Section: War & conflict

      Ukraine ranks 1st in GICHD and SIPRI report of anti-vehicle mine incidents in 2016
      May04

      Ukraine ranks 1st in GICHD and SIPRI report of anti-vehicle mine incidents in 2016

      The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and SIPRI have released a new global report of anti-vehicle mine incidents in 2016, where Ukraine alone accounted for 24% of global casualties, followed by Mali, Pakistan and Syria, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report finds recorded...

      Ukraine MFA comments on Council of Europe`s decision on Crimea
      May04

      Ukraine MFA comments on Council of Europe`s decision on Crimea

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has noted that the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the situation in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) is a serious contribution of the Council of Europe to ensuring democratic security in Europe, according to a statement published on the ministry`s website....

      Moldova Court declares illegal stay of Russian troops in Transnistria; president Dodon critical of ruling
      May04

      Moldova Court declares illegal stay of Russian troops in Transnistria; president Dodon critical of ruling

      The Constitutional Court of Moldova on Tuesday, May 2, declared unconstitutional the presence of Russian military forces on the territory of the republic`s Transnistrian region, while Moldova President says such a decision will provoke various political speculations. The court stressed the country`s permanent neutrality status, while the...

      Ukraine reports 63 Russian attacks in Donbas, 1 soldier killed, 7 wounded in last day
      May03

      Ukraine reports 63 Russian attacks in Donbas, 1 soldier killed, 7 wounded in last day

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 63 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and seven as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Ecological disaster in Ukraine caused by Moscow`s invasion spreads into Russia – experts
      May03

      Ecological disaster in Ukraine caused by Moscow`s invasion spreads into Russia – experts

      Just as was the case with the Chornobyl accident 25 years ago last month, the environmental damage caused by Russia`s invasion of Ukraine is spreading far beyond the borders of that country into the Russian Federation, according to Russian and Ukrainian engineers, mining specialists and ecologists, Euromaidan Press reports. In an article in...

      Ukraine honors patriots who were killed by pro-Russian separatists in Odesa on May 2, 2014
      May03

      Ukraine honors patriots who were killed by pro-Russian separatists in Odesa on May 2, 2014

      About 100 people gathered at the intersection of Deribasivska and Preobrazhenskaya Streets in Odesa, where pro-Russian separatists shot Andriy Biriukov and Ihor Ivanov, who became the first victims of mass riots on May 2, 2014. The activists created a kind of memorial of flowers. They tied a lot of yellow and blue ribbons on the metal chain...

      Merkel on Donbas: first, truce needed, then political part of Minsk II accords can be implemented
      May03

      Merkel on Donbas: first, truce needed, then political part of Minsk II accords can be implemented

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that first, a truce must be established in Donbas, and then the implementation of the political part of the Minsk Agreements can be started, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reported following a press conference of Merkel and Putin in Sochi. Once again, we have to remind of a zero point of the Minsk accords;...

      Two civilians blown on trip-wire set up by occupiers in Luhansk region
      May02

      Two civilians blown on trip-wire set up by occupiers in Luhansk region

      One civilian killed and another wounded in an explosion due to triggering a trip-wire actuating device planted by the Russian-backed militants, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine`s Defense Ministry posted on Facebook. ”May 1, local residents were blown up by a trip-wire actuating device in the vicinity of the settlement of Mykhailivka,...

      Ukraine reports 54 Russian shellings in Donbas in last day: 1 soldiers killed, 7 wounded
      May01

      Ukraine reports 54 Russian shellings in Donbas in last day: 1 soldiers killed, 7 wounded

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 54 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and seven as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Сoal from Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group can be of Donbas origin
      May01

      Сoal from Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group can be of Donbas origin

      Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group has won the tender set up by power generating company PJSC Centrenergo for the purchase of 700,000 coal of anthracite grade for Zmiivska and Tripilska TPPs. ”Despite the fact that the tender was held via ProZorro [e-procurement system], it was not transparent,” editor in chief of the BusinessCensor outlet...