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      Ukraine reports 1 KIA, 2 wounded in past 24 hours
      Jul30

      Ukraine reports 1 KIA, 2 wounded in past 24 hours

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed and two were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Presidential Administration.”There was one killed in action (KIA) and two wounded in action (WIA). We express our condolences to the family of the dead soldier,” Andriy Lysenko, administration...

      Lutsenko names grounds for Yefremov`s detention, including participation in creating LPR
      Jul30

      Lutsenko names grounds for Yefremov`s detention, including participation in creating LPR

      Former Regions Party faction head Oleksandr Yefremov is suspected of taking deliberate actions to change the boundaries of the territory of Ukraine, assist in the creation of the Luhansk People`s Republic (LPR) terrorist organization and misappropriation of the Lyhanskvuhillia coal mining state enterprise through the abuse of his official...

      U.S. worries Russian humanitarian operation in Syria may be `ruse` – Reuters
      Jul30

      U.S. worries Russian humanitarian operation in Syria may be `ruse` – Reuters

      The United States is trying to determine whether a Russian plan for a humanitarian operation in Syria is sincere, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday, adding that if it proves a ”ruse” it could ruin cooperation between Moscow and Washington, according to Reuters.The 250,000 civilians trapped for weeks inside the besieged rebel-held...

      OSCE: DPR members threaten monitors at gunpoint near Lukove
      Jul30

      OSCE: DPR members threaten monitors at gunpoint near Lukove

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has reported that its observers were planning to follow tracks made by infantry fighting vehicles driven by DPR militants near the city of Donetsk, but were stopped and threatened.”The SMM saw fresh tracks, caused by an infantry fighting vehicle leading south from ”DPR”-controlled Lukove, 72km south of Donetsk....

      SBU detains three militants hiding in Ukrainian-held territory
      Jul30

      SBU detains three militants hiding in Ukrainian-held territory

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine, acting with the police, has detained three militants of the DPR and LPR terrorist organizations in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, Andriy Lysenko, administration spokesman for ATO issues, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, according to a UNIAN correspondent.Lysenko reported that the first of the...

      Erdogan tells West `mind your own business`
      Jul30

      Erdogan tells West `mind your own business`

      Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday told the European Union and United States to ”mind your own business” after the West expressed alarm over the growing crackdown against suspected accomplices in the failed coup, according to Al Arabiya.”Some people give us advice. They say they are worried. Mind your own business. Look at your own...

      NYT: Computer systems used by Clinton campaign are said to be hacked, apparently by Russians
      Jul30

      NYT: Computer systems used by Clinton campaign are said to be hacked, apparently by Russians

      Computer systems used by Hillary Clinton`s presidential campaign were hacked in an attack that appears to have come from Russia`s intelligence services, a federal law enforcement official said on Friday, according to The New York Times.The apparent breach, coming after the disclosure last month that the Democratic National Committee`s computer...

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 52 times in last 24 hours, use banned artillery, mortars
      Jul30

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 52 times in last 24 hours, use banned artillery, mortars

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 52 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. The Donetsk sector was attacked 23 times, the Luhansk sector 16 times and the Mariupol sector 13 times, the ATO HQ wrote on Facebook on Saturday....

      Ex-Regions Party faction head Yefremov detained – PGO
      Jul30

      Ex-Regions Party faction head Yefremov detained – PGO

      Former Regions Party faction head Oleksandr Yefremov has been detained, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko wrote on Facebook.”Former Regions Party faction head Oleksandr Yefremov has been detained on suspicion of infringement of the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine,” Lutsenko said.Larysa Sargan, Lutsenko`s press...

      NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 24.80 to dollar
      Jul30

      NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 24.80 to dollar

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Friday evening lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate by one kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 24.80 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for August 1:$100 costs UAH 2,480.6544 (on July 29, it was UAH...