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National Security and Defense Council: Militants keep firing at ATO forces using 120-mm mortars, 122-mm artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers
Kyiv, June 7, 2015 – Situation in ATO zone remains tense. Russia-backed militants shelled the ATO forces with 120-mm mortars nine times, 122-mm artillery five times and Grad multiple rocket launchers in the area of Hranitne (Donetsk Region) five times. View map in full size In the Luhansk area where the lowest intensity of militant assaults is...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia and its proxies use hostages to hide their defeat in Maryinka
Kyiv, June 6, 2015. Russia-backed militants in eastern Ukraine have captured a soldier of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces Roman Mashchenko who made a series of announcements regarding the fighting near Maryinka on June 3-4, which reiterated messages of the Russian media. Mashchenko was talking “under extreme duress and...
Canadian PM Stephen Harper arrived on a working visit to Ukraine
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived on a working visit to Ukraine on Saturday, June 06,2015. PHOTO:MFA UA President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that his negotiations with Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper had reaffirmed powerful and efficient support of Canada for Ukraine. Press office of President reports that President of...
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has arrived in Ukraine to pay an official visit
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe came to visit Ukraine on the eve of G7 Summit for the first time in the history of Ukrainian-Japanese relations. Shinzo Abe planned to discuss with Ukrainian officials the situation in Crimea that was illegally annexed by the Russian Federation, the situation in Eastern Ukraine. In fact, Japan is ready to make efforts with...
The Russian drone shot down near Donetsk was expensive and well equipped – SBU
The Advisor to the SBU Head Markiyan Lubkivskyi writes on his official Facebook page about Russian Forpost tactical drone, which was shot down in the ATO area in Eastern Ukraine on May 20, 2015. PHOTO:Markian Lubkivskyi “As we reported earlier, on May 20 anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces shot down an enemy drone that was performing...
Dmitry Tymchuk: On the escalation of conflict in Donbas, 6/4
On the conflict escalation in Donbas: Yesterday’s offensive (June 3, 2015) by Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas (first and foremost – in the vicinity of Mar’inka) leads us to several conclusions: 1. The Minsk 2 Agreement, as expected, is nothing more than an illusion of “peaceful dialogue,” behind which Russia attempts to portray a...
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to visit Ukraine on the eve of G7 Summit
Embassy of Ukraine to Japan announces that on June 5-6, 2015, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe will make an official visit to Ukraine for the first time in the history of Ukrainian-Japanese relations. “The visit of the Japanese Prime Minister to our state on the eve of the G7 Summit will become a powerful manifestation of firm and...
Russia illegally shifts the contact line to include more territories in Eastern Ukraine – Samantha Power
On June 5, 2015 U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power spoke to the recent developments in Eastern Ukraine at a UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine. Read @AmbassadorPower’s remarks on the ongoing aggression by #Russia in eastern #Ukraine: http://t.co/ctJzoRRxI4 — US Mission to the UN (@USUN) 5 Червень 2015 ...
National Security and Defense Council: Extremely fierce fighting on the frontline: militants use Grad missile systems, 120-mm mortars and 152-mm artillery
Kyiv, June 5, 2015. Extremely fierce fighting along the frontline have occurred over the last day, while pro-Russian mostly used heavy weaponry, such as Grad missile systems, 120-mm mortars and 152-mm artillery against the Ukrainian troops. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, military action took place in Shyrokyne and Hranitne...
US must Provide Military Assistance to Ukraine in the fight against Russians and separatists – U.S. Senator Rob Portman
On the official website of U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, announces that he has filed two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 to help Ukraine as they continue to face Russian aggression. U.S. Senator Rob Portman says that the first amendment authorizes funds...