Section: News & Summaries

      Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army in Donbas from heavy weapons in the past 24 hours
      Jan20

      Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army in Donbas from heavy weapons in the past 24 hours

      Russian militants violated the ceasefire along the entire front line in the main flashpoints – at the Svitlodarsk bulge, in Zaitseve, Avdiivka and the Donetsk airport. Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses during the last day, 2 troops were injured, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in...

      Hitler’s Germany vs Putin’s Russia: the comparison of two Nazi countries. VIDEO
      Jan19

      Hitler’s Germany vs Putin’s Russia: the comparison of two Nazi countries. VIDEO

      The video draws parallels between the social life in Germany of 1930’s and Russia in 2010’s and shows the striking similarity between the Hitler’s Nazi Germany right before the Second World War and the present-day Putin’s Russia. See also: Hitler and Putin. The Rise of Evil. Infographic It compares the social life in Germany of 1930’s and Russia...

      Ukraine Confident US Support Will Not Waver
      Jan19

      Ukraine Confident US Support Will Not Waver

      ‘Channeling Brussels’ with Yehor Bozhok, Ukraine’s acting head of mission at NATO While the United States’ allies in Europe have been shaken by US President-elect Donald Trump’s description of NATO as “obsolete” and his suggestion that he may consider relaxing US sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine,...

      Russia will try to influence the European elections – the U.S. Vice President
      Jan19

      Russia will try to influence the European elections – the U.S. Vice President

      The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, predicted the Russian Federation to become the greatest threat to the international liberal order. He also added that Moscow would try to influence the course of elections in Europe, as it did in the United States during the 2016 presidential election. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in...

      Australia-NATO Cooperation and Trump
      Jan19

      Australia-NATO Cooperation and Trump

      The closing months of 2016 provided ample fodder for sceptics of the future of NATO, as well as critics of the Australian relationship with the Atlantic alliance. The questions about NATO come at a time of unstable global security, amid ongoing tensions with Russia and the uncertainty of the Trump presidency. What does this mean for Australian...

      Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army 61 times in all sectors in Donbas in past 24 hours
      Jan19

      Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army 61 times in all sectors in Donbas in past 24 hours

      Almost all Russian militants’ attacks took place in Stanytsia Luhanska and Popasna districts. Troitske remained the main flashpoint in the Luhansk sector, as 5 brief mortar attacks and a number of smaller militant provocations took place there. Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no casualties in combat in the last 24 hours. View map in full size In...

      Security Service banned Mayor of Polish Przemysl from entering Ukraine
      Jan18

      Security Service banned Mayor of Polish Przemysl from entering Ukraine

      The Press Secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Olena Hitlianska reports that Mayor of Poland’s Przemysl Robert Choma is persona non grata in Ukraine for the next 5 years. “He was declared persona non grata in 2016 for five years for activity undermining Ukraine’s national safety and in the interests of ensuring...

      Ukrainian President and a lot of parliament members to ignore the Davos Ukrainian Lunch organized by pro-Russian oligarch Pinchuk
      Jan18

      Ukrainian President and a lot of parliament members to ignore the Davos Ukrainian Lunch organized by pro-Russian oligarch Pinchuk

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and a number of other officials who take part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, will not join the Ukrainian Lunch organized by pro-Russian billionaire, media mogul and founder of Yalta European Strategy Victor Pinchuk after the publication of Pinchuk’s commentary on December 29,...

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine positions in Donbas more than 100 times in past 48 hours
      Jan17

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine positions in Donbas more than 100 times in past 48 hours

      Russian militants were mortaring Ukrainian positions in Avdiivka for two hours from two different directions. 37 mines were launched. Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 41 times in the past 24 hours with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation...

      IMF demands Ukraine to implement a pension reform, reduce the number of state employees, abolish the simplified tax system and open a land market
      Jan17

      IMF demands Ukraine to implement a pension reform, reduce the number of state employees, abolish the simplified tax system and open a land market

      The recent version of the Memorandum of Cooperation between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) states that Ukraine should implement a pension reform, reduce the number of state employees, abolish the simplified tax system and open a land market, in total for 12 structural points. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine should make a...