Section: News & Summaries

      Russia troops use mortars, grenades in all sectors in eastern Ukraine
      Aug22

      Russia troops use mortars, grenades in all sectors in eastern Ukraine

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in all sectors in eastern Ukraine with the total number of shelling incidents being 46 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In particular, the Donetsk sector was shelled 21 times, the Mariupol sector 15...

      Oil falls as August price rally seen overblown, China fuel exports jump – Reuters
      Aug22

      Oil falls as August price rally seen overblown, China fuel exports jump – Reuters

      Oil prices fell on Monday as analysts doubted upcoming producer talks would rein in oversupply, saying that Brent would likely fall back below $50 a barrel as August`s more than 20-percent crude rally looks overblown, according to Reuters. Soaring exports of refined products from China also pressured prices, as this was seen as the latest...

      Clinton campaign manager: Trump may be a `puppet for the Kremlin` – media
      Aug22

      Clinton campaign manager: Trump may be a `puppet for the Kremlin` – media

      Hillary Clinton`s campaign manager, Robby Mook, suggested that Donald Trump may be a ”puppet” for Russia, according to Business Insider, according to Business Insider. In an interview on Sunday on ABC`s ”This Week,” Mook told host George Stephanopoulos that the Republican presidential nominee and his campaign`s ties to Russian President Vladimir...

      Poroshenko dismisses Ukrainian Ambassador to Czech Republic following scandal
      Aug22

      Poroshenko dismisses Ukrainian Ambassador to Czech Republic following scandal

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has dismissed Ukraine`s Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Borys Zaychuk. This was stated in a presidential decree dated August 19. As noted earlier, Czech media reported that Zaychuk sought to post bail to free former adviser to the fugitive ex-president of Ukraine, Ali Fayad, who has remained in a Czech...

      Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to analyze Interior Minister`s phone calls in purchases of backpacks for Ukraine army
      Aug21

      Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to analyze Interior Minister`s phone calls in purchases of backpacks for Ukraine army

      Kyiv`s Solomiansky district court has issued a ruling allowing detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) to review phone calls made by Ukraine`s Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov, in a case related to the purchasing of backpacks for the Interior Ministry from a company which is believed to be connected to his son,...

      Militants attack vehicle carrying Ukrainian JCCC members
      Aug21

      Militants attack vehicle carrying Ukrainian JCCC members

      Militants from the so-called Donetsk People`s Republic (DPR) fired at Ukrainian members of the monitoring group of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of the Ceasefire and Stabilization of the Parties` Demarcation Line on August 20, resulting in damage to a vehicle the group was driving, according to a statement by the JCCC`s...

      Prominent Russian asks for asylum in Ukraine
      Aug21

      Prominent Russian asks for asylum in Ukraine

      A prominent Russian public figure and writer has appealed to the Chernihiv unit`s border guards, while crossing the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, to grant him refugee status in Ukraine due to political persecution in Russia, the press service of Ukraine`s State Border Guard Service reported, without identifying the Russian. ”The Russian citizen is...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 71 times in past day
      Aug21

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 71 times in past day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 71 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. Additionally, the enemy violated the ceasefire 26 times in the Donetsk sector. ”The most intense situation was in the area of Avdiyivka – the...

      Turkey wedding blast: 30 dead and 90 hurt in Gaziantep
      Aug21

      Turkey wedding blast: 30 dead and 90 hurt in Gaziantep

      A blast at an outdoor wedding party in the south Turkish city of Gaziantep has killed at least 30 people and injured 94 more, BBC has reported citing the local authorities. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said so-called Islamic State (IS) was likely to have carried it out amid reports of a suicide bomber targeting the party, according to...

      RFE/RL: U.S. downplays Russian force buildup; urges restraint from Kyiv, Moscow
      Aug20

      RFE/RL: U.S. downplays Russian force buildup; urges restraint from Kyiv, Moscow

      U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged both Russia and Ukraine to show restraint one day after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned he could not rule out ”a full-scale Russian invasion,” according to Radio Liberty. The White House said Biden spoke with Poroshenko by phone on August 19 and ”relayed that the United States had sent a message to...