Section: News & Summaries

      Support for Putin still strong despite sanctions

      The ruling United Russia party is expected to win even greater dominance over Russia’s lower house in a parliamentary election. ||| Moscow – The ruling United Russia party is expected to win even greater dominance over Russia’s lower house in a parliamentary election on Sunday, showing that support for President Vladimir Putin...

      Two Ukrainians released from militant captivity – Poroshenko
      Sep18

      Two Ukrainians released from militant captivity – Poroshenko

      Ukrainian citizens Volodymyr Zhemchuhov and Yuriy Suprun have been released from the captivity of the Russian-backed militants in Donbas, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wrote on Facebook. ”Volodymyr Zhemchuhov and Yuriy Suprun have been freed from captivity! They will receive medical assistance they require,” the president wrote. ”We will...

      30 Russian attacks, snipers active outside Donetsk, Mariupol – ATO report
      Sep18

      30 Russian attacks, snipers active outside Donetsk, Mariupol – ATO report

      Russian militants started engaging more often the snipers armed with long-range sniper rifles in the Donetsk and Mariupol directions, the ATO Headquarters wrote on Facebook. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian-occupation forces opened fire 30 times on positions of Ukrainian defenders, with no heavy weaponry use recorded, according to the report....

      Putin says ready to become ”guarantor of agreements” between Kyiv, militants
      Sep18

      Putin says ready to become ”guarantor of agreements” between Kyiv, militants

      The Russian leader offers to mediate in the negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian-backed militants in Donbas, according to RIA Novosti. ”What we can do is to create the conditions for the negotiation process and participate in it as mediators and guarantors of the agreements reached. That is what we can, want, and will do if our partners...

      Normandy Four to possibly meet in October: French FM
      Sep18

      Normandy Four to possibly meet in October: French FM

      Several days after the French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visited Ukraine, he raised certain hopes that the negotiations on the Donbas conflict will continue in the nearest future, Ukraine Today reported. The latest ceasefire, the withdrawal of troops and further political steps are expected to top the agenda of the meeting, according to...

      Yanukovych team`s yet-to-be-confiscated $1.5 bln laid in Ukraine Budget 2017
      Sep17

      Yanukovych team`s yet-to-be-confiscated $1.5 bln laid in Ukraine Budget 2017

      The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has laid in a 2017 draft State Budget $1.5 billion, expected to be confiscated from Viktor Yanukovych`s entourage within a program of asset recovery, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said during a briefing at the 13th annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv. ”Indeed, we are planning next year...

      Ukraine secures two more golds in Rio Paralympics:  football, table tennis
      Sep17

      Ukraine secures two more golds in Rio Paralympics: football, table tennis

      Ukraine Paralympic Team`s golden medal count hits 37. Men`s Football gold medal match was held in Rio as well as Men`s Team Table Tennis finals, with both events resulting in National Team Ukraine winning. Ukrainian football players defeated the Iranian team, who in turn had stopped the advance of competition hosts Brasil in semi-finals....

      Putin on Crimea: Russia has not annexed anything
      Sep17

      Putin on Crimea: Russia has not annexed anything

      Russian President Vladimir Putin denies the annexation of Ukraine`s Crimea, insisting that the peninsula joined Russia following a coup d`?tat in Kyiv, according to Russian news agency RBC. ”Russia has not annexed anything. Everything that has happened in Crimea is the result of illegitimate actions by certain political forces in Ukraine who...

      Ukrainian counterintelligence: Deputy chief of Staff of ATO suspected of espionage
      Sep17

      Ukrainian counterintelligence: Deputy chief of Staff of ATO suspected of espionage

      Ukrainian counterintelligence is investigating into the suspected spying for Russia of thirteen individuals, with a deputy chief of Staff of the Anti-Terrorist Operation among them, according to the SBU Security Service. The investigation also targets a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard, an official from the HR department of a military...

      1st KIA reported since ”silence regime” announced in Donbas
      Sep17

      1st KIA reported since ”silence regime” announced in Donbas

      Ukraine`s Defense Ministry reported on the death of a Ukrainian soldier in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense for the ATO Oleksandr Motuzyanyk has said at a Kyiv briefing Saturday, an UNIAN correspondent reported. ”In the past day, one Ukrainian soldier was killed in action,” said Motuzyanyk....