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      Ukraine court bans payments on $3 bln loan from Russia
      Jun02

      Ukraine court bans payments on $3 bln loan from Russia

      The Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv has issued a ruling banning any payments on a $3 billion loan issued by Moscow to shore up the government of then-President Viktor Yanukovych in late 2013. It is reported that the ruling was issued under a lawsuit filed by Iryna Verigina against the Russian Federation to compensate for moral and material...

      Russians see U.S., Ukraine, Turkey as main enemies – poll
      Jun02

      Russians see U.S., Ukraine, Turkey as main enemies – poll

      Russians consider the United States, Ukraine and Turkey to be their main enemies, according to the findings of a public opinion poll by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. According to the survey, 72% of Russians believe that the United States is the most hostile to the Russian Federation. The...

      SBU claims intercepts two ISIS supporters before they get smuggled to EU via Ukraine
      Jun01

      SBU claims intercepts two ISIS supporters before they get smuggled to EU via Ukraine

      Ukraine`s Security Service has exposed an attempt to smuggle two supporters of the international terrorist organization Islamic state originally from Syria via in a transit route via Ukraine to Western Europe, the agency`s press service reports. In the end of last week, during a search of one of Kharkiv apartments, the secret service officers...

      Russian troops preparing offensive to create land corridor to Crimea – NSDC
      May30

      Russian troops preparing offensive to create land corridor to Crimea – NSDC

      Russia is now preparing an offensive in order to create a land corridor through mainland Ukraine to the Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Deputy Secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Mykhailo Koval who addressed the participants of the meeting of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the...

      We’ll kill Savchenko – representative of Russian separatists in Minsk process Zaharchenko
      May29

      We’ll kill Savchenko – representative of Russian separatists in Minsk process Zaharchenko

      Ukrainian pilot and MP Savchenko announced her participation in the process of exchange captured persons in Donbas but Russian separatist denied it. The Minsk representative of separatists and self-proclaimed head of the Russia-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko said that separatists will not conduct a dialogue...

      Nadiya Savchenko is released from Russian jail and arrived in Kyiv
      May25

      Nadiya Savchenko is released from Russian jail and arrived in Kyiv

      On May 25, 2016, Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who has been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia for nearly two years, has returned to Kyiv, Ukraine. “I am free,” said Nadiya Savchenko,”I’m ready to once again give my life for Ukraine on the battlefield” Nadiya Savchenko was sentenced in March 2016 to 22 years in...

      7 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 9 wounded, Russian troops attack Ukraine forces 47 times last day
      May24

      7 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 9 wounded, Russian troops attack Ukraine forces 47 times last day

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another nine were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, Secretary of Ukraine`s National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov said on Tuesday, according to an UaPosition correspondent. ”In the last day, we lost seven Ukrainian soldiers, and another nine were wounded as a...

      Weekly Report: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine May 16 – May 22, 2016
      May22

      Weekly Report: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine May 16 – May 22, 2016

      Ron Paul Institute (USA) : Beware What You Wish For: Russia is Ready for War Georgia Caucasus Strategic Studies Institute (Georgia) : A hole in the budget increasing at a rate of half a trillion rubles a month. International Relations and Security Network (Switzerland) : Ukraine vs Russia and the Kleptocrats Ron Paul Institute (USA) : America –...

      Russian combat drone again drops bombs on Ukraine forces
      May19

      Russian combat drone again drops bombs on Ukraine forces

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 17 times in the past 24 hours, they used, among other things, banned weapons and a combat drone, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. ”An enemy combat unmanned aerial vehicle was spotted again yesterday. The...

      The Age: Antonov An-225 Mriya touches down in Western Australia
      May15

      The Age: Antonov An-225 Mriya touches down in Western Australia

      The world`s biggest plane – the Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya – has touched down safely in Western Australia amid scenes of traffic chaos around Perth Airport, according to The Age, a daily newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia. ”Traffic was gridlocked around Perth Airport on Sunday morning as thousands of people lined up against fences,...