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Ukraine points to UN Security Council`s inaction on peacekeeping mission in Donbas
Ukraine does not understand the UN Security Council`s inaction in response to a direct request to host a UN mission, whose presence on the ground would provide additional protection to civilians and contribute to stopping the violence, according to a statement by the delegation of Ukraine at the UN Security Council open debate on protection of...
Associated Press: Savchenko calls for early elections in Ukraine
Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko on Friday called for early parliamentary elections to ”infuse fresh blood” into Ukraine`s politics, a call that could send shock waves across the volatile nation.Savchenko, 35, who has become a national icon in Ukraine after spending two years in a Russian prison, told The Associated Press that the...
DW: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali remembered in interfaith service
An interfaith memorial service celebrating the life of Muhammad Ali has taken place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Dignitaries and fans from around the world have paid tribute to the late boxing legend, Deutsche Welle has reported.Religious and political leaders, as well as numerous famous faces from the sporting world gathered at the...
ATO HQ: Russian proxies attack Ukraine 46 times in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 46 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired mortars 12 times on the Ukrainian positions near the town of Krasnohorivka and the village of...
U.S. airlines to start scheduled flights to Cuba
Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in U.S. President Barack Obama`s campaign to normalize relations between the Cold War foes, according to NBC News.The airlines — American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest...
Two bodies with Russian army chevrons found in Luhansk region
The Evacuation 200 body recovery mission under the Armed Forces of Ukraine has found the remains of two soldiers with Russian army chevrons near the village of Krymske in Luhansk region, according to Hromadske TV.The grave site was found due to a sign with the name, the birth and death dates of a fighter, who was buried there.The sign reads:...
Ukraine`s parliament speaker sees NATO membership as strategic direction
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s parliament, Andriy Parubiy says that NATO membership is a strategic direction for Ukraine, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Accession to NATO is a strategic direction for Ukraine, and the sooner we manage that path, the better it will be for the security of every our citizen,” he told TV Channel...
Klitschko says Kyiv to get 15 used snow removers from Germany
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko says that Kyiv will receive another 15 used snow removers from Germany`s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.Klitschko made this announcement after a meeting with German State Secretary of the Ministry of Rainer Bomba in Kyiv.”It is used equipment but in good condition,” Bomba said.The Kyiv mayor...
Ukraine to introduce e-declaration for civil servants from August 15
Ukraine`s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP, or NAZK?) has decided on the date when the electronic declaration of civil servants` income should be launched.”At its evening session today, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention approved the date for the launch of a system for submission and disclosure of income declarations by...
Bloomberg: Ukraine`s junk rating unchanged at S&P as Cabinet seeks IMF cash
Ukraine`s junk credit rating was left unchanged by S&P Global Ratings, which said the eastern European nation`s new government has made progress toward accessing bailout funds, but it must fight ”widespread corruption” while the situation in the country`s war-torn easternmost regions remains uncertain, according to Bloomberg.S&P on Friday...