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      DNA profiling helps identify 450 KIA in Donbas
      Nov19

      DNA profiling helps identify 450 KIA in Donbas

      Advisor to the president of Ukraine for humanitarian issues, Chairman of Parliament`s Health Committee Inna Bohomolets during a round table in UNIAN, initiated by Slovo I Dilo NGO said that 450 Ukrainian soldiers killed in combat with combined Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine were identified due to DNA tests. ”Over this period, I`ve...

      Trump names pro-Ukraine CIA Director
      Nov19

      Trump names pro-Ukraine CIA Director

      U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has moved to fill some of the top positions in his government by selecting a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, a national security adviser, and an attorney general, RFE/RL reports. Trump said in a statement he had chosen Representative Mike Pompeo (Republican-Kansas) to be CIA director, retired General...

      Ukraine in 2016 gets most U.S. assistance ever – Envoy
      Nov19

      Ukraine in 2016 gets most U.S. assistance ever – Envoy

      Ukraine has managed to get from the United States the largest bulk of assistance throughout the entire period of the U.S.-Ukraine relations, according to Ukraine`s Ambassador to Ukraine Valeriy Chaly. ”In 2016 we achieved the largest assistance to Ukraine over the whole period of our relations, worth $658 million, including $355 million in...

      Moldova`s CEC recognizes pro-Russian candidate Dodon president-elect
      Nov19

      Moldova`s CEC recognizes pro-Russian candidate Dodon president-elect

      The Moldovan Central Election Commission has recognized the victory in the presidential election, after its second round, of a pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon, CEC Chairwoman Alina Russu announced at the commission`s latest meeting, Publika reports. This makes Dodon the third Moldovan president to be elected directly by the people, according to...

      Ukrainian who faked name and age at US school jailed – BBC
      Nov19

      Ukrainian who faked name and age at US school jailed – BBC

      A Ukrainian man who posed as a high school student in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania for four years has received a two-month sentence for passport and social security fraud, BBC News reports. Artur Samarin enrolled at Harrisburg High School under the name ”Asher Potts” after his visa expired in 2012, according to BBC News. He faces deportation...

      Standing side-by-side: British Ambassador vows support for Ukraine regardless of Brexit
      Nov19

      Standing side-by-side: British Ambassador vows support for Ukraine regardless of Brexit

      Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Ukraine Judith Gough has pledged her country`s continued support for Ukraine regardless of the outcome of the referendum on the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union, the Verkhovna Rada press service reported following the Ambassador`s meeting with Rada...

      Russia`s FSB fails to kidnap its renegade officer who fought for Ukraine
      Nov18

      Russia`s FSB fails to kidnap its renegade officer who fought for Ukraine

      Ilya Bogdanov, a former Russian citizen and ex-FSB officer who defected to Ukraine and fought against pro-Russian forces in Donbas, has been freed by the Ukrainian security service after the FSB attempted to kidnap him and traffic across the Ukrainian-Russian border, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Our special operation was to prevent plans...

      Trump Must Avoid the Russia Reset Trap
      Nov18

      Trump Must Avoid the Russia Reset Trap

      As a candidate, Donald Trump said that if elected president he would examine the possibility of recognizing Russia’s claim to Crimea and lifting sanctions imposed by the United States in response to Kremlin-orchestrated aggression in Ukraine. On November 8, Trump was elected the forty-fifth president of the United States. The question now...

      IMF gives Ukraine some more time to ensure fiscal sustainability
      Nov18

      IMF gives Ukraine some more time to ensure fiscal sustainability

      An International Monetary Fund mission has praised the Ukrainian authorities` progress but says Ukraine still needs more time to ensure medium-term fiscal sustainability. ”The mission held constructive discussions with the authorities on policies needed to complete the third review under the EFF arrangement. While good progress has been made, the...

      Ukraine reports 40 attacks in Donbas in last day. Russian troops used artillery and multiple rocket launcher Grad
      Nov18

      Ukraine reports 40 attacks in Donbas in last day. Russian troops used artillery and multiple rocket launcher Grad

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 40 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers fired banned 152mm and 122mm artillery systems, as well as tank shells on the Ukrainian positions in the...