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      MH17 crash in Donbas: Bellingcat explains why Russia provides radar data so late
      Sep26

      MH17 crash in Donbas: Bellingcat explains why Russia provides radar data so late

      According to the results of an independent investigation by an international team of open source data experts Bellingcat, Boeing flight MH17 was shot down by a Buk anti-aircraft missile. The Buk was transferred from Russia to the militant-controlled territory of Donbas and operated by the crew from Russia`s 53rd Air Defense Missile Brigade. The...

      Two police officers shot dead in Dnipro, Ukraine police storm flat with suspect
      Sep26

      Two police officers shot dead in Dnipro, Ukraine police storm flat with suspect

      Police in Dnipro have stormed a flat with an alleged killer after two patrol police officers were shot dead in that city on the morning of Sunday, September 25, according to Hromadske Radio. The killer reportedly got barricaded in a flat in a residential building at the junction between Chicherin and Sverdlov Streets, which was stormed by an Alfa...

      Lies is Putin`s trump card – Ukrainian President
      Sep26

      Lies is Putin`s trump card – Ukrainian President

      Russian troops in Syria act the same way they do in Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told CNN. The Head of State said that the shelling of a humanitarian convoy in Syria, the involvement in which Russia has been thoroughly denying, seemed like a ”deja vu”, reminded him of the shelling by Russian missiles of the residential areas in...

      UN Security Council: U.S. slams Russian “barbarism” in Syria
      Sep26

      UN Security Council: U.S. slams Russian “barbarism” in Syria

      The United States on Sunday called Russia`s action in Syria ”barbarism,” not counter-terrorism, while Moscow`s U.N. envoy said ending the war ”is almost an impossible task now” as Syrian government forces, backed by Moscow, bombed the city of Aleppo, according to Reuters. The United Nations Security Council met on Sunday at the request of the...

      IAEA: The UN’s Nuclear Watchdog In Need of Care
      Sep26

      IAEA: The UN’s Nuclear Watchdog In Need of Care

      The 168 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency meet this week in Vienna for their 60th General Conference. Since the end of the Cold War, the agency has continually been tasked with more complex and sensitive roles, something it has managed with distinction. However, it is struggling for resources and is increasingly under...

      Peace in Syria “is almost an impossible task now” – Russian U.N. ambassador
      Sep26

      Peace in Syria “is almost an impossible task now” – Russian U.N. ambassador

      Russia`s U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, told the Security Council on Sunday that peace in Syria was ”almost an impossible task now,” according to Reuters. Russia and the United States, who back opposing sides in the Syrian civil war, have been trying to salvage a ceasefire deal that effectively collapsed after an aid convoy was hit last week,...

      Ukraine reports 29 attacks on its troops in Donbas in last day
      Sep25

      Ukraine reports 29 attacks on its troops in Donbas in last day

      Russian troops in Donbas opened fire on Ukrainian troops 29 times in the past day, according to the press center of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. In particular, 12 attacks were reported in the Donetsk sector alone. ”The occupiers used an 82mm mortar to shell the village of Pisky and the town of Avdiyivka, and a 120mm...

      Quake in Romania doesn`t affect Ukrainian nuclear power plants
      Sep25

      Quake in Romania doesn`t affect Ukrainian nuclear power plants

      The earthquake that hit eastern Romania in the early hours of Saturday, September 24, and reached Ukraine has had no impact on the operation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, according to the Ukrainian State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate. ”The earthquake hasn`t affected the work of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs). There are no...

      One Ukrainian soldier wounded in Donbas in past day
      Sep25

      One Ukrainian soldier wounded in Donbas in past day

      One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in militant shelling in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in the past day, according to a defense ministry spokesman. ”No Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting in the last day. Yet, one was wounded in an attack on the town of Avdiyivka,” spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry for ATO issues...

      U.S. intelligence investigates Russian ties of Trump advisor
      Sep25

      U.S. intelligence investigates Russian ties of Trump advisor

      U.S. intelligence officials are investigating whether Carter Page, a businessman described by Donald Trump as a foreign policy advisor, has been making backroom promises to Moscow to lift some sanctions against top Kremlin officials if Trump is elected, according to the Foreign Policy magazine. ”Intelligence officials believe Page has had...