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      Shelling halts work at east Ukraine coke plant

      Kiev – Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest said on Sunday it has halted production at its Avdiyivka facility in eastern Ukraine, one of Europe’s biggest coke plants, after heavy shelling caused major damage. ||| Kiev – Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest said on Sunday it has halted production at its Avdiyivka facility in eastern Ukraine, one...

      National Security and Defense Council: “Cyborg” Oleh Kuzminykh released from militant captivity
      May24

      National Security and Defense Council: “Cyborg” Oleh Kuzminykh released from militant captivity

      Kyiv, May 23, 2015. Lieutenant Colonel Oleh Kuzminykh, battalion commander of the 81th Airborne Brigade and one of the defenders of the Donetsk airport known as “Cyborgs”, was released from militant captivity yesterday. Oleh Kuzminykh is in Kyiv already. His health condition is satisfactory. View map in full size Russia-backed militants continued...

      Woman (65), mother of 13, has quadruplets

      A 65-year-old German woman, who is already has 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday. …read more Source:...

      National Security and Defense Council: Downed Russian UAV presented as another proof of Russia’s direct aggression against Ukraine
      May23

      National Security and Defense Council: Downed Russian UAV presented as another proof of Russia’s direct aggression against Ukraine

      Kyiv, May 22, 2015. Ukrainian servicemen demonstrated a Russian “Forpost” unmanned aerial vehicle, which was downed by the Ukrainian forces near Pisky, Donetsk region. This type of drones is produced in Yekaterinburg (Russia) at the Ural plant for civil aviation. The UAV carried a tactical reconnaissance station, a thermographic camera and a...

      Ukraine told about its European choice on the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga
      May22

      Ukraine told about its European choice on the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga

      The Eastern Partnership summit in Riga (Latvia) was held on May 21-22 between the leaders of 28 EU countries and their counterparts from Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus. It showed the European choice made by Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, according to the Joint Declaration of the Eastern Partnership Summit (Riga, 21-22...

      The center in Kyiv “America House” is a symbol of US commitment to Ukrainians
      May22

      The center in Kyiv “America House” is a symbol of US commitment to Ukrainians

      As reports the US Embassy in Ukraine, the U.S. government opened a free center in Kyiv, called America House, that is a resource for American culture, education, and information. U/S @stengel: America House both symbol and reality of US commitment to people of Ukraine https://t.co/5p88TkKKBy pic.twitter.com/H23Tip5BMs — Geoffrey Pyatt...

      The Russian drone was shot down near Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine
      May21

      The Russian drone was shot down near Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine

      The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reports that a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) was shot down by Ukrainian troops on May 20, 2015 near the village of Pisky in Eastern Ukraine. “In the antiterrorist operation zone the SSU forces received more evidence of the Russian involvement in an armed attack against Ukraine,”...

      War in Ukraine of Global Significance, Says Archbishop
      May21

      War in Ukraine of Global Significance, Says Archbishop

      “To those from outside, [the fighting in Ukraine] may seem like a regional conflict, but that’s really not the case,” said Archbishop Zoria Yevstratiy of Chernihiv of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate. In an interview at the Atlantic Council on May 19, Yevstratiy described the situation in Ukraine as...

      Why Mariupol Will Not be the Next Frontline
      May21

      Why Mariupol Will Not be the Next Frontline

      Analysts and journalists have begun to ask where the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine will go next now that the second ceasefire agreement has failed. Skirmishes on the frontline in Shyrokyne, less than ten miles from Mariupol’s city limits, have raised concerns that Mariupol will be the next target. Geographically and...

      National Security and Defense Council: Two Ukrainian servicemen released from captivity
      May21

      National Security and Defense Council: Two Ukrainian servicemen released from captivity

      Kyiv, May 20, 2015. Two Ukrainian soldiers – Mykola Valebny and Ihor Panchyshyn – have been released from militant captivity. Russia-backed militants fired from 120-mm mortars 22 times, three times from 122-mm artillery and four times from tanks at the Ukrainian military positions over the last day. View map in full size Three Ukrainian...