Section: Main news
Crimean Tatars: ‘We did not reject Russia, Russia rejected us’
On May 18, 1944, Joseph Stalin deported more than 180,000 Crimean Tatars to Uzbekistan. Once again this community faces major challenges. Today, 230,000 Crimean Tatars, who are mainly Sunni Muslims, represent about 12 percent of Crimea’s population. Virtually all of Crimea’s Tatars opposed Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March...
Russia is responsible for aggressive actions in Ukraine – NATO Sec. Gen. Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in his doorstep statement at the start of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Antalya, Turkey on May 13, 2015 talked about the main challenges that NATO was facing, especially the Russian Federation to the East: “Over the next two days, foreign ministers of NATO will address the main challenges that...
US calls on Russia to stop violating the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian officials on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 in Sochi, the Russian Federation. US Secretary of State John Kerry in the discussion with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the best path to peace was the full implementation of the Minsk Agreements: “I reiterated America’s view that the...
National Security and Defense Council: OSCE reports of militant maneuvers with heavy weapons, undermining peace agreements
Kyiv, May 12, 2015. Russia-backed insurgents intend to derail the peace plan for conflict resolution in eastern Ukraine as they continue moving heavy military equipment to the edges of militant-held territories. On 9-10 May, monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine noted 50 militants training on the boundary between the Luhansk...
Kerry, Putin in ‘frank’ talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he had “frank” talks about Ukraine, Syria and Iran with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ||| Sochi, Russia – US Secretary of State John Kerry said he had “frank” talks about Ukraine, Syria and Iran with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and said it was important to keep in contact. With the...
John Kerry to meet Vladimir Putin for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to the Russian Federation to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Wheels down in #Sochi. Full day of meetings with President Putin, FM Lavrov & other Russian leaders on a number of critical issues. — John Kerry (@JohnKerry)...
Russia Has Complete Informational Dominance in Ukraine
Hackers have consistently used low-level cyber warfare tactics to advance Russian goals in Ukraine.A dedicated group of hackers successfully infected the e-mail systems of the Ukrainian military, counterintelligence, border patrol, and local police. The hackers use a spear-phishing attack in which malware is hidden in an attachment that appears...
Putin and Kerry to hold talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to hold talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Tuesday, as signs emerge Moscow and the West may be ready for a detente after more than a year of tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militant groups violate Minsk agreements, fired from heavy weapons 17 times yesterday
Kyiv, May 11, 2015. Russia-backed militants fired 16 times at the Ukrainian military positions from 120-mm mortars and once from the 122-mm artillery over the last day. It demonstrated yet again the lack of political will on the part of militants to fulfill Minsk agreements. Militants also keep amassing military equipment and ammunition near...
Russian truck with ammunition to the separatists exploded on the road to Ukraine
Russia is preparing to send new “humanitarian” convoy to Donbass on May 14. Usually this masks the supply of ammunition to terrorists in Eastern Ukraine. One truck with ammunition exploded on the road to Rostov but Russian authorities claim that exploded the container with the building chemistry. Numerous explosions before the final...