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      Moscow to continue Syria military support

      Russia will continue with military supplies to Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying. ||| Moscow – Russia will continue with military supplies to Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Sunday. Moscow has come under increased international pressure in recent days over what...

      Retailer M&S slows foreign expansion

      British retailer Marks & Spencer is slowing its overseas expansion drive amid economic turbulence in China and Russia. ||| Brussels – British retailer Marks & Spencer is slowing its overseas expansion drive amid economic turbulence in priority markets China and Russia, its international boss told Reuters. Battling tough markets at...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants are demonstratively withdrawing heavy weapons in particular areas at the front thus imitating implementation of the Minsk agreements
      Sep11

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants are demonstratively withdrawing heavy weapons in particular areas at the front thus imitating implementation of the Minsk agreements

      Kyiv, September 11, 2015. Complete ceasefire was established in eastern Ukraine yesterday. For the first time this year not a single hostile attack on Ukrainian positions or residential areas was registered. There were no flights of enemy’s unmanned aerial vehicles yesterday either. View map in full size According to the Ukrainian intelligence...

      Memo to GOP Presidential Candidates: Bust Three Myths About Ukraine
      Sep11

      Memo to GOP Presidential Candidates: Bust Three Myths About Ukraine

      Forces hostile to US interests are filling vacuums around the world. It’s Islamic State and Iran in the Middle East. It’s a rising China in East Asia. It’s a bullying, belligerent Russia in Eastern Europe. How to reverse the fraying world order? On September 16, Republican presidential candidates will meet for a second debate,...

      Berlusconi, Putin meet in Crimea

      Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi rubbed shoulders with Russian president Vladimir Putin at a Crimean war memorial. ||| Yalta – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi rubbed shoulders with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Crimea, the most prominent Western politician to visit the Black Sea peninsula since...

      Victims of the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Infographics
      Sep11

      Victims of the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Infographics

      One year ago, the Minsk agreement was signed. Over the year, the situation on the occupied territories has only deteriorated. Russian terrorists and mercenaries have been violating Minsk agreements and laws of war by committing war crimes. The result was thousands of victims as well as despair, devastation and repression of the innocent...

      Kiev: Russia threat to democratic world

      President Petro Poroshenko told an international conference that Russia remained a treat to the “entire democratic world”. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told an international conference on Friday that Russia remained a treat to the “entire democratic world” but that he held out hope a new truce with pro-Moscow insurgents...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.08
      Sep10

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.08

      Ukrainian military serviceman. Source: Karpatska Sich Operational data from Information Resistance: The relative calm in the ATO zone persists. Militant infantry groups were observed repositioning in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, near the settlements of Pervomaisk, Popasna, Orikhove, Krymske, Olenivka and Starohnativka; militants also opened...

      ‘We’re afraid of terrorism, disease’

      A potent mix of fear, ignorance and Islamophobia is fuelling widespread opposition in eastern Europe to taking in refugees. ||| Gabcikovo, Slovakia – A potent mix of fear, ignorance and Islamophobia is fuelling widespread opposition in eastern Europe to taking in refugees despite EU pressure for a new quota system.In Gabcikovo, a village on...

      ATO forces repelled another sabotage and reconnaissance group attack in Luhansk sector
      Sep10

      ATO forces repelled another sabotage and reconnaissance group attack in Luhansk sector

      In Luhansk sector between 1 and 2 a.m. militants made another attempt to pass through the Ukrainian defense line in Stanychno- Luhansk district. Their sabotage and reconnaissance group crossed the Siversky Donets near Syze and entered into battle with the Ukrainian military. After a half-hour firefight insurgents retreated. One Ukrainian soldier...