Section: News & Summaries

      SBU issues entry ban against 140 Russian artists
      Nov05

      SBU issues entry ban against 140 Russian artists

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has banned nearly 140 Russian cultural figures from entering the Ukrainian territory, MP Olha Chervakova (BPP) reported upon receiving the agency`s response to her inquiry. The SBU claimed 50 representatives of Russian cultural circles had been blacklisted since last December. ”The check revealed a number of...

      Ukraine report 38 Russian attacks in last day
      Nov05

      Ukraine report 38 Russian attacks in last day

      The Russian-occupation forces opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian troops in Donbas 38 times over the past 24 hours, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters reported. 25 ceasefire violations were recorded in the direction of the Ukraine-held strategic port city of Mariupol. View map in full size ”In Pavlopillia and...

      ”Weapons cache” in bunker near Kyiv in fact stock of deactivated arms, inert ammo
      Nov05

      ”Weapons cache” in bunker near Kyiv in fact stock of deactivated arms, inert ammo

      The so-called cache of weapons reported by Kyiv law enforcers turned out to be a legal warehouse of deactivated weapons and inert ammunition of Kyiv`s online shop Parabellum, where numerous state inspections had been held earlier, according to Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper citing shop owner Hennadiy Konev as saying. ”They broke or CCTV...

      Ukraine hopes to increase gas output by 500-700 mcm in 2017 – Groysman
      Nov05

      Ukraine hopes to increase gas output by 500-700 mcm in 2017 – Groysman

      Ukraine hopes to increase its own gas production by 500-700 million cubic meters and to reach a sufficient output of gas by 2020, in order to fully cover the internal demand, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on live television late Friday. ”We are increasing [the output] by 500-700 million cubic meters of gas in 2017, and we will raise it...

      U.S. military hackers penetrate Kremlin command system
      Nov05

      U.S. military hackers penetrate Kremlin command system

      U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia`s electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin`s command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News. American officials have long...

      Ukraine and Albania agree to cancel visas
      Nov05

      Ukraine and Albania agree to cancel visas

      Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin and his Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati have signed an agreement to cancel visas between the two countries, according to Ukraine`s Foreign Ministry. ”Pavlo Klimkin and Foreign Minister of Albania Ditmir Bushati are signing an agreement between Ukraine and Albania on mutual visa waivers,” the...

      How Russia backs crimes against civilians
      Nov05

      How Russia backs crimes against civilians

      Kremlin proxies in Ukraine and Syria illegally detain, torture civilians and use them as slave labor, according to Ukraine Today citing a report by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and Ukraine Crisis Media Center. With world leaders repeatedly claiming that Russia should be investigated for the war crimes it commits in Syria, and Russian ambassador...

      SBU chief says email correspondence from SurkovLeaks legit
      Nov05

      SBU chief says email correspondence from SurkovLeaks legit

      Head of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak confirmed the existence of e-mail correspondence indicating the measures taken by the Russian Federation to destabilize Ukraine`s internal political situation, following a report by Ukrainian ”hacktivists” claiming they broke into the e-mail of the Russian president`s aide Vladislav...

      Savchenko compares Putin to Hitler on BBC Newsnight
      Nov05

      Savchenko compares Putin to Hitler on BBC Newsnight

      Ukrainian MP and PACE delegate, former Kremlin`s prisoner Nadia Savchenko in an interview with the BBC`s Newsnight compared the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin to those of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Answering a BBC Newsnight host`s question on how she thinks the rest of the world should view Vladimir Putin, Savchenko said: ”And how did...

      Solar power systems gain popularity in Ukraine
      Nov04

      Solar power systems gain popularity in Ukraine

      Ukraine`s State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Conservation reports a growing trend toward installment of solar power systems in households across the country. The number of solar power stations in Ukrainian households over the first 9 months of 2016 increased almost fivefold, up to 625 units compared with the same period last year, the press...