetsk region, whom terrorists “DNR” forced to work under pain of death. As said the miner, on May 1, 2015, into his house rushed armed criminals and threatening to harm the family, forcibly took him to the front line of the so-called...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.15
      Jun16

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.15

      Operational data from Information Resistance: Over the past weekend (June 13-14, 2015), the activities of the Russian-terrorist forces in Donbas have intensified. The positions of Ukrainian troops, as well as settlements under the control of Ukrainian authorities, were shelled with heavy weapons; in several sectors, enemy infantry groups have...

      Russian terrorist shelled Ukrainian villages and ATO positions with banned by Minsk weapons – ATO Press Center
      Jun16

      Russian terrorist shelled Ukrainian villages and ATO positions with banned by Minsk weapons – ATO Press Center

      ATO Press Center informs that during the night of June 16, Russian illegal armed gangs shelled the positions of Ukrainian army units. “In the evening, Russian terrorists’ troops became extremely active. They committed about 30 cases of shelling of the ATO positions by midnight.In the Donetsk district, terrorists continued to shell...

      Poroshenko must equip the soldiers in Ukraine, pay off all debts to military, and battle corruption – Canadian Volunteers
      Jun16

      Poroshenko must equip the soldiers in Ukraine, pay off all debts to military, and battle corruption – Canadian Volunteers

      Volunteers and public activists of Canada sent an open letter to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk, and Rada Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman. “June 14, 2015 “TO: President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko “Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk “Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,...