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      Ukraine`s ”new Shevchenko” has big boots to fill – Eurosport
      May24

      Ukraine`s ”new Shevchenko” has big boots to fill – Eurosport

      Andriy Shevchenko`s retirement after Euro 2012 left a huge void in Ukrainian football and it has taken time for the younger generation to throw up a new leader, according to Eurosport.Step forward Andriy Yarmolenko, whose 22 goals have established him as the player most likely to fill the role a full decade after he was saddled with the tag of...

      Russia starts competition of military pilots in occupied Crimea
      May24

      Russia starts competition of military pilots in occupied Crimea

      A Su-25M bomber and two Mi- 8AMTSh Terminator helicopters were relocated from the Central Military District of the Russian Federation to the territory of the occupied Crimea to participate in the All-Russian stage of a flight proficiency competition Aviadarts 2016.”To participate [in a competition], flight crews and aircraft were deployed in...

      EU leaders call for peace in Ukraine

      The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called Monday for a peace deal aimed at ending the separatist war in eastern Ukraine to be implemented “as quickly as possible”, as fresh clashes erupted. …read more Source:...

      Ukrainians need to know about tortures prisoners go through in Chechnya – former detainee
      May24

      Ukrainians need to know about tortures prisoners go through in Chechnya – former detainee

      I want Ukrainians to know about the tortures authorities use to get confessions out of prisoners in Chechnya. That is a quote from a letter by Musa Lomaev addressed to the newsroom of TSN (Television Service of News, 1+1 Media), according to Ukraine Today. In May 2004, Lomaev was a young student in Grozny. He was detained, kidnapped and taken in...

      Poroshenko holds telephone conversation in Normandy format
      May24

      Poroshenko holds telephone conversation in Normandy format

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation in Normandy format upon his return to Kyiv from his working visit to Istanbul, the president`s press service reports.Poroshenko stressed the deteriorating situation in Donbas, especially the shelling near Avdiyivka, which poses a real obstacle to reaching any progress in a peaceful...

      Reuters: Russian agriculture minister granted entry to France despite sanctions
      May23

      Reuters: Russian agriculture minister granted entry to France despite sanctions

      France granted Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev an entry visa, the ministry said on Monday, even though he is on a European Union list of Russians banned from entering the bloc after Moscow annexed Ukraine`s Crimea peninsula, according to Reuters.It was not immediately clear why France made an exception for the minister, who headed...

      Ukraine Could Join the European Union by 2030
      May23

      Ukraine Could Join the European Union by 2030

      Following the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine has taken big political and economic steps forward. Today, we need to assess what has been accomplished and what Ukraine should achieve in the next fifteen years. The nation needs to set ambitious goals, aiming for an average economic growth rate of 6-7 percent a year. That kind of growth is possible...

      Another Ukrainian bank goes bankrupt
      May23

      Another Ukrainian bank goes bankrupt

      Bank Mykhailivsky has been declared insolvent due to risky deals, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).The NBU board says it has decided to declare Kyiv-based Bank Mykhailivsky as insolvent because it conducted dubious operations with individual deposits.As the NBU said on its website, Mykhailivsky was designated as a problem bank on...

      Why Ukraine’s Gutsy, Bright, and Articulate Reformers Are Optimistic
      May23

      Why Ukraine’s Gutsy, Bright, and Articulate Reformers Are Optimistic

      “A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. . . . We must have patience till luck turns,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1798.Jefferson wrote this observation to a friend thirteen years after the Revolutionary...

      Poroshenko: We`ll do everything possible for Savchenko to return in May
      May23

      Poroshenko: We`ll do everything possible for Savchenko to return in May

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that much effort is being made to bring Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who was illegally convicted in Russia, back to Ukraine in May.”We will do everything possible for Nadia to return home as soon as possible. I`ll do everything to bring her back this month,” he told journalists in Turkey answering a...