Section: News & Summaries

      Putin hints Russia to react if Finland joins NATO
      Jul02

      Putin hints Russia to react if Finland joins NATO

      President Vladimir Putin suggested on Friday Russia could move troops closer to the Finnish-Russian border if Finland joins NATO and called for measures to improve conflict prevention over the Baltics, according to Reuters.Finnish armed forces ”would become part of NATO`s military infrastructure, which overnight would be at the borders of the...

      NATO General pressed on Obama over lethal aid for Ukraine, hacked emails show: media
      Jul02

      NATO General pressed on Obama over lethal aid for Ukraine, hacked emails show: media

      Gen. Philip Breedlove, until recently the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe, plotted in private to overcome President Barack Obama`s reluctance to escalate military tensions with Russia over the war in Ukraine in 2014, according to apparently hacked emails from Breedlove`s Gmail account that were posted on a new website called DC Leaks,...

      Nadia Savchenko`s former commander arrested, Aidar fighters block courtroom
      Jul02

      Nadia Savchenko`s former commander arrested, Aidar fighters block courtroom

      The military prosecutors detained in Kyiv Friday the former commander of Nadia Savchenko from the Aidar volunteer battalion, Valentyn Lyholit, callsign ”Batya” [Dad]; later the same night, a judge of the Pechersk district court ruled on the measure of restraint against Lyholit – a 60-day arrest, until August 28, 2016, according to TV channel...

      Poroshenko believes Ukrainian economy leaves worst times behind
      Jul01

      Poroshenko believes Ukrainian economy leaves worst times behind

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko believes that the Ukrainian economy has left its worst times behind, which is due to the reforms being implemented, that`s according to his interview with the Bulgarian bTV.”Talking about reform, over the past one and a half years, we have done more than over the last 25 years. And all of these changes come...

      ATO forces seize Russian army gear, ammo from subversive group (photos)
      Jul01

      ATO forces seize Russian army gear, ammo from subversive group (photos)

      The Ukrainian military operating in the area of Novohnativka, Volnovakha district, in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation, seized ammunition and gear of the Russian army from a sabotage group, chief of the Main Intelligence Department of the Defense Ministry Vadym Skibytskyi told reporters at a briefing on Friday.”The Russian Federation has...

      Concessions to Russia would only increase threat to European security – Grybauskaite
      Jul01

      Concessions to Russia would only increase threat to European security – Grybauskaite

      Concessions to Moscow, including the roll-back of anti-Russian sanctions, would increase the threat to Europe`s security, said President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite commenting on the European Union`s decision to prolong for another six months the economic sanctions against Russia, according to Ukraine Today.”The EU position is firm and...

      U.S. imposes new sanctions against Russian companies
      Jul01

      U.S. imposes new sanctions against Russian companies

      The updated sanctions list includes such Russian businesses as Kuntsevo Design Bureau, Kolomna Design Bureau of Machine-Building, and the 150th Aircraft Repair Plant, according to the announcement by the U.S. Department of State ahead of the official publication scheduled for July 5.Against the two companies – NPO Mashinostroyeniya and Instrument...

      Poroshenko: Russia trains terrorists in special centers for attacks on Ukrainian soil
      Jul01

      Poroshenko: Russia trains terrorists in special centers for attacks on Ukrainian soil

      Russia has been training terrorist in the special training centers in Kursk, Belgorod, and Rostov regions to execute terrorist attacks in Ukraine, that`s according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who spoke the Bulgarian bTV.”In last year alone, we prevented 300 terrorist attacks in Ukraine, which had been plotted by the Russian...

      Ukraine ready to swap 8 captured militants for Ukrainian hostages – Gerashchenko
      Jul01

      Ukraine ready to swap 8 captured militants for Ukrainian hostages – Gerashchenko

      The Ukrainian side is ready to exchange the eight pro-Russian militants earlier detained in the area of Shyrokine in Donbas for the Ukrainian hostages, Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup at the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement, first Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko has told...

      Chechen terrorist No.1: U.S. Congress names alleged planner of Istanbul attack
      Jul01

      Chechen terrorist No.1: U.S. Congress names alleged planner of Istanbul attack

      The organizer of the Istanbul airport massacre is a well-known terrorist from Russia`s North Caucasus region who served as a top soldier in the ISIS war ministry, a U.S. official said, according to CNN.Akhmed Chatayev is the man who directed the three suicide bombers in the attacks that killed 43 people Tuesday, said Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman...