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The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs approved the resolution H.Res.50 calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and approved the resolution H.Res.50 calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko. This document was submitted late January by congressmen Sander Levin, Marcy Kaptur, Mike Fitzpatrick, Mike Quigley and Bill Pascrell, and now will be...
Russia must withdraw its forces from Eastern Ukraine – US Secretary of State John Kerry
A senior State Department official reported that on Wednesday, April 23, 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had the phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. John Kerry stated that pro-Russian terrorists had to stop violating the cease-fire, and Russia had to withdraw its forces from Ukraine. US Secretary of State John Kerry...
Council of Europe launches new action plan for Ukraine
The Council of Europe will do everything possible to contribute to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, in order to settle the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland said this at a plenary session in Strasbourg, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I cannot say that the Council of...
US to suspend the anti-dumping duties for Ukraine – Minister of Economy
The USA is ready to suspend the anti-dumping duties that were imposed on Ukraine in 2007 as Ukraine wasn’t a member of the WTO, and bought gas at a discounted price. Recently the situation changed and everything is going to final cancellation of the duties. As reported Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius...
Pro-Russian terrorists continue to shell at civilians in Eastern Ukraine
Russian-backed militants shelled at civilians and tried to enter the village Triokhizbenka in Novoaidar Raion, Luhansk Oblast. In Triokhizbenka battle three Ukrainian soldiers and two civilians were wounded and the roof of one private house was destroyed. PHOTO: Henadiy Moskal’s official website Triokhizbenka battle lasted two hours on...
Lenin’s monument was pulled down in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region
Lenin’s monument was toppled from the central square of the city Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, in Eastern Ukraine. The monument was removed during the rally ‘Kramatorsk is Ukraine’ where gathered thousands of activists on Thursday, April 16, 2015. This city is famous because of Battle of Kramatorsk (from 12 April until 5 July 2014), the...
Gen. Petr Pavel, NATO’s Military Committee
Gen. Petr Pavel, new head of NATO’s Military Committee, answers a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Pavel said that the western military alliance has to convince the public it has the means and will to confront Russia. A Czech general in line for a top NATO post says...
US paratroopers to train forces fighting against pro-Russian terrorists in Ukraine
PHOTO: US Army website The US army spokesman Donald Wrenn announced that about 300 soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade will be training three battalions of the National Guard of Ukraine, at the Ukrainian military zone in Yavoriv near the Polish border, Lviv Region, Western Ukraine, for six months: “Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade...
The Dutch team of investigators to renew search at MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine
The Dutch-led team of investigators that consists of 30-persons and includes five Malaysian investigators and one Australian has gained access to the area in Eastern Ukraine where most of the debris fell. The mission starts on Thursday, April 16, 2015, and is expected to last “a few weeks”, depending on the situation. The team’s...
Russia should stop fueling conflict in Ukraine – U.S. General Philip Breedlove
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Breedlove, said on his official Twitter, after was released report Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 13 April 2015: “Concerned by renewed fighting in Ukraine. Vital all sides pull back verifiably, Russia stops fuelling...