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NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow about Russia’s aggression in Ukraine
NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow spoke at the Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign And Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in Riga, Latvia, on March 5, 2015. Alexander Vershbow wrote on his official twitter that he is honoured to discuss the cooperation between ESDP...
The Ukrainian ex-Minister of Finance Kolobov is arrested in Spain for financial crimes of Yanukovych regime
The ex-Minister of Finance of Ukraine Yuriy Kolobov is the first minister from Yanukovych’s adminstration to be detained by Interpol. The Ukranian Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, that Yuri Kolobov has been detained in Spain, in Altea, a hilltop village on the Mediterranean coast, where he lived: “We confirm the...
Pro-Russian terrorists didn’t allow Ukrainian rescuers to save miners’ lives at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk Region
The tragedy happened on March 4, 2015, at 5:20 a.m. because of the methane gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk Region that now is under the pro-Russian terrorists’ control. The Rada speaker Volodymyr Hroisman reported that the fate of 32 miners remains unknown. The officials from the terrorists’ organization in Donetsk...
EU intends to make changes in its Neighborhood Policy
Spokesperson for the European Commission Margaritis Shinas in Brussels announced that on March 4, 2015, will start consultations on the future of the European Neighborhood Policy: “EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini will present the future approach on the European Neighborhood Policy”, he said...
National Security and Defense Council: Policemen uncover the biggest arms arsenal of weapons in Luhansk region
Kyiv, March 2, 2015. Ukrainian policemen of the Luhansk region revealed and confiscated one of the biggest arms arsenals that belonged to pro-Russian militants. Policemen seized 7 boxes with 6160 7,62mm rounds; 5 boxes with 90 F-1 grenades; 8 MON-50 mines, 2 boxes of TNT blocks (52 kg), 11 “PG-7L” shells for grenade-launchers, 36 RKG-2 hand...
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Klimkin talks with Japan’s officials
(PHOTO REUTERS/Issei Kato) It is the first visit by a Ukrainian minister to Japan since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Pavlo Klimkin arrived in Japan on Monday, March 2, 2015 for three days. As for now, on March 2, 2015, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has already holden the joint news conference with Japan’s Foreign Minister...
Arrested for crimes of Yanukovych regime Mykhailo Chechetov was found dead in Kyiv
In Kyiv on the night of February 27, 2015, former deputy head of the Party of Regions Mykhailo Chechetov fell from his 17th storey apartment in the capital of Ukraine. Former deputy head of the Parliamentary Group of Regions Mykhailo Chechetov was a vocal supporter of disgraced former President Viktor Yanukovych. A few days ago he was indicted...
Ukraine started the withdrawal of heavy weapons in compliance with the Minsk agreements
Ukraine started the process of the heavy weapons withdrawal from the demarcation line in Donbas according to the Minsk agreements (February 12, 2015). The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has schedules for the gradual withdrawal of heavy weapons by the pro-Russian Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces but they are not coordinated or jointly...
U.S. Sen. John McCain expressed ‘ashamed’ of his country’s strategy for Ukraine
On Sunday, February 22, 2015, U.S. Senator John McCain said on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” he’s “ashamed” of his country, President Obama and himself for not doing more to help Ukraine in its fight to fend off pro-Russian terrorists. “This is a shameful chapter. I’m ashamed of my country. I’m ashamed of my president. And I’m ashamed of myself that I...
Second-in-command of Nato’s forces in Europe has warned about a large-scale conventional assault by Russia
On Friday, February 20, 2015, Sir Adrian Bradshaw, second-in-command of Nato’s forces in Europe, a former commander of British land forces and the most senior UK officer in the alliance, spoke at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London. He warned Nato forces about a large-scale conventional assault by Russia that wants to snatch...