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Almost half of attacks on Ukraine troops in Donbas focus on Mariupol sector
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 36 times in the past 24 hours, including 17 in the Mariupol sector, nine barrages in the Luhansk sector, and 10 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired...
“Increasingly aggressive” Russia a growing threat to UK – MI5 head
Russia poses an increasing threat to the stability of the UK and is using all the sophisticated tools at its disposal to achieve its aims, the director general of MI5 has told the Guardian. In the first newspaper interview given by an incumbent MI5 chief in the service`s 107-year history, Andrew Parker said that at a time when much of the focus...
Poll: 42% of Ukrainians want early parliament election
As of September this year, 42% of the population in Ukraine said they would support early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, the country`s parliament, according to a public opinion poll conducted by Rating Group Ukraine at the request of the International Republican Institute. At the same time, 64% of the polled said they would go to vote if the...
Russia`s renewed might rests on weak economic foundations
Speaking at an annual conference near Sochi last week, Russian president Vladimir Putin once again railed at the U.S. for allegedly misusing its global hegemony of the past 25 years and shutting Russia out of creating the post-cold war world order, according to the Financial Times. There was also an implicit assumption in his speech: that as the...
Reuters: Oil prices rise from one-month lows after OPEC approves strategy
Oil prices edged higher from one-month lows in early trading in Asia on Tuesday after OPEC agreed on a long-term strategy that was seen as an indication the cartel was reaching a consensus on managing production, according to Reuters. But the gains were limited as the market was weighed down by further indications of record output from the group,...
Putin set to launch huge attack on Aleppo – intelligence
Vladimir Putin will launch a full-scale military assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo as early as this week, according to Western intelligence, The Australian reports citing The Times. The Russian President plans to exploit a political hiatus in Washington during the presidential election and its aftermath to secure a decisive victory in the...
NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 25.51 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Monday evening lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate by two kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.51 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for November 1: $100 costs UAH 2,551.5438 (on October 31, it was UAH...
Senator claims `coordination` between Donald Trump, Russia
In a letter to FBI Director James B. Comey on Sunday night, outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid claims the agency is in possession of ”explosive information” on close ties between Trump campaign and the Russian government and that the FBI fails to inform the public on this critical matter, The Washington Post reported Monday. ”In my...
Kyiv summons ambassador in Moldova in wake of pro-Russian Dodon leading in 1st tour of elections
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has summoned for consultations the country`s Ambassador to Moldova, Ivan Hnatyshyn, according to the Ukrainian president`s spox Svyatoslav Tsegolko. ”Important information. Ukrainian Ambassador to Moldova has been summoned to Kyiv for consultations,” Tsegolko tweeted Monday. He did not specify the reason...
Poroshenko on ratification of Ukraine-EU treaty: Danger removed
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says the Netherlands does not put to a halt the process of ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and continues consultations, that`s according to the president`s posting on Facebook. ”The danger that seemed imminent yesterday is now eliminated. The final date of the consultations on the...