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      Ukraine reports one killed and four wounded in past 24 hours
      Aug11

      Ukraine reports one killed and four wounded in past 24 hours

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to Oleksandr Motuzianyk, presidential spokesman for ATO issues. ”There was one killed in action (KIA) and four wounded in action (WIA),” he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, a UNIAN correspondent reported. As UNIAN noted...

      Two Ukrainian boys injured by militant missile in Maryinka
      Aug11

      Two Ukrainian boys injured by militant missile in Maryinka

      Two boys, aged 13 and 8, were injured when their house, located in the town of Maryinka, which is mostly controlled by Ukraine, was hit by a militant missile on August 10, according to local authorities. ”As of 08:00 on the morning of August 11, 2016, it became known that Danylo Vystorop (2003) and Oleksandr Alioshyn (2008) were wounded when...

      Over 1,000 Ukrainian cars in queues on border with Poland
      Aug11

      Over 1,000 Ukrainian cars in queues on border with Poland

      More than 1,000 vehicles from Ukraine are standing in queues on the border with Poland, the Western Regional Office of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has reported. 300 vehicles at the Yahodyn customs checkpoint, 200 cars at the Shehyni and Uhryniv checkpoints, 150 cars at the Rava-Ruska checkpoint and 130 cars at the Ustyluh...

      Militants attack two checkpoints in Donbas: Border guards
      Aug11

      Militants attack two checkpoints in Donbas: Border guards

      Illegal armed groups opened fire on the Stanytsia Luhanska and Maryinka entry/exit checkpoints after 21:00 on August 11, the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported. For almost an hour, the militants fired small arms and grenade launchers on the Maryinka checkpoint from the village of Oleksandrivka. The occupiers also...

      Gymnast Verniaiev wins second silver medal for Ukraine in Rio
      Aug11

      Gymnast Verniaiev wins second silver medal for Ukraine in Rio

      Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev (22 years old) has won the second silver medal for Ukraine at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Verniaiev was competing in the artistic gymnastics men`s individual all-around on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the gymnast took the first place in the qualification round on August 6 and was close to confirming his spot in...

      Pyatt: U.S. sees nothing corroborating Russia`s ”Crimea incursion” allegations
      Aug11

      Pyatt: U.S. sees nothing corroborating Russia`s ”Crimea incursion” allegations

      U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt says that the U.S. government has seen nothing so far that corroborates Russian allegations of a ”Crimea incursion” by Ukrainian forces. ”[The] U.S. government has seen nothing so far that corroborates Russian allegations of a `Crimea incursion` and Ukraine has strongly refuted them,” he tweeted on...

      Gerashchenko: Russia accusing Ukraine of all mortal sins to end sanctions
      Aug11

      Gerashchenko: Russia accusing Ukraine of all mortal sins to end sanctions

      Russia is trying to get rid of international sanctions by claiming alleged Ukrainian provocations in the occupied territory of Crimea, Iryna Gerashchenko, first deputy chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada and Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral contact group on Donbas settlement, posted on Facebook. ”The aim of...

      Russian provocations in Crimea resemble beginning of war with Georgia: Kuleba
      Aug11

      Russian provocations in Crimea resemble beginning of war with Georgia: Kuleba

      Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe Dmytro Kuleba has compared provocations in occupied Crimea with Russian actions at the beginning of the war with Georgia. ”FSB`s key message is not the presence of sabotage and reconnaissance groups, but the shelling taking place from the territory of Ukraine and the death of a Russian...

      Let’s Get a Syria Policy
      Aug11

      Let’s Get a Syria Policy

      With the humanitarian crisis intensifying in Aleppo and continuing instability across Syria, it is time to fill the Western policy vacuum and stop leading from behind. By living up to and implementing the values of freedom, rule of law and justice in Syria, the West may still be able to quash the forces driving Islamist terrorism. As the noose...

      Hryvnia official exchange rate still UAH 24.81 to dollar
      Aug11

      Hryvnia official exchange rate still UAH 24.81 to dollar

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday evening set the official hryvnia exchange rate at UAH 24.81 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for August 11: $100 costs UAH 2,481.6590 (on August 10, it was UAH 2,481.8263); EUR 100 costs UAH 2,775.4874 (on August...