Section: News & Summaries

      We should place as much faith to Putin’s words as to any statements made by a former KGB agent – McCain
      Nov15

      We should place as much faith to Putin’s words as to any statements made by a former KGB agent – McCain

      U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on U.S.-Russia relations: “Vladimir Putin has rejoined Bashar Assad in his barbaric war against the Syrian people with the resumption of large-scale Russian air and missile strikes in Idlib and Homs. Another brutal assault on the city...

      Air strike hits third Syrian hospital in 24 hours
      Nov15

      Air strike hits third Syrian hospital in 24 hours

      An air strike hit a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian village of Awaijel, west of Aleppo killing at least one person in the early hours of Tuesday, a day after attacks on two other hospitals in the region, a war monitor said, Reuters reported. Jets hit Awaijel`s Baghdad hospital with rockets, injuring medical staff and patients, including some...

      NBU warns about weaker hryvnia due to political tension in Ukraine
      Nov15

      NBU warns about weaker hryvnia due to political tension in Ukraine

      Ukraine`s forex market continues to be under pressure of political instability in the country this week, despite a number of favorable fundamental external factors. ”As a result, the forex rate of the hryvnia has crossed a line of UAH 26 per U.S. dollar today. Therefore, further political destabilization threatens to wobble the hryvnia rate with...

      NATO Secretary General on Trump`s talk with Putin: Normal to speak with world leaders
      Nov15

      NATO Secretary General on Trump`s talk with Putin: Normal to speak with world leaders

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says it is a normal thing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to speak with world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, but NATO will never accept the violation of Ukraine`s sovereignty, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”I think this is normal thing that President-elect Donald Trump...

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 26.04 to dollar on interbank market
      Nov15

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 26.04 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Tuesday fell to UAH 25.99/26.04 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.0850/29.1170, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH 0.4020/0.4030....

      Russian forces start large-scale operation in Syria
      Nov15

      Russian forces start large-scale operation in Syria

      The Russian Armed Forces have launched a large-scale operation to deliver strikes against terrorists in the Syrian provinces of Idlib and Homs, including with the involvement of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to Russian news agency TASS. See also: Putin set to launch huge attack...

      International team to study exhumed Smolensk victims
      Nov15

      International team to study exhumed Smolensk victims

      A team of international experts will study the exhumed remains of victims of the 2010 Smolensk presidential plane crash, starting with those of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, according to Radio Poland. The bodies of the First Couple, who were among 96 people who died in the 2010 plane crash in western Russia, were the first to be...

      Rudy Giuliani seen as top pick for secretary of state – Wall Street Journal
      Nov15

      Rudy Giuliani seen as top pick for secretary of state – Wall Street Journal

      Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the leading candidate to be President-elect Donald Trump`s nominee for secretary of state, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would elevate a well-known national figure to become the U.S.`s chief diplomat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Trump`s aides have also considered former U.S....

      International Criminal Court in the Hague designates Crimea annexation by Russia as international armed conflict
      Nov15

      International Criminal Court in the Hague designates Crimea annexation by Russia as international armed conflict

      The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has concluded that the situation within the territory of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol amounts to an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. See also: Russian aggression against Ukraine, international law and global security: 25 key theses ”The information...

      Polish police investigate Ukrainian flag-burning
      Nov15

      Polish police investigate Ukrainian flag-burning

      Polish police are investigating the burning of a Ukrainian flag during a nationalist Independence Day march held on Friday, according to Radio Poland. During a march organized by nationalists as part of commemorations marking Polish Independence Day, a group of men in ski masks and football scarves stomped on the Ukrainian flag and set it on...