Section: News & Summaries

      Over 1,200 troops participating in NATO drills in Latvia`s Summer Shield
      Apr17

      Over 1,200 troops participating in NATO drills in Latvia`s Summer Shield

      Latvia`s Defense Ministry has announced the launch of the 14th Summer Shield large international military exercises in the country on Monday, April 17, according to the Russian news agency TASS. More than 1,200 soldiers from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the United States, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Sweden, and the...

      Ukraine could miss out on up to $3.65 bln of China energy loans
      Apr17

      Ukraine could miss out on up to $3.65 bln of China energy loans

      Ukraine could miss out on energy sector funding from China worth up to $3.65 billion because squabbles between ministries and the state-run energy firm Naftogaz have held up project proposals, according to interviews with officials, Reuters reports. Ukraine signed the loan agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB) in 2012 and it must submit...

      Pence warns North Korea of U.S. resolve shown in Syria, Afghan strikes
      Apr17

      Pence warns North Korea of U.S. resolve shown in Syria, Afghan strikes

      U.S. Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice on Monday saying neither the United States nor South Korea would tolerate further missile and nuclear tests, with U.S. attacks in Syria and Afghanistan showing its resolve, according to Reuters. Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn, speaking a day after a failed missile...

      Russian police detained about 40 activists of ”walk of opposition” in St. Petersburg
      Apr17

      Russian police detained about 40 activists of ”walk of opposition” in St. Petersburg

      Police officers have detained nearly 40 participants of the so-called ”walk of the opposition,” in central St. Petersburg, Russia, according to RFE/RL, referring to the OVD-Info human rights project. The activists did not chant anything or hold posters. However, when they approached the Palace Square, several dozens of police officers and prison...

      Time for tough talks with Russia – Trump aide
      Apr17

      Time for tough talks with Russia – Trump aide

      White House national security adviser H. R. McMaster says it is time for tough talks with Russia over its support for Assad`s regime and its ”subversive” actions in Europe, according to online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda referring to Reuters. Russia`s backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad`s government has perpetuated a civil war and created...

      Militants forced to change Ukrainian passports for non-recognized IDs of so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics before May
      Apr16

      Militants forced to change Ukrainian passports for non-recognized IDs of so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics before May

      The leaders of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics (”DPR” and ”LPR”) are forcing militants to change their Ukrainian passports for those ones of pseudo-republics before May, according to Information Resistance, a non-governmental project on information security. Upon instructions of Russian curators, ”DPR” and ”LPR” terrorist...

      Easter ”ceasefire” in Donbas: 29 Russian shellings in last day
      Apr16

      Easter ”ceasefire” in Donbas: 29 Russian shellings in last day

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 29 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol direction, the invaders fired 120mm and 82mm mortar, grenade launchers of various systems and heavy machine guns on the...

      National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine forwards to court case on theft of UAH 82 mln investment in Air Express
      Apr16

      National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine forwards to court case on theft of UAH 82 mln investment in Air Express

      Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have completed a pre-trial investigation into the theft of almost UAH 82 million, or US$3 million, related to the state-owned enterprise Directorate for Construction and Management of National Project Air Express and other infrastructure facilities in Kyiv region, according to...

      Russia equips Donbas troops with Soviet weapons – OSINT experts
      Apr16

      Russia equips Donbas troops with Soviet weapons – OSINT experts

      The Russian military of the 291st Artillery Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces have received the Soviet-era 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortars, the activists from the international OSINT community InformNapalm said. It is noted that the 291st Artillery Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces passed through the...

      Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods shrinks by 44.5%
      Apr15

      Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods shrinks by 44.5%

      The deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in commodities was estimated at US$423.2 million in January-February 2017, which was by 44.5% down from a $756.1 million deficit year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service`s website. Goods exports from Ukraine over the period under review grew by 32.7%, while goods imports...