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      PACE rapporteur urges Budapest memo signatories to protect Ukraine
      Oct12

      PACE rapporteur urges Budapest memo signatories to protect Ukraine

      Kristyna Zelienkova, a rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on a draft resolution titled ”Political Consequences of the Conflict in Ukraine,” has called on the signatories to the 2014 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances to abide by their commitments and protect Ukraine in case of an incursion. ”The...

      Situation hot in Mariupol sector, Ukraine forces fire back due to threat of breakthrough
      Oct12

      Situation hot in Mariupol sector, Ukraine forces fire back due to threat of breakthrough

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 44 times in the past 24 hours, including 34 in the Mariupol sector, seven barrages in the Luhansk sector, and three in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the...

      Ukrainian diaspora draws attention to anti-Ukrainian forces in Slovakia
      Oct12

      Ukrainian diaspora draws attention to anti-Ukrainian forces in Slovakia

      Ukrainian diaspora in Slovakia draws attention to activity of anti-Ukrainian forces Slovakia-based diaspora of Ukrainians has published an open letter to the Embassy of Ukraine in the Slovak Republic with a request to explain the lack of response by Ukrainian diplomats on the presence of the Honorary Consulate of Novorossiya in a neighboring...

      No visa waver for Ukrainians on European Parliament`s October agenda
      Oct12

      No visa waver for Ukrainians on European Parliament`s October agenda

      European Union visa-free travel for Ukraine has not been incorporated into the agenda of the European Parliament`s session in Strasbourg on October 24-27. Neither visa liberalization for Ukraine or Georgia nor visa waiver suspension mechanism has been incorporated on the EP agenda, which was posted on its official website. The mechanism is said...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 47 times in last day, mostly in Mariupol sector
      Oct11

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 47 times in last day, mostly in Mariupol sector

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 47 times in the past 24 hours, including 27 in the Mariupol sector, 17 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and three in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Hollande on Minsk accords: First, Donbas elections, then control over border
      Oct11

      Hollande on Minsk accords: First, Donbas elections, then control over border

      French President Francois Hollande has said that the failure of the Minsk agreements will lead to a frozen conflict in the east of Ukraine. ”I am ready to move forward in the Normandy format to fully implement the Minsk agreements, otherwise it will be a frozen conflict,” Hollande said during the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of...

      Ukraine counterintelligence caught Russian spy in Rivne (Photo)
      Oct11

      Ukraine counterintelligence caught Russian spy in Rivne (Photo)

      Counterintelligence officers of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine have detained in the Ukrainian city of Rivne an agent of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces (GRU). A detainee is a Ukrainian citizen, who resides in Russia, According to the SBU`s press center. The man was reportedly tasked by the...

      Ukraine becomes global leader in flour exports
      Oct11

      Ukraine becomes global leader in flour exports

      Ukraine became the world`s leader in flour exports in the 2015-2016 marketing year (MY), or July 2015 through June 2016, with shipments amounting to 344,000 tonnes, which is 32.5% up from the 2014-2015 MY, according to the press service of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, citing Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of PJSC...

      Moscow `blocking` Ukrainian journalists at Euronews
      Oct10

      Moscow `blocking` Ukrainian journalists at Euronews

      The Russian service of the French broadcaster Euronews – which is financed by Moscow – has refused to provide jobs to journalists from the Ukrainian service, in violation of French labour legislation, after the department was shut down and 17 journalists made redundant, EurActiv reports. The Russian service of Euronews has five job openings, but...

      France to call for war crimes probe against Russia over Syria
      Oct10

      France to call for war crimes probe against Russia over Syria

      The French foreign minister has said he will ask the International Court of Justice to investigate possible war crimes in Syria, according to The Independent. ”We do not agree with what Russia is doing, bombarding Aleppo. France is committed as never before to saving the population of Aleppo,” Jean-Marc Ayrault said, The Independent reports....