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      Poroshenko speaks of tasks for OSCE armed police mission in Donbas
      Apr25

      Poroshenko speaks of tasks for OSCE armed police mission in Donbas

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke of the objectives and stages of work of the OSCE armed police mission in the Ukranian Donbas. Among the tasks that the president named in an interview to Ukrainian TV channels is the effective monitoring of the contact line, deploying permanent armed checkpoints in locations of arms withdrawal as well as...

      Russia sends highest number of submarines to Scottish, Scandinavian coastlines in 20 yrs
      Apr22

      Russia sends highest number of submarines to Scottish, Scandinavian coastlines in 20 yrs

      Russian attack submarines are increasingly patrolling the coasts of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, a U.S. Navy chief has said, according to The Daily Mail. Vladimir Putin`s recent boost to the submarine fleet means Russia now has the most underwater attack vessels in the area in two decades, The Daily Mail...

      ALIVE – a new feature film about Ukrainian Insurgent Army
      Apr21

      ALIVE – a new feature film about Ukrainian Insurgent Army

      New Ukrainan feature film ALIVE / ЖИВА directed by Taras Khymych Director: Taras Khymych In the Carpathian Mountains a girl by the name of Anna often experiences supernatural phenomena. After finding herself at the very centre of Ukrainian insurgents’ struggle against prevailing forces of the Soviet Empire, a voice that she hears and dreams that...

      Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev, Alexandrov sentenced to 14 years in Ukraine prison
      Apr18

      Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev, Alexandrov sentenced to 14 years in Ukraine prison

      Russian military intelligence servicemen Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov were found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison with confiscation of property. The sentence was rendered by a board of judges of Holosiyivskyi district court in Kyiv, chaired by Judge Mykola Didyk. The court found Alexandrov and Yerofeyev guilty under the...

      Russian militants attack Ukraine troops 87 times in last day, hot spot in Avdiyivka
      Apr13

      Russian militants attack Ukraine troops 87 times in last day, hot spot in Avdiyivka

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 87 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). ”Violating the ceasefire, the enemy fired mortars 22 times, having launched 114 mines in the direction of the Ukrainian troops. Most attacks, namely nine,...

      Militants shell Avdiyivka with incendiary mines and tanks, civilian woman killed
      Apr08

      Militants shell Avdiyivka with incendiary mines and tanks, civilian woman killed

      The Russian militants started using incendiary mines while shelling the industrial and suburban areas at the outskirts of Avdiyivka in Donetsk region, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. ”Smoke is tight over the area around the industrial zone of  Avdiyivka. Suburban summer houses are on fire as well as gardens and...

      Russia claims Savchenko can`t be released according to Minsk agreements
      Mar27

      Russia claims Savchenko can`t be released according to Minsk agreements

      Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova says Ukrainian female pilot Nadia Savchenko cannot be released according to the Minsk agreements because she is not subject to the part of the Minsk agreements requiring release of prisoners, but is held as a suspected person, RIA Novosti reported. Such statement Zakharova made in response to...

      UN provides update on Donbas war victims, warns against collapse of truce
      Mar24

      UN provides update on Donbas war victims, warns against collapse of truce

      UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic has announced a United Nations updated report on victims of the Donbas war and warned that the ceasefire in the east of Ukraine is in jeopardy. More than 9,000 had been killed and more than 21,000 injured during the Donbas conflict, he said in Geneva at the 31st session of the UN...

      Russian court sentences Savchenko to 22 years in prison
      Mar22

      Russian court sentences Savchenko to 22 years in prison

      The Donetsk City Court of Russia`s Rostov region has sentenced Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko to 22 years` imprisonment in a penal colony. In addition, the Russian court fined up Savchenko to RUB 30,000 for illegally crossing the Russian border.In particular, the court sentenced Savchenko to 18...

      When Russia turns its army from Syria, a bloody spring is coming to Ukraine – McCain
      Mar16

      When Russia turns its army from Syria, a bloody spring is coming to Ukraine – McCain

      U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that the Russian military will begin withdrawing some of its military forces from Syria: “The announcement that Russia will begin withdrawing some military forces from Syria signals Vladimir Putin’s belief that he has...