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      Russian troops attacked Ukraine’s position 178 times in past 48 hours: 2 soldiers killed, 5 wounded
      Mar24

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine’s position 178 times in past 48 hours: 2 soldiers killed, 5 wounded

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 94 times on March 24. 1 Ukrainian soldier has been killed and 3 Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Donetsk sector, Ukrainian positions near...

      Manafort offers to talk to House panel over Russia ties issue
      Mar24

      Manafort offers to talk to House panel over Russia ties issue

      The Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Devin Nunes says former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has volunteered to speak with the panel as part of its ongoing investigation into Russia`s alleged interference in the 2016 election, according to The Associated Press. Manafort`s counsel contacted the committee Thursday to...

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada passes bill on state investment projects
      Mar24

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada passes bill on state investment projects

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada has adopted a draft law on state investment projects, which provides for the decentralization of decision-making on investment. Some 234 deputies supported the document with the required minimum being 226 votes. ”The purpose of the bill is to increase the efficiency of state investment in Ukraine, which, unfortunately, is...

      Ukrainian journalist Kristina Berdynskykh detained in Minsk
      Mar24

      Ukrainian journalist Kristina Berdynskykh detained in Minsk

      Minsk police have detained a correspondent of Novoe Vremia magazine Kristina Berdynskykh along with 13 other people, she wrote on Facebook. Berdynskykh stressed that she had been accredited as a foreign journalist with the Belarusian authorities. ”Minsk, Fabricius Str., 4. Here`s where the relatives of the detainees brought them parcels. The...

      Full video how former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv (Update)
      Mar24

      Full video how former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv (Update)

      Chief of the Ukrainian National Police department for Kyiv Andriy Kryshchenko officially stated that former deputy of the Russian State Duma Denis Voronenkov has been shot dead downtown Kyiv. Unknown man (perhaps a killer) shot dead by Voronenkov’s bodygard. Former Russian State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov says Denis Voronenkov, also a...

      Ukraine`s aerospace manufacturer gets bailout from lawmakers
      Mar24

      Ukraine`s aerospace manufacturer gets bailout from lawmakers

      Draft law No. 5113 on financial readjustment of Ukraine`s only producer of carrier rockets and satellites, state-run Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant named after Oleksandr Makarov” (Yuzhmash, or Pivdenmash) passed first reading in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s parliament. Some 232 deputies voted for the bill with the required minimum being 226...

      North Korea maintains readiness for nuclear test at any time: South Korea
      Mar24

      North Korea maintains readiness for nuclear test at any time: South Korea

      North Korea has maintained readiness to conduct a new nuclear test at any time, a South Korean military official said on Friday, amid a report of a possible test within days as Pyongyang defies international pressure, Reuters reported. U.S. and South Korean military surveillance assets were closely monitoring the North`s Punggye-ri nuclear test...

      Desperate John Deere tractor owners download Ukrainian firmware hacks to get crops in
      Mar24

      Desperate John Deere tractor owners download Ukrainian firmware hacks to get crops in

      John Deere is notorious for arguing that farmers who buy its tractors actually ”license” them because Deere still owns the copyright to the tractors` software; in 2015, the U.S. Copyright Office affirmed that farmers were allowed to jailbreak their tractors to effect repairs and modifications, according to the Boing Boing group blog on technology...

      NBU says 37 banks should raise charter capital to $7.4 mln by July 11
      Mar24

      NBU says 37 banks should raise charter capital to $7.4 mln by July 11

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says that 37 Ukrainian banks should increase their charter capital to at least UAH 200 million, or US$7.4 million, by July 11, 2017, according to the NBU`s website. The newly adopted law on simplification of bank capitalization and reorganization, passed by the Verkhovna Rada on March 23, 2017, deals mainly with...

      Ukraine`s Deputy PM: Broadcast of Samoilova`s performance on Ukrainian TV ”violation of law”
      Mar24

      Ukraine`s Deputy PM: Broadcast of Samoilova`s performance on Ukrainian TV ”violation of law”

      Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Kyrylenko says that the European Broadcasting Union, which is the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest, must take into account that the broadcast of the Russian entrant Julia Samoilova`s performance by Ukrainian TV channels is a violation of Ukrainian laws. ”The broadcast of Samoilova`s performance...