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      EU thinking about pre-Trump Russia sanctions
      Nov21

      EU thinking about pre-Trump Russia sanctions

      The future of the bloc`s sanctions against Russia will hang over an EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels on Nov. 24 as Donald Trump makes inroads with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and puts in place a new American foreign-policy team, according to Bloomberg. With the penalties due to expire on January 31 2016, EU governments are likely to...

      Russian troops are using tanks and armored personnel carriers in the Mariupol sector
      Nov20

      Russian troops are using tanks and armored personnel carriers in the Mariupol sector

      The Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters has reported that Ukrainian troops were attacked in all sectors in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the past day; the total number of reported barrages was 36. View map in full size ATO forces stationed near the Ukrainian-controlled strategic port city of Mariupol were attacked with the use of mortars,...

      NATO Parliamentary Assembly urges united stance on Russia`s aggression against Ukraine
      Nov20

      NATO Parliamentary Assembly urges united stance on Russia`s aggression against Ukraine

      Lawmakers from NATO`s Parliamentary Assembly have adopted reports urging Alliance nations to stand firm in supporting Ukraine and maintain a strong stance against Russian belligerence. ”It is clear that conditions for an improved relationship currently do not exist; that Russia`s foreign policy priorities and the values underpinning these...

      Russian trops attacked Ukraine positions 46 times in Saturday
      Nov20

      Russian trops attacked Ukraine positions 46 times in Saturday

      The Russian separatist forces attacked the positions of Ukrainian soldiers 46 times in the past 24 hours, according to a report, published on the official Facebook page of the Anti-Terrorist operation. View map in full size The Mariupol sector, which has been a hot spot for weeks, saw intense shooting again, with militants using the 152-mm...

      Trump names pro-Ukraine CIA Director
      Nov19

      Trump names pro-Ukraine CIA Director

      U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has moved to fill some of the top positions in his government by selecting a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, a national security adviser, and an attorney general, RFE/RL reports. Trump said in a statement he had chosen Representative Mike Pompeo (Republican-Kansas) to be CIA director, retired General...

      Standing side-by-side: British Ambassador vows support for Ukraine regardless of Brexit
      Nov19

      Standing side-by-side: British Ambassador vows support for Ukraine regardless of Brexit

      Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Ukraine Judith Gough has pledged her country`s continued support for Ukraine regardless of the outcome of the referendum on the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union, the Verkhovna Rada press service reported following the Ambassador`s meeting with Rada...

      Ukraine reports 40 attacks in Donbas in last day. Russian troops used artillery and multiple rocket launcher Grad
      Nov18

      Ukraine reports 40 attacks in Donbas in last day. Russian troops used artillery and multiple rocket launcher Grad

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 40 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers fired banned 152mm and 122mm artillery systems, as well as tank shells on the Ukrainian positions in the...

      OSCE sees over 30,000 individuals in military dress coming from Russia to Donbas
      Nov18

      OSCE sees over 30,000 individuals in military dress coming from Russia to Donbas

      Ambassador of the United States Daniel B. Baer to the OSCE Permanent Council has said that the OSCE Observer Mission has seen more than 30,000 individuals in military-style dress crossing just at the two Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk on the border with Ukraine. ”Despite the strict limits imposed on the Observer Mission`s mandate and...

      Obama, Merkel discuss maintaining Russia sanctions until full implementation of Minsk
      Nov18

      Obama, Merkel discuss maintaining Russia sanctions until full implementation of Minsk

      U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the issue of maintaining economic sanctions against the Russian Federation until Moscow fully implements the Minsk agreements, Mr Obama said during the two leaders` joint press conference in Berlin Thursday. ”Of course, we discussed our commitment to meet our shared...

      OSCE SMM: Number of Donbas truce violations 150% up last week
      Nov18

      OSCE SMM: Number of Donbas truce violations 150% up last week

      Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug reports that the OSCE has recorded a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in Donbas last week. ”No. of ceasefire violations recorded by OSCE SMM monitors last week [was] up by approx 150%...