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      ”Silence mode” in Donbas not working: Russian militants fire on Ukraine positions in all directions
      Dec27

      ”Silence mode” in Donbas not working: Russian militants fire on Ukraine positions in all directions

      Russian-backed militants continue to violate ceasefire in the ATO zone, press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for ATO Oleksandr Motuzyanyk has told a Kyiv briefing Tuesday, according to an UaPosition correspondent. View map in full size ”The past 24 hours proved that the enemy does not comply with the agreements reached previously...

      U.S. committed to NATO, Baltic security – senator John McCain
      Dec27

      U.S. committed to NATO, Baltic security – senator John McCain

      The United States is committed to the security of the Baltic region and NATO, Republican senator John McCain said in the Estonian capital on Tuesday, during a visit seen as a bid to soothe concerns over the policy of President-elect Donald Trump, according to Reuters. Trump unnerved many in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia by saying on the campaign...

      4 former Soviet states almost ready to recognize Crimea Russian territory – Head of the Crimean Tatars Mejlis
      Dec27

      4 former Soviet states almost ready to recognize Crimea Russian territory – Head of the Crimean Tatars Mejlis

      Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian MP Refat Chubarov has said that four states of the former Soviet Union are almost ready to recognize that Crimea is not the Ukrainian territory anymore, 112.ua reports. ”It is painful to me that four states of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan), these four...

      NATO ex-General Richard Shirreff describes likely scenario of WWIII: Russia seizes part of Ukraine, Baltic States within few hours
      Dec27

      NATO ex-General Richard Shirreff describes likely scenario of WWIII: Russia seizes part of Ukraine, Baltic States within few hours

      Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff has published the book titled ”2017: War with Russia: An Urgent Warning from Senior Military Command”, where he assumes that Russia is capable of capturing part of Ukraine and the Baltic states in a matter of days, according to VOA. NATO and Russia are close to...

      Trump to be offered compromise with Putin on Crimea
      Dec27

      Trump to be offered compromise with Putin on Crimea

      Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has been working on Donald Trump`s plan to normalize relations with the Russian Federation, Germany`s Bild reports. Kissinger should become a mediator between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to Bild`s article as the publication refers to the information of the EU intelligence. ”Russia...

      No ceasefire in Donbas: Russian militants attack Ukraine 33 times in last day – Ukrainian Defense Minister
      Dec26

      No ceasefire in Donbas: Russian militants attack Ukraine 33 times in last day – Ukrainian Defense Minister

      Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said that the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 33 times in the past 24 hours, the ceasefire is not observed, according to an UaPosition correspondent. View map in full size ”Unfortunately, the ceasefire is not observed by the terrorist groups....

      Ukraine confirmed its position for United Nations resolution on Israel’s settlement in the Palestinian territories
      Dec26

      Ukraine confirmed its position for United Nations resolution on Israel’s settlement in the Palestinian territories

      The Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations has issued a statement over the decision to support the UN Security Council resolution, which called on Israel to halt settlement construction in the Palestinian territories. The search for the conflict settlement is now almost in the deepest crisis throughout its history, according to the...

      Ukrainian intelligence: 18 Russian troops was killed in Donbas last week, Luhansk morgue full with bodies of Russian soldiers
      Dec26

      Ukrainian intelligence: 18 Russian troops was killed in Donbas last week, Luhansk morgue full with bodies of Russian soldiers

      Eighteen occupiers were killed and other 38 people were wounded in Donbas last week, according to a Ukrainian military intelligence. ”Over the past week, as a result of the enemy`s attempts to seize new positions at the Svitlodarsk Arc, as well as violations of rules on arms and ammo transportation, poor conditions of service and medical...

      Handover of bodies of probably tortured and killed Ukraine soldiers at Svitlodarsk Duha – details
      Dec26

      Handover of bodies of probably tortured and killed Ukraine soldiers at Svitlodarsk Duha – details

      Bodies of the Ukrainian troops earlier killed in the fighting with the militants at the Svitlodarsk Arc, taken from the enemy by the civil and military cooperation group, have undergone primary coroner examination, according to an activist Oleksandr Surkov. ”There are no signs of torture and abuse; death was caused by gunshot wounds,” Surkov...

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine 39 times in last day
      Dec25

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine 39 times in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 39 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired on the Ukrainian positions near the town of Maryinka, and the villages of Shyrokyne, Talakivka and...