Section: News & Summaries

      Ex-Yanukovych adviser to lead Trump campaign
      Jun21

      Ex-Yanukovych adviser to lead Trump campaign

      Paul Manafort, former adviser to the disgraced ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, will become a new campaign manager for a potential Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to Reuters. Three people close to the campaign said some of Trump`s staff viewed former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as opposing strategic...

      Enemy saboteurs attack Ukraine military near Avdiyivka
      Jun21

      Enemy saboteurs attack Ukraine military near Avdiyivka

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 41 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In the Donetsk sector, the Ukrainian military recorded 21 cases of militant shelling. In addition to small arms, the enemy...

      Stoltenberg accuses Kremlin of breaching NATO-Russia deal
      Jun21

      Stoltenberg accuses Kremlin of breaching NATO-Russia deal

      NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has accused Moscow in non-compliance with the NATO-Russia Founding Act but at the same time, he said the Alliance sought no confrontation with Russia, Deutsche Welle reported referring to Stoltenberg`s interview with S?ddeutsche Zeitung.What NATO does in the East, is a response to Russian behavior, said...

      Ukraine ”still on reform path”: Herbst
      Jun21

      Ukraine ”still on reform path”: Herbst

      It is too early to draw firm conclusions, but Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman`s and Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko`s early moves indicate that Ukraine is still on the reform path, reads an article at atlanticcouncil.org by John E. Herbst, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine titled ”Why the West Was Wrong about Ukraine`s New Government.””There...

      The Painful Journeys of Ukraine’s IDPs
      Jun21

      The Painful Journeys of Ukraine’s IDPs

      Two years ago this past April, the words “internal displacement” first appeared in the Ukrainian media. The term was brought by UN agencies that, along with local nongovernmental organizations, worked on a legal framework to regulate the phenomenon, which was completely new to Ukraine. Before then, journalists, volunteers, and even government...

      Germany’s Socialists, Russia’s Fascism, and Ukrainian Deaths
      Jun21

      Germany’s Socialists, Russia’s Fascism, and Ukrainian Deaths

      On June 15, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak informed NATO that Ukraine had suffered 623 battle deaths in its war with Russia in 2016.This astoundingly large figure—which amounts to three to four deaths per day—demonstrates conclusively that Russia and its proxies have no intention whatsoever of adhering to the Minsk...

      The West Was Wrong about Ukraine’s New Government
      Jun20

      The West Was Wrong about Ukraine’s New Government

      It is too early to draw firm conclusions, but Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman’s and Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko’s early moves indicate that Ukraine is still on the reform path.There was understandable pessimism when Groisman assumed office in April with a new government that did not include the previous cabinet’s...

      NATO`s Stoltenberg: EU sanctions on Russia should remain – Reuters
      Jun20

      NATO`s Stoltenberg: EU sanctions on Russia should remain – Reuters

      The European Union should keep in place the sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters on Monday, a day after the German foreign minister said they should gradually be phased out.”My assessment is that one should not remove the economic sanctions before Russia has changed its...

      Nemtsov`s murder not linked to Charlie Hebdo cartoons – investigators
      Jun20

      Nemtsov`s murder not linked to Charlie Hebdo cartoons – investigators

      Russia`s Investigative Committee has completed its criminal investigation into the case of five suspects of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov`s murder, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Monday, according to Russian news agency TASS.”The Russian Investigative Committee`s Department for High-Profile Investigations has...

      Canadian PM Trudeau to visit Ukraine
      Jun20

      Canadian PM Trudeau to visit Ukraine

      Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to visit Ukraine on July 9-11, the press-service of the President of Ukraine reports.”Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Ukraine on July 9-11,” the report says.