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      ‘Ukraine rebels using drones, jamming’

      Ukraine troops are struggling as rebels use electronic jamming and flying drones, a top US general said. …read more Source:...

      National Security and Defense Council:Military instructors from the Russian Federation train militants for subversive activities on the occupied territories
      Jan29

      National Security and Defense Council:Military instructors from the Russian Federation train militants for subversive activities on the occupied territories

      Kyiv, 29 January 2015 – The situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone remains tense. Along the whole cease fire line, pro-Russian militants are intensively firing at the Ukrainian forces positions and are conducting reconnaissance to pull away the reserve forces of the Ukrainian Army. Russian-and-terrorist groups are redeploying forces...

      Steinmeier expects tough debates during EU Council meeting
      Jan29

      Steinmeier expects tough debates during EU Council meeting

      The European Union will be forced to tighten sanctions against Russia if the militants in eastern Ukraine launch a threatened offensive. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said this to reporters in Brussels on Thursday, before an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “If the...

      Contact Group on Ukraine to hold truce talks in Minsk on Friday – Foreign Ministry of Belarus
      Jan29

      Contact Group on Ukraine to hold truce talks in Minsk on Friday – Foreign Ministry of Belarus

      The trilateral talks of the contact group on Ukraine will be held on Friday, January 30, in Minsk, Belarus. The Foreign Ministry of Belarus reported the news on Thursday, BiLta news agency reported. The Contact Group on Ukraine informed the Belarusian side that it intends to hold talks in Minsk, Belarus on January 30, 2015,” the statement...

      Poroshenko calls on members of contact group to meet as soon as possible
      Jan29

      Poroshenko calls on members of contact group to meet as soon as possible

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on the members of the Trilateral Contact Group to urgently hold consultations with the signatories to the Minsk agreements. He said this during a meeting with members of the Trilateral Contact Group – OSCE Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini,...

      Savchenko to be transferred to prison clinic and face new criminal case
      Jan29

      Savchenko to be transferred to prison clinic and face new criminal case

      Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko will be transferred to a prison clinic because of rapid weight loss. In addition, the Federal Security Service of Russia started a new criminal case on her. Savchenko’s lawyer Ilya Novikov reported the news on his Twitter on Thursday. “A bad news. Nadiya Savchenko is to be transferred to Matrosskaya Tishina...

      Ukraine’s export of high-tech products to Russia collapsed by one third in 2014, expert says
      Jan29

      Ukraine’s export of high-tech products to Russia collapsed by one third in 2014, expert says

      Ukrainian exports of high-tech products to Russia in 2014 fell by a third. The expert in the field of internal and external economic and socio-political processes Vsevolod Stepaniuk reported the news on Thursday during a press conference on shutdown of Yuzhmash in the city of Dnipropetrovsk, manufacturing, Ukrinform reports. “More than 60%...

      Ukraine has evidence of Russian military presence in Donbas
      Jan29

      Ukraine has evidence of Russian military presence in Donbas

      Ukraine has documentary evidence of the participation of Russian military and citizens in the Donbas conflict. Chief of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko said this at a briefing on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Currently, we have documentary evidence of the Russian military participation in the conflict on the...

      Ukrainian Interpipe stops export of pipes to Russia
      Jan29

      Ukrainian Interpipe stops export of pipes to Russia

      The devaluation of the Russian ruble and the anti-dumping duties forced Interpipe, one of the largest Ukrainian steel pipe and railroad wheel manufacturer owned by Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk, to stop its exports to Russia and to increase deliveries to other markets in 2015. The press service of Interpipe reported the news. “Our...

      France provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine
      Jan29

      France provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine

      France has contributed to the EU’s humanitarian operation in Ukraine by providing blankets, sleeping bags, generators and other equipment. This was reported to an Ukrinform correspondent by the press service of the French Foreign Ministry. “France has joined the European humanitarian operation, which began earlier in Ukraine, in order...