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Russia under Putin will never be allowed to rejoin the G7 – Canada’s PM
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in the interview that the Russian Federation should never be allowed back in the Group of 7 as long as Vladimir Putin is president. “I don’t think Russia under Vladimir Putin belongs in the G7. Period,” Harper said. “Canada would very, very strongly oppose Putin ever sitting...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Update on Marinka 6.03 – 6.04
Yesterday, 06.03.2015, starting approximately at 4:10 AM, Russian-terrorist troops started heavy shelling of the positions of Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Marinka [west of Donetsk]. Between 6:45 and 7:00 AM, Russian-terrorist troops started an active offensive on the stretch between Marinka and Krasnohorivka. According to IR Group data,...
Russia-backed separatists moved a large amount of heavy weapons towards the contact line – EU official statement
Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs&Security Policy Maja Kocijančič said that Wednesday’s fighting (June 3, 2015) around the eastern Ukrainian city of Marinka was a huge violation of the cease-fire between and led to the redeployment of a large number of heavy artillery back near the line of contact by the Russia-backed separatists. #Ukraine...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.03
During the past 24 hours, the Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas shelled the positions of ATO [anti-terrorism operation] forces and civilian objects in all directions – in the daytime, they concentrated fire on the seaside direction and on the north of Luhansk region, and since yesterday evening – they concentrated fire on the Donetsk direction....
US training on Ukranian National Guard. VIDEO
Lt. Col. Kyle Reed gave a small update about how things are going during exercise Fearless Guardian. Fearless Guardian is a training exercise for the Ukrainian National Guard at the request of the Ukrainian Government. Fearless Guardian is the name given to the U.S. training and equipping of the National Guard of Ukraine under the...
Despite all Russia’s claims, Ukraine was not involved in shooting down MH-17 – US Department of State
Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications at U.S. Department of State, Marie Harf, in Daily Press Briefing on June 2, 2015, stated that despite all Russia’s claims, Ukraine was not involved in shooting down the civilian flight MH-17 in the Donetsk region. Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications said that no Ukrainian air defense...
National Security and Defense Council: Fierce fighting in Shyrokyne lasted for the whole day
Kyiv, June 2, 2015. In the Mariupol sector, fierce fighting in Shyrokyne lasted for the whole day. The enemy was firing from a variety of weapons, including 120-mm mortars, 122-mm artillery and tanks. Enemy snipers were active as well. View map in full size Most tense situation remains in the Donetsk sector: militants have fired along the...
Guided-missile destroyer USS Ross conducting exercise with the Ukrainian navy Frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy
As reports the official website of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) kicks off a two-day underway exercise with the Ukrainian navy Frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U 130) on June 1, 2015, in the Black Sea. In the Black Sea — USS Ross, left, transits with the...
Ukraine has received $1 billion under US guarantees
The official website of the Finance Ministry reports that Ukraine has received $1 billion under US guarantees. This became possible because the governments of Ukraine and the United States signed a $1 billion Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA) on May 18, 2015: “This became possible thanks to signing of the Safeguards Agreement between the...
SBU detained sabotage group trained in the GRU special camp
SSU Press Center reports that in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 30-31, 2015, was detained a sabotage group of three Ukrainian citizens who were trained to for commit terrorist acts. The members of this sabotage group were recruited by the special services of the Russian Federation and received subversive training in the GRU special camp in Krasnodar...