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Russia not re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Russia was not re-elected to the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday, October 28, for the first time since its inception in 2006, according to Russian media outlets. This means that the country should leave the Council after its three-year term is over, which will happen at the end of 2016. Russia, which received...
President of Ukraine and Prime Minister congratulate Ukrainians on Day of Ukraine`s liberation from Nazi occupation
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman came forward with an address to the nation on the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Ukrainian land from Nazi invaders. ”The victorious battle for Ukraine, which lasted for 22 long months, was a decisive factor in the defeat of the Nazi Germany and its allies,”...
U.S. Mission to OSCE: Russia continues sending troops, equipment into Ukraine
The United States is deeply concerned about the recent escalation in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where the ”school year” ceasefire appears to be unraveling while combined Russian-separatist forces continue to deny access to OSCE monitors, reads the report by the U.S. Mission to the OSCE. ”Despite combined-separatist forces` restrictions, the SMM...
Russian troops attacked Ukraine 54 times in last day
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 34 in the Mariupol sector, three barrages in the Luhansk sector, and 17 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...
Russia ships secret military cargo from Syria to occupied Crimea – OSINT activists
International non-governmental intelligence community InformNapalm says it has caught trail of a secret cargo, which arrived from Syria in the occupied Crimea in high secrecy. ”On October 20, 2016, at approximately 13:00, Nadalina cargo ship under the flag of Sierra Leone heading from Tartous (Syria) via the Romanian sea port of Navodari entered...
”Russia took everything”: General Skipalskiy, ex-minister Kostenko tell how Ukraine lost nuclear weapons
Security expert Lieutenant General Oleksandr Skipalskiy and former Minister of Nuclear Security of Ukraine Yuriy Kostenko told about the country`s nuclear disarmament in an interview with RFE/RL. ”The whole process of nuclear disarmament was considered in two aspects: the first one was to find the optimal way for Ukraine to receive dividends –...
Escalation in Donbas: Russian troops attacked Ukrainian army 72 times in last day
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Eastern Ukraine 72 times in the past 24 hours, including 43 in the Mariupol sector, 15 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and 14 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the...
NATO chief gives details about battalions on eastern flank, Black Sea region
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has listed NATO member states that will participate in multinational battalions designed to strengthen the Alliance`s presence on the eastern flank and in the Black Sea region. ”Earlier this year, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States each committed to lead a multinational battalion in...
Poroshenko, Biden discuss U.S. engagement in Minsk agreements
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has had a telephone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during which they discussed the importance of further policy of active engagement of the U.S. side in facilitating the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas and restoration of Ukraine`s territorial integrity, according to the...
Almost 500 Ukrainian women, 70 children killed amid Russian aggression in Donbas
First Deputy Chairperson of Ukraine`s Vekrhovna Rada and Ukrainian envoy for humanitarian issues at Minsk peace talks Iryna Gerashchenko announced at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, October 25, that 495 Ukrainian women and 68 Ukrainian children had been killed amid Russian aggression in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. ”It`s women and children...