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      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 43 times in last day amid escalation
      Jun09

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 43 times in last day amid escalation

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 43 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In the Donetsk sector, the Russian-backed mercenaries fired from all types of small arms and mortars of various calibers on the Ukrainian...

      SBU releases recordings of tapped conversations of Frenchman planning attacks during EURO-2016
      Jun09

      SBU releases recordings of tapped conversations of Frenchman planning attacks during EURO-2016

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has published on its YouTube channel fragments of conversations of a French citizen Gregoire Moutaux, who is suspected of plotting terrorist attacks during the EURO-2016 football tournament.In these fragments, the French national (call sign Muto) speaks in broken English supposedly with a citizen of Ukraine.The...

      Recovering assets stolen by Yanukovych team impossible without Ukrainian court rulings
      Jun09

      Recovering assets stolen by Yanukovych team impossible without Ukrainian court rulings

      Ukrainian state is itself responsible for recovering the assets stolen by Viktor Yanukovych and his cronies, according to the Head of Transparency International Jose Carlos Ugaz Sanchez Moreno, Ukraine Today reports.Holding talks with Ukraine`s Justice Minister Yuriy Petrenko, Ugaz stressed along with the anti-corruption measures political will...

      Czech Republic accuses Putin of backing EU`s rightwing to weaken Europe
      Jun09

      Czech Republic accuses Putin of backing EU`s rightwing to weaken Europe

      Czech foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek said in an interview with The Financial Times that nationalist and Eurosceptic movements played into Russia`s strategy of weakening Europe.Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to ”divide and conquer” the EU by supporting rightwing populist politicians across the bloc, the Czech Republic has warned,...

      Ukraine calls on France to maintain firm position on issue of anti-Russian sanctions
      Jun09

      Ukraine calls on France to maintain firm position on issue of anti-Russian sanctions

      The Embassy of Ukraine in France calls on the French government to maintain its firm position on the issue of anti-Russian sanctions.”The Senate has adopted a resolution calling for lifting sanctions against Russia. The firm position and the responsibility of the French government are crucial,” the Ukrainian embassy wrote on Twitter.As UNIAN...

      U.S. Navy boosts presence in Mediterranean ahead of NATO summit
      Jun09

      U.S. Navy boosts presence in Mediterranean ahead of NATO summit

      The U.S. military will have two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea this month ahead of a NATO summit in Warsaw as Washington seeks to balance Russian military activities and accelerate its fight against Islamic State, according to Reuters.The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier will hand off to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower when it...

      France`s Senate calls for rollback of anti-Russian sanctions
      Jun09

      France`s Senate calls for rollback of anti-Russian sanctions

      The French Senate, the upper house of France`s Parliament, called on that country`s government on Wednesday for the gradual rollback of economic sanctions introduced by the European Union against Russia, according to the Ukrainian news portal Europeiska Pravda.This decision was passed at an evening meeting after four-hour debates, Europeiska...

      USA TODAY: 4 dead in terrorist attack at Tel Aviv market – Israeli police
      Jun09

      USA TODAY: 4 dead in terrorist attack at Tel Aviv market – Israeli police

      Four people were killed Wednesday in a terrorist attack when two gunmen opened fire in a popular gourmet market in central Tel Aviv, Israeli police said, according to USA TODAY.Five other people were wounded and being treated at a hospital, police said, USA TODAY said.Israeli police spokesman Luba Samari told USA TODAY the two alleged shooters...

      Russian performance artist Pavlensky set free after 6-month detention – RFE/RL
      Jun09

      Russian performance artist Pavlensky set free after 6-month detention – RFE/RL

      Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky has been set free after more than six months in detention over his protest actions, but emerged from a Moscow courtroom warning that political repression remains the basis of the Russian government`s power, according to Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).The Meshchansky district court ordered...

      Reuters: Sharapova banned for two years by ITF
      Jun08

      Reuters: Sharapova banned for two years by ITF

      The career of Russian former world number one Maria Sharapova was in tatters on Wednesday after she was given a two-year ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) following her positive test for the banned drug meldonium, according to Reuters.In a statement the ITF said the five-times grand slam champion`s ban would be backdated to January...