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      International monitor quietly drops drone surveillance of Ukraine war
      Oct31

      International monitor quietly drops drone surveillance of Ukraine war

      The European security organization tasked with monitoring deadly violence between government forces and Russian-separatists forces in eastern Ukraine has lost its most effective surveillance tool in the conflict: long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, according to the Foreign Policy (FP) website. ”The long-range drone program was crucial...

      Russia sends submarines to Syria
      Oct30

      Russia sends submarines to Syria

      Three attack submarines armed with state-of-the-art cruise missiles have joined a Russian naval taskforce heading towards Syria, raising fears that President Putin is set to order a final devastating attack on Aleppo, according to The Sunday Times. The Royal Navy has been tracking two nuclear-powered Akula-class boats and a diesel-powered...

      E-declaration in Ukraine: Head of State Tax Service declared $1,16M & EUR 450,000 in cash, Finance Minister – $155,000 in cash
      Oct30

      E-declaration in Ukraine: Head of State Tax Service declared $1,16M & EUR 450,000 in cash, Finance Minister – $155,000 in cash

      Ukraine`s Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has filled the e-declaration of assets, which is now available on the website of the Unified State Registry of e-declarations. According to the document filled, Danyliuk owns a land plot of 984 square meters and a 290 square meter house in the village of Vyshenky near Kyiv. However, the property is...

      Ukraine`s Defense Ministry: Four wounded in action in Donbas in past day
      Oct30

      Ukraine`s Defense Ministry: Four wounded in action in Donbas in past day

      Ukraine`s Defense Ministry has reported that four Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action in Donbas in the past day. ”No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but four members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were wounded in hostilities in the past day,” Defense Ministry speaker for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a...

      Ukraine reports 53 Russian attacks on its troops in Donbas in past day
      Oct30

      Ukraine reports 53 Russian attacks on its troops in Donbas in past day

      The Russian occupation forces attacked Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, 53 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters. View map in full size Twenty eight attacks were reported in the Mariupol sector alone. Ukrainian troops stationed in the villages of Shyrokyne,...

      Ukrainian man renames himself to iPhone 7 to win brand new phone
      Oct30

      Ukrainian man renames himself to iPhone 7 to win brand new phone

      A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that, according to Associated Press. The 20-year old iPhone Sim (Seven) got the coveted prize Friday. He said he might change it back to his original name, Olexander Turin, when he has children,...

      Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament and head of EU Parliament Committee called on European Parliament to support visa liberalization for Ukraine
      Oct30

      Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament and head of EU Parliament Committee called on European Parliament to support visa liberalization for Ukraine

      Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Paruby and the head Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Elmar Brok called on the European Parliament to vote in favor of a visa-free regime for Ukraine to the Euromaidan anniversary, November 21, 2016. The announcement came during a meeting at the Jean Monnet Dialogue conference on...

      Ukrainian Bureau of Interpol took bribes for not putting individuals on wanted list – Military prosecutor
      Oct30

      Ukrainian Bureau of Interpol took bribes for not putting individuals on wanted list – Military prosecutor

      Certain officers from the Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) for Ukraine are accused of being bribed for failing to forward to the agency`s headquarters the applications to put certain individuals on international wanted list, that`s according to chief military prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios who spoke on Shuster Live panel show Friday...

      Dutch PM may submit bill to revoke support for EU-Ukraine Treaty Monday
      Oct30

      Dutch PM may submit bill to revoke support for EU-Ukraine Treaty Monday

      Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government may submit a bill revoking his country`s support for the treaty establishing closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine, according to Voice of America. Rutte has said rejection of the association agreement would be a mistake and would weaken European unity, but that if efforts...

      Russian reconnaissance planes spotted over Azov, Black Seas – Ukraine Intelligence
      Oct29

      Russian reconnaissance planes spotted over Azov, Black Seas – Ukraine Intelligence

      Russian aircraft, Su-24MR and Il-20, have carried out reconnaissance flights over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, according to Ukrainian intelligence services. ”In particular, reconnaissance planes Il-20 and Su-24MR of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which are capable of conducting a comprehensive surveillance operation at a depth of up to 400...