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Russian troops attacked vicinity of Ukraine`s Mariupol, used anti-tank missiles
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 31 attacks in the Mariupol sector, 18 in the Donetsk sector, and five in the Luhansk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...
Ukrainian President`s e-declaration includes over 100 firms, UAH 62 mln in income for 2015
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has included over 100 companies and UAH 62.162 million in income in his electronic declaration for 2015; according to the online system of the national registry of government officials` assets declarations. Of the above mentioned sum, UAH 121,000 was his salary, the e-declaration said. See also: Akhmetov still...
International monitor quietly drops drone surveillance of Ukraine war
The European security organization tasked with monitoring deadly violence between government forces and Russian-separatists forces in eastern Ukraine has lost its most effective surveillance tool in the conflict: long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, according to the Foreign Policy (FP) website. ”The long-range drone program was crucial...
Weekly Report: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine 24.10.– 30.10.2016
Ron Paul Institute (USA) : Selling ‘Regime Change’ Wars to the Masses – 29 October 2016, 19:36 Geopolitical Futures (USA) : Watch List Findings: Oct. 29, 2016 – 29 October 2016, 12:51 Victims of Communism (USA) : October 28th, 2016 – 29 October 2016, 00:21 Kleptocracy Initiative (USA) : Kleptocracy Weekly: October 22-28,...
Russia sends submarines to Syria
Three attack submarines armed with state-of-the-art cruise missiles have joined a Russian naval taskforce heading towards Syria, raising fears that President Putin is set to order a final devastating attack on Aleppo, according to The Sunday Times. The Royal Navy has been tracking two nuclear-powered Akula-class boats and a diesel-powered...
E-declaration in Ukraine: Head of State Tax Service declared $1,16M & EUR 450,000 in cash, Finance Minister – $155,000 in cash
Ukraine`s Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has filled the e-declaration of assets, which is now available on the website of the Unified State Registry of e-declarations. According to the document filled, Danyliuk owns a land plot of 984 square meters and a 290 square meter house in the village of Vyshenky near Kyiv. However, the property is...
Ukraine reports 53 Russian attacks on its troops in Donbas in past day
The Russian occupation forces attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, 53 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters. View map in full size Twenty eight attacks were reported in the Mariupol sector alone. Ukrainian troops stationed in the villages of Shyrokyne,...
Dutch PM may submit bill to revoke support for EU-Ukraine Treaty Monday
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government may submit a bill revoking his country`s support for the treaty establishing closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine, according to Voice of America. Rutte has said rejection of the association agreement would be a mistake and would weaken European unity, but that if efforts...
Russian reconnaissance planes spotted over Azov, Black Seas – Ukraine Intelligence
Russian aircraft, Su-24MR and Il-20, have carried out reconnaissance flights over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, according to Ukrainian intelligence services. ”In particular, reconnaissance planes Il-20 and Su-24MR of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which are capable of conducting a comprehensive surveillance operation at a depth of up to 400...
Russian troops attacked Ukraine 55 times in past 24 hours
Over the past day, combined Russian-separatist forces opened fire 55 times on the positions of Ukrainian defenders, according to the press center of the ATO Headquarters. Most of the attacks were recorded in the direction of Mariupol where the enemy resorted to 28 provocations against the ATO forces, the press center reports. View map in full...