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      Ukraine successfully tested new tactical missile. Video
      Nov22

      Ukraine successfully tested new tactical missile. Video

      The missile tested in a secret location earlier November 16 could be Ukraine`s classified project of a brand new tactical missile Olkha, according to an expert in the field of military industry Maksym Hlushchenko, who spoke to Obozrevatel. ”This is a classified project and there is no detailed information about it. But it is known that the...

      Ukraine anti-trust agency`s $6.6 bln dispute with Gazprom to be heard on Dec 5
      Nov22

      Ukraine anti-trust agency`s $6.6 bln dispute with Gazprom to be heard on Dec 5

      The consideration of a claim lodged by Ukraine`s Anti-monopoly Committee (AMC) with Kyiv`s Economic Court for recovering UAH 172 billion, or $6.6 billion, from Russia`s gas giant Gazprom, has been rescheduled from November 21 to December 5, according to the AMC`s press service. ”We know that court hearings have been slated for December 5,” the...

      Donald Trump outlines policy plans for first 100 days in office
      Nov22

      Donald Trump outlines policy plans for first 100 days in office

      Donald Trump released a video on Monday to detail his policy plans for his first 100 days in office, including withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Time reported. In the short message released online, Trump rehashed some of his campaign promises. Among the plans he addressed, Trump promised to ”restore our laws and bring...

      Outbreak of violence: Sun parlor targeted in mistake for Medvedchuk`s office
      Nov22

      Outbreak of violence: Sun parlor targeted in mistake for Medvedchuk`s office

      People who walked from Khreschatyk Street to Leo Tolstoy Square amid an outbreak of violence in Kyiv on Monday, November 21, targeted a beauty and sun tanning parlor in mistake for an office that is thought to be owned by Ukrainian politician, chairman of the pro-Russian political organization Ukrainian Choice Viktor Medvedchuk, according to an...

      Moscow court orders Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov to pay RUB 180 mln to Russia`s Def. Ministry
      Nov22

      Moscow court orders Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov to pay RUB 180 mln to Russia`s Def. Ministry

      Moscow`s Arbitration Court has ruled in favor of the Russian Defense Ministry in a suit demanding that the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov pay a RUB 180.26 million penalty to the ministry. The plaintiff initially demanded to recover from the State Enterprise Antonov RUB 357.48 million, as reported on the website of the court. Also, the...

      NATO urges Ukraine to step up control over use of public funds in defense sector
      Nov22

      NATO urges Ukraine to step up control over use of public funds in defense sector

      The Director of the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov states the importance of enhanced accountability and transparency in the issue of use of budgetary funds in the defense sector in Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent. Speaking at a press conference dedicated to the beginning of the second anti-corruption work week with...

      Ukraine`s “friend” Paolo Alli elected president of NATO Parliamentary Assembly
      Nov22

      Ukraine`s “friend” Paolo Alli elected president of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

      Italian lawmaker Paolo Alli was elected Monday as new President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly for at least one year at the organization`s Annual Session in Turkey, taking over at the helm from US Congressman Michael R. Turner, according to the NATO PA website. ”I am proud and humbled at being entrusted with such a great responsibility and...

      Ukraine`s SBU detains two army defectors who served in the Russian army after Crimea occupation. Video
      Nov22

      Ukraine`s SBU detains two army defectors who served in the Russian army after Crimea occupation. Video

      The Ukrainian SBU Security Service says that the two men who have recently been detained at the administrative border between mainland Ukraine and Russia-occupied Crimea are defectors who chose to serve in the Russian army after the occupation. ”The two deserters have not been abducted – they have been arrested while crossing the Chonhar...

      Putin explains why Russia reacts to NATO expansion with concern
      Nov22

      Putin explains why Russia reacts to NATO expansion with concern

      Russian President Vladimir Putin says the practice of decision-making at NATO raises Moscow`s concern and forces the Russians to take countermeasures. ”Why do we respond to the expansion of NATO so acutely? We are concerned about the practice of [their] decision-making. I know the way they take decisions. When a country becomes a NATO member...

      Normandy Four foreign ministers to meet late in November
      Nov21

      Normandy Four foreign ministers to meet late in November

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed over the phone that the Normandy Four foreign ministers will meet late in November. The two leaders also discussed the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas, the Ukrainian president`s press service said on Monday. They noted escalation in Donbas...