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Right Sector posts photos of its soldiers killed in attack on Butivka mine
Commander of the Ukrainian Right Sector Volunteer Corps Andriy Stempitskiy has posted photos of Right Sector fighters who were killed during a Russia’s artillery attack on the Butivka coal mine in eastern Ukraine in the night from Saturday to Sunday. Earlier Ministry of Defense, and spokesman of the Presidential Administration on ATO...
U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrives in South Korean port
The USS Mississippi (SSN-782), a nuclear reactor-powered United States submarine, entered the port of Busan on Monday as part of the vessel`s maiden voyage to the Asian region, the U.S. military said Monday, according to Yonhap News Agency.The 7,800-ton Virginia-class attack submarine is one of the U.S. Navy`s newest vessels, having started its...
PM wants to open investment promotion agency
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman announces that the Ukrainian government has been tasked with the creation of an agency to encourage investment in Ukraine.”We`ll set up an investment promotion agency soon. This is our home task,” Groysman said at the 5th Annual Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum hosted by Kyiv on June 13.The prime minister...
150 Russians `behind` Euro 2016 violence – BBC
Some 150 Russians were behind much of the violence in Marseille ahead of the Euro 2016 match between England and Russia, French prosecutors have said, according to BBC.Ten people, including six Britons, three French and an Austrian, face an immediate trial, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said, BBC writes.But he said just two Russians had been...
Petrenko: 20% of Ukrainian judges skip competence assessment
Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko says that almost 20% of the Ukrainian judges refuse to undergo competence assessment and appraisal because they cannot confirm their competence or prove the source of their income, according to the RBC Ukraine news agency.”About 20% of the judges refuse to undergo the assessment due to the fact that they...
Ukraine PM wants to see hydropower development plan for next decade
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has instructed the Ukrainian government to develop a clear-cut plan to support hydropower generation in Ukraine in the next ten years as part of the strategic planning of the sector`s development, according to the government`s press service.”It is necessary to accelerate rather than decelerate the...
Tusk: Brexit could threaten western political civilization
If Britons vote to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum it could be the beginning of the end for the 28-nation bloc and for western political civilization more generally, European Council President Donald Tusk said, according to Reuters.In an interview with German newspaper Bild, Tusk said a so-called Brexit vote would provide a major...
Ukraine reports record number of Donbas casualties in last four weeks
First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s representative to the humanitarian subgroup in Minsk Iryna Gerashchenko reports a serious deterioration of the situation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, and points to a record high number of casualties at the front in the last four weeks, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”We have now an...
Russia`s Buryatia proposes selling Baikal water to China to get more revenue
Governor of the Republic of Buryatia, which is part of Russia`s Siberian Federal District, Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn says the republic is mulling the possibility of selling bottled drinking water from Lake Baikal to China at a price higher than the price of fuel, according to RIA Novosti.Once implemented, the undertaking will generate enormous...
The Guardian: WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails – Julian Assange
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has said his organization is preparing to publish more emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while U.S. secretary of state, according to The Guardian.Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is under FBI investigation to determine whether she broke federal law by using her private...