Section: News & Summaries

      Trump son-in-law met executives of sanctioned Russian bank, will testify
      Mar28

      Trump son-in-law met executives of sanctioned Russian bank, will testify

      A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia`s incursion into Ukraine disclosed on Monday that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump`s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, in December, Reuters reports. A U.S. Senate committee investigating suspected Russian interference in the election wants to interview...

      Escalation in Donbas: 169 Russian shellings, 3 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in past 48 hours
      Mar27

      Escalation in Donbas: 169 Russian shellings, 3 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in past 48 hours

      The situation in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation has become more intense as Russian-terrorist forces have attacked 88 times the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the past day, according to the ATO Headquarters. The shelling was most intensive on the Mariupol line, the ATO HA wrote on Facebook. View map in full size The...

      OSCE`s drone in Donbas comes under small-arms fire on Sunday
      Mar27

      OSCE`s drone in Donbas comes under small-arms fire on Sunday

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that its drone came under small-arms fire after an SMM patrol of four mission members in two armored vehicles stopped 500 meters north-east of government-controlled Orikhove-Donetske (44km north-west of Luhansk) to launch it on Sunday, March 26. ”At about 13:10, a couple minutes...

      US Lawmakers Remain Firm on Russia Sanctions
      Mar27

      US Lawmakers Remain Firm on Russia Sanctions

      US sanctions on Russia, imposed in response to the annexation of Crimea in 2014, must not only be maintained, “they should be tightened,” according to Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH). As recently as March 20, Russia has performed military drills practicing “offensive and defensive operations,” in Crimea, Chabot said, adding: “The fact that Russia has...

      GUAM member states one step closer to free trade
      Mar27

      GUAM member states one step closer to free trade

      During a summit in Kyiv, Representatives of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) signed a protocol to the free trade agreement on the creation of a joint coordination body within the treaty`s framework. A protocol on the recognition of certain types of customs procedures in respect of goods and vehicles moving across state borders of GUAM...

      Russia implementing ”Transnistrian scenario” in Donbas – Ukraine`s presidential staff
      Mar27

      Russia implementing ”Transnistrian scenario” in Donbas – Ukraine`s presidential staff

      Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostyantyn Yeliseiev believes Russia is now implementing the so-called ”Transnistrian scenario” in the occupied Donbas, at the same time not being interested in ending the hostilities, Segodnia reports. ”Moscow is actually implementing the so-called Transnistrian scenario. But unlike...

      British Home Secretary says WhatsApp must be accessible to intelligence services
      Mar27

      British Home Secretary says WhatsApp must be accessible to intelligence services

      Technology companies should no longer be able to provide encrypted messaging services that cannot be accessed in emergencies by the security services, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd said on Sunday, according to The Guardian. Speaking after it emerged that the police were investigating reports that Khalid Masood had used the encrypted WhatsApp...

      Ukraine`s CEC sees no conditions for holding elections in occupied Donbas
      Mar27

      Ukraine`s CEC sees no conditions for holding elections in occupied Donbas

      The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (CEC) believes there are no conditions for holding elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas, chairman Mykhailo Okhendovskiy told journalists at an international conference on the latest information technologies in the election process on March 27, according to an UNIAN correspondent....

      Former Russian MP suggests mastermind behind Voronenkov assassination
      Mar27

      Former Russian MP suggests mastermind behind Voronenkov assassination

      Ilya Ponomarev, ex-deputy of the Russian State Duma exiled in Ukraine, believes the official who ordered another ex-MP Denis Voronenkov`s murder is General Oleg Feoktistov of Russia`s FSB, according to Apostrophe, a Ukrainian news outlet. It was Feoktistov who initially leaked information which became the base for an investigation by Russian...

      Italian company ready to invest $2 bln in Ukraine`s new gas transportation system operator
      Mar27

      Italian company ready to invest $2 bln in Ukraine`s new gas transportation system operator

      National oil and gas holding company NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine plans to complete negotiations with a potential investor for establishing PJSC Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine in the next three months, according to the online newspaper ZN.UA. See also: Large gas field discovered in Ukraine on Black Sea shelf Participants in the negotiation process...