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      UN has credible reports on troops, heavy arms arriving from Russia to Donbas
      Jun05

      UN has credible reports on troops, heavy arms arriving from Russia to Donbas

      UN Human Rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says that her organization has got credible reports on troops and heavy weapons arriving from Russia to eastern Ukraine, according to Voice of America (VOA).”There have been strongly credible reports of servicemen from across the border from Russia coming into and out of Ukrainian territory,” she told...

      Donbas terrorist leaders do not let OSCE to see areas with militant bases
      Jun05

      Donbas terrorist leaders do not let OSCE to see areas with militant bases

      Leaders of terrorist organizations in Donetsk region have not let the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to visit the areas where fortified bases of the so-called ”7th separate motorized rifle brigade” are located, according to spokesman for the Ukrainian presidential administration Andriy Lysenko said.”The command of the so-called `7th...

      TASS: Russia`s Aerospace Force to receive over 100 new warplanes, helicopters in 2017
      Jun05

      TASS: Russia`s Aerospace Force to receive over 100 new warplanes, helicopters in 2017

      The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Force says that his force will receive over 100 new warplanes and combat helicopters in 2017, according to Russian news agency TASS.”We shall receive new equipment – T-50 fighter aircraft, new helicopters,” Force Commander-in-Chief Col.-Gen. Viktor Bondarev said on Sunday, June 5, TASS reported.As...

      DW: Austrian foreign minister suggests `refugees should be held offshore`
      Jun05

      DW: Austrian foreign minister suggests `refugees should be held offshore`

      Austria`s foreign minister has suggested that the EU`s refugees be interned offshore as it is done by Australia rather than allowed on to the continent, according to Deutsche Welle.”The Australian model of course cannot be completely replicated but its principles can be applied in Europe,” Kurz, who at 29 years old is Europe`s youngest minister,...

      McCain concerned over `selective` enforcement of U.S. sanctions on Russia
      Jun05

      McCain concerned over `selective` enforcement of U.S. sanctions on Russia

      U.S. Senator John McCain (R., Ariz.) says he is concerned that the Obama Administration is `selectively` enforcing sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine`s Crimea, according to The Washington Free Beacon, an American politically conservative political journalism website.In his letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, McCain suggested that...

      Poroshenko`s administration reports 7 WIA`s, no KIA in Donbas in last day
      Jun05

      Poroshenko`s administration reports 7 WIA`s, no KIA in Donbas in last day

      The Ukrainian president`s administration has reported that no Ukrainian soldiers were killed but seven were wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but seven were wounded in hostilities in the past 24 hours,” presidential administration speaker for Anti-Terrorist...

      SBU prevents Russia from stealing Kharkiv tractor plant`s equipment, blueprints
      Jun05

      SBU prevents Russia from stealing Kharkiv tractor plant`s equipment, blueprints

      Ukraine`s SBU security service has uncovered a plot between the top managers of Ukraine`s largest tractor plant in Kharkiv and the plant`s Russian owners, who ordered a foundry shop`s equipment and unique blueprints be taken to Russia, according to the SBU`s press service.”The plant`s director general who was appointed in March 2016 has already...

      Network of tunnels with safes found in basement of arrested official (gallery)
      Jun04

      Network of tunnels with safes found in basement of arrested official (gallery)

      The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) along with the military prosecutors has arrested a group of officials, led by the first deputy chairman of the Mykolayiv Regional State Administration Mykola Romanchuk on bribery charges June 3, the press service of the SBU`s Mykolaiv office told UNIAN. ”During the arrest, the security service was forced to...

      From soldier to MP: Colleague speaks of Savchenko`s 1st week in parliament
      Jun04

      From soldier to MP: Colleague speaks of Savchenko`s 1st week in parliament

      Ukraine Today is joined by Ukrainian MP Olena Shkrum to discuss the first working week of Nadia Savchenko who has recently been released from Russian prison.Olena Shkrum, Savchenko`s colleague in the Batkivshchyna faction, was among those who were meeting her at the airport as the pilot had been brought home in a largely unexpected move, Ukraine...

      Poroshenko says IMF, World Bank support Ukraine reforms
      Jun04

      Poroshenko says IMF, World Bank support Ukraine reforms

      President Petro Poroshenko participated in the meeting of the Regional Group of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that is taking place in Ukraine for the first time, the press service of the Head of State told UNIAN.President Poroshenko expressed gratitude to the ministers of finance and governors of national banks of 15...