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      Russia is fully responsible for human rights violation in annexed and temporary occupied territories of Ukraine – Resolution №462-VIII to Council of Europe
      Jun11

      Russia is fully responsible for human rights violation in annexed and temporary occupied territories of Ukraine – Resolution №462-VIII to Council of Europe

      The official website of the Council of Europe has published the Declaration “On Derogation from Certain Obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” which states that the Russian Federation is fully responsible for the violation of human...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants use 152-mm cannons and Grad-P systems
      Jun11

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants use 152-mm cannons and Grad-P systems

      Kyiv, June 10, 2015 – In the Mariupol, the Russia-backed militants used 152-mm cannons and Grad-P systems near Shyrokyne. Militants also fired the cannons of the same caliber in the Donetsk are in the east and west of Svitlodarske water reservoir. View map in full size Militants were actively using cannons, mortars and armored vehicles including...

      Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk set out for USA with working visit
      Jun10

      Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk set out for USA with working visit

      The Ukrainian governmental portal reports that Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk set out for USA with working visit on June 8-10, 2015. On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, in the framework of the working visit of Ukrainian delegation to Washington, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with the United States Deputy Secretary of State...

      Russian terrorists shelled with heavy weapons Ukrainian positions more than 20 times – ATO Press Centre
      Jun10

      Russian terrorists shelled with heavy weapons Ukrainian positions more than 20 times – ATO Press Centre

      ATO Press Center reports thar in the night of Wednesday on June 9-10, 2015, Russian terrorists shelled Ukrainian army positions more than 20 times. “The night in the ATO zone was turbulent. More than 20 shelling of Ukrainian positions were registered. By midnight it was the hottest in Artemovsk direction,” ATO Press Center. The...

      ‘Waiting To Die’ — Under Fire In The Trenches Of Ukraine (RFE/RL VIDEO)
      Jun10

      ‘Waiting To Die’ — Under Fire In The Trenches Of Ukraine (RFE/RL VIDEO)

      Ukrainian fighters from the OUN volunteer battalion were coming under fire from Russian-backed separatists night and day on June 6-7. The volunteers said the separatists were using mortars, but they were able to respond only with small arms fire. The fighting, near Pisky in eastern Ukraine, was the latest incident captured on film by RFE/RL of...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.09
      Jun10

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.09

      During the last 24 hours, Russian-terrorist forces have carried out attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects with small arms, 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, 122-mm artillery, and weapons on the armored vehicles. In the seaside direction, insurgents used 120-mm mortars near Shyrokyne on previously reconnoitered targets (a high...

      Everything You Thought You Knew About Right-Wing Parties is Wrong
      Jun09

      Everything You Thought You Knew About Right-Wing Parties is Wrong

      The Russian government and its proxies in eastern Ukraine have consistently branded Kyiv’s government a fascist junta and accused it of having Nazi sympathizers. Moscow’s propaganda is outrageous and wrong. In fact, Ukraine’s radical right political parties—Right Sector and Svoboda—have been marginalized. …read more...

      Putin has no Desire for Peace, says Ukraine’s Prime Minister
      Jun09

      Putin has no Desire for Peace, says Ukraine’s Prime Minister

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has no desire to end the war in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said June 9, citing a renewed offensive by Russian-backed separatists as evidence. “My take is that Russia is not eager and that this is not the desire of Russia to have peace and stability neither in Ukraine nor in...

      Ukrainian President signed the law that blocks Russian contingent to Transnistria (Moldova)
      Jun09

      Ukrainian President signed the law that blocks Russian contingent to Transnistria (Moldova)

      Press office of President reports that President Petro Poroshenko has signed Laws “On Denunciation of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation on Transit of Russian Military Formations Temporarily Located on the Territory of the Republic of Moldova through Ukraine” and “On...

      Russian terrorists shelled Ukrainian positions and residential areas
      Jun09

      Russian terrorists shelled Ukrainian positions and residential areas

      ATO Press Center reports that there were about 40 shootings of Ukrainian army positions and residential areas registered. The pro-Russian fighters shelled in Donetsk Region Pisky, Butivka mine, Opytne, and Avdiivka from 120-mm mortars and 122-mm artillery. Opytne and Vodiane were also shelled by the enemy tanks. “A number of residential...