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National Security and Defense Council: OSCE monitors confirm active military drills pro-Russian militants
Kyiv, April 16, 2015. OSCE monitors have observed military exercises of “LPR” insurgents in the militant-held Uspenka village, Luhansk region, involving 10 tanks, 30 APCs and military trucks. The mission also reported that four 152-mm towed howitzers have disappeared from the concentration site where militants have previously stored their heavy...
Ukraine violence worries NATO chief
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has voiced concern over an increase in violence and movements of heavy military equipment in eastern Ukraine. ||| REYKJAVIK – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced concern on Thursday over an increase in violence and movements of heavy military equipment in eastern Ukraine, saying they were...
Economic might to decide Russia conflict
German Finance says economic strength, rather than military might, would ultimately determine outcome of West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine ||| Washington – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that economic strength, rather than military might, would ultimately determine the outcome of the West’s...
Disabled ‘condemned to life in institutions’
Growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are reportedly being condemned to life in institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – An international rights group says growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse.Disability...
Ukrainian Fighter Pilot’s Case More About Politics, Less About Law, Says Attorney
When Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine captured a fighter pilot loyal to Kyiv in June 2014, they got more than they bargained for. Nearly a year later, Nadiya Savchenko is on trial in Russia, and at the center of an international imbroglio. “This isn’t an ordinary case,” Russian attorney Mark Feygin said at the Atlantic Council...
Out of the Abyss: Anders Åslund Sees Hope for Ukrainian Economy
Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It, the new book by Anders Åslund of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, presents so compelling an argument that—even before publication on April 17—it has already persuaded the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Western nations to adopt a $40 billion economic stabilization program for...
The Dutch team of investigators to renew search at MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine
The Dutch-led team of investigators that consists of 30-persons and includes five Malaysian investigators and one Australian has gained access to the area in Eastern Ukraine where most of the debris fell. The mission starts on Thursday, April 16, 2015, and is expected to last “a few weeks”, depending on the situation. The team’s...
Pro-Russian journalist Oles Buzyna shot dead in Kyiv
Interior Minister adviser Anton Herashchenko reported that pro-Russian journalist and writer Oles Buzyna has been shot dead on Thursday afternoon, April 16, 2015, by shots from a passing car, near his house on Dehtiarivska Street in Kyiv. PHOTO Magnolia TV Oles Buzyna in 2012 ran for a seat in Parliament on the Russian party ticket and till March...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia moves 2,000 troops and 50 armored vehicles to Russia-Ukraine border
Kyiv, April 15, 2015. Ukrainian Armed Forces have observed that Russian military deployed 2,000 servicemen and 50 armored vehicles in 10 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border near Veydelevka, Belgorod region, Russia . View map in full size Russia-backed militants instigated armed provocations against Ukrainian troops, using small arms,...
MH370 search zone to be extended
Government ministers said that they would extend the search for missing Flight 370 if the wreckage is not found in the current search area. ||| Sydney – Government ministers from Australia, China and Malaysia on Thursday said that they would extend the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by an additional 60 000 sq kilometres...