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Moldova Court declares illegal stay of Russian troops in Transnistria; president Dodon critical of ruling
The Constitutional Court of Moldova on Tuesday, May 2, declared unconstitutional the presence of Russian military forces on the territory of the republic`s Transnistrian region, while Moldova President says such a decision will provoke various political speculations. The court stressed the country`s permanent neutrality status, while the...
Ukraine reports 63 Russian attacks in Donbas, 1 soldier killed, 7 wounded in last day
Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 63 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and seven as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...
Ecological disaster in Ukraine caused by Moscow`s invasion spreads into Russia – experts
Just as was the case with the Chornobyl accident 25 years ago last month, the environmental damage caused by Russia`s invasion of Ukraine is spreading far beyond the borders of that country into the Russian Federation, according to Russian and Ukrainian engineers, mining specialists and ecologists, Euromaidan Press reports. In an article in...
Ukraine honors patriots who were killed by pro-Russian separatists in Odesa on May 2, 2014
About 100 people gathered at the intersection of Deribasivska and Preobrazhenskaya Streets in Odesa, where pro-Russian separatists shot Andriy Biriukov and Ihor Ivanov, who became the first victims of mass riots on May 2, 2014. The activists created a kind of memorial of flowers. They tied a lot of yellow and blue ribbons on the metal chain...
Ukraine reports 54 Russian shellings in Donbas in last day: 1 soldiers killed, 7 wounded
Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 54 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and seven as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...
Reasons IMF keeps funding Ukraine – Anders Aslund
Kyiv has been fulfilling the most important, though not all, obligations before the International Monetary Fund, Anders Aslund wrote in a column titled ”Why Does the IMF Keep Funding Ukraine?” published by Atlantic Council. When the International Monetary Fund`s board convened on April 3, it found that the Ukrainian government had fulfilled only...
2 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 4 wounded in Donbas in last 24 hours
The situation remains tense in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation as the Russian-occupation forces continue armed provocations against the Ukrainian troops. Since the early hours of Sunday, the enemy opened fire 54 times on the Ukrainian strong points along the line of contact, according to the ATO press center. View map in full size On...
Lukashenko assures Russian-Belarussian military exercise West-2017 not to turn into invasion of Ukraine
Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko assured Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that the large-scale Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises West-2017 near the Ukrainian border would not turn into a military invasion, Poroshenko said Friday while visiting the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, an UaPosition correspondent reports. See also:...
70th anniversary of the Operation “Vistula” criminal act – forced relocation of 500 000 Poland’s Ukrainians after WWII
28.04.1947 at 4.00 am 6 Polish division (near 17 000 soldiers) and groups of Polish Internal Security Corps surrounded the area where the Ukrainian population lived. In addition, 13 602 soldiers of the Czechoslovak army blocked the border, and 17 reconnaissance aircraft controlled in the border of the forest and mountains. Soldiers surrounded the...
Russia develops bills to turn occupied Crimea into offshore jurisdiction
Russia`s State Duma is preparing a package of bills, initiated by Deputy Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Alexei Chepa (”Fair Russia”), on the introduction of an offshore regime in the annexed Crimea, according to Kommersant publication. In addition to expanding tax benefits, the amendments propose a mechanism for creating trusts...