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      World Bank temporarily takes away $220 mln from Ukravtodor
      Dec05

      World Bank temporarily takes away $220 mln from Ukravtodor

      The World Bank has decided to temporarily take about $220 million from the loan portfolio of the State Agency of Automobile Roads (Ukravtodor), the World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen said during a meeting with Ukravtodor CEO Slawomir Nowak, the press-service of the agency said. ”With respect to funding, in...

      Russian Kuznetsov carrier reportedly sees failed landing of Su-33
      Dec05

      Russian Kuznetsov carrier reportedly sees failed landing of Su-33

      Military sources close to The Aviationist report that a Russian Navy Su-33 Flanker carrier-based multirole aircraft has crashed during flight operations from Admiral Kuznetsov on Saturday, December 3. According to the report, the combat plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions, The Aviationist...

      Police detain gang staked out by officers killed in Kniazhychi
      Dec05

      Police detain gang staked out by officers killed in Kniazhychi

      Ukrainian police on Sunday morning detained a gang of burglars in Kyiv`s Desniansky district after they had arrived from the village of Kniazhychi in Kyiv region`s Brovary district where five police officers were killed by friendly fire in a shooting incident earlier that day, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. They arrived in a...

      Trump warns U.S. companies of ”expensive mistake” of moving production overseas
      Dec05

      Trump warns U.S. companies of ”expensive mistake” of moving production overseas

      U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has warned the U.S. companies in a row of tweets that moving their production capacities overseas is an ”expensive mistake”. The U.S. is going to substantially reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, ”but any business that leaves our country for another country, fires its employees, builds a new factory or...

      German Foreign Minister Steinmeier hopes for hostage swap in Donbas before Christmas
      Dec05

      German Foreign Minister Steinmeier hopes for hostage swap in Donbas before Christmas

      German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who currently chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), expressed confidence that the exchange of prisoners between the parties to the Donbas conflict will have taken place by Christmas, Deutsche Welle reported. ”That would be more than a glimpse,” Steinmeier said in an...

      Russia`s hybrid military force attacks Ukraine 26 times in past day
      Dec04

      Russia`s hybrid military force attacks Ukraine 26 times in past day

      The number of attacks by the combined Russian-separatist occupation forces on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, decreased to 26 on December 3, 2016, from 44 in the previous day, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. View map in full size Despite the de-escalation, Russia`s hybrid military...

      Ukraine, U.S. Navy approve plan of Sea Breeze-2017 drills
      Dec04

      Ukraine, U.S. Navy approve plan of Sea Breeze-2017 drills

      A conference was held in Odesa aimed at planning the Ukrainian-American military exercises Sea Breeze 2017, the theme of which is a multinational security operation in a crisis region, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported. Besides Ukrainian and U.S. military, the event was also attended by representatives from Georgia,...

      Putin says Trump clever, will understand new responsibilities – media
      Dec04

      Putin says Trump clever, will understand new responsibilities – media

      U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is a clever man and will quickly understand his new responsibilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with NTV TV, according to Reuters. Putin has spoken previously of his hope that Trump will help restore U.S.-Russia relations, and analysts said he was unlikely to want to dial up...

      Five policemen killed in shooting reportedly by mistake between police and state guard service
      Dec04

      Five policemen killed in shooting reportedly by mistake between police and state guard service

      Five members from different state law enforcement agencies were shot dead in a shooting incident reportedly by mistake in the village of Kniazhychi in Brovary district, Kyiv region, in the early hours of December 4. ”A criminal investigation team from Kyiv was working on an operation to detain a dangerous gang of robbers who have regularly looted...

      Reuters Exclusive: Syrian rebels tell U.S. they won`t leave Aleppo
      Dec04

      Reuters Exclusive: Syrian rebels tell U.S. they won`t leave Aleppo

      Syrian rebel groups have told the United States they will not leave Aleppo after Moscow called for talks with Washington over a full withdrawal of rebel fighters from the city`s besieged eastern districts, a rebel official said on Sunday, according to Reuters. Speaking to Reuters from Turkey, senior rebel official Zakaria Malahifji said the...