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      Ukraine seeks NATO`s assistance in introducing innovative command-and-control system
      Nov06

      Ukraine seeks NATO`s assistance in introducing innovative command-and-control system

      Kyiv is holding talks with NATO over a possible assistance in the introduction of the innovative C4ISR command-and-control system in the Ukrainian armed forces, a senior Ukrainian parliament official said recently, according to Xinhua. ”We are trying to negotiate about the need of introduction of the C4ISR command-and-control system in the...

      Some 15 Memebers of Parliament in focus of Ukraine police in case against Yanukovych gang
      Nov06

      Some 15 Memebers of Parliament in focus of Ukraine police in case against Yanukovych gang

      Criminal proceedings into setting up a criminal organization by disgraced former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych include some materials on at least 15 people`s deputies, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said on air of 112 Ukraine TV Channel, adding that his office had not yet tabled in parliament the requests on bringing the deputies to...

      German military intelligence finds 20 Islamists in Bundeswehr – DW
      Nov06

      German military intelligence finds 20 Islamists in Bundeswehr – DW

      The German government is planning security checks on all Bundeswehr applicants from July 2017 after 20 Islamists were uncovered in the army, a report says. It said more suspects in the ranks were being investigated, Deutsche Welle reports. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen will soon propose legislation to carry out security checks on...

      Ukraine should expand Anti-Corruption Bureau powers following publication of e-declarations – U.S. ambassador
      Nov05

      Ukraine should expand Anti-Corruption Bureau powers following publication of e-declarations – U.S. ambassador

      A wave of public discontent with corruption, sparked by the publication of e-declaration of assets of Ukraine`s officials evidences the need to expand the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and accelerate the establishment of the anti-corruption court, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said in an interview with ZN.ua....

      Ukrainian army testing Microsoft HoloLens for next generation of tank warfare
      Nov05

      Ukrainian army testing Microsoft HoloLens for next generation of tank warfare

      The Ukrainian military may be interested in taking Microsoft`s augmented reality technology into battle, with reports it is considering equipping tank commanders with the software giant`s HoloLens headset to give them a 360-degree view of the battlefield Ukrainian company Limpid Armor recently showed off its Circular Review system, which...

      Ukraine commemorates execution of prominent 20th century culture figures
      Nov05

      Ukraine commemorates execution of prominent 20th century culture figures

      The Soviet purges destroyed the whole generation of Ukrainian culture, Ukraine Today reports. On November 3, 1937, Les Kurbas and Mykola Kulish, the two paramount Ukrainian culture figures, were executed by shooting, according to Ukraine Today. Both of them belonged to so-called ”Executed Renessaince” elites group that prompted a short but bright...

      SBU issues entry ban against 140 Russian artists
      Nov05

      SBU issues entry ban against 140 Russian artists

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has banned nearly 140 Russian cultural figures from entering the Ukrainian territory, MP Olha Chervakova (BPP) reported upon receiving the agency`s response to her inquiry. The SBU claimed 50 representatives of Russian cultural circles had been blacklisted since last December. ”The check revealed a number of...

      Ukraine report 38 Russian attacks in last day
      Nov05

      Ukraine report 38 Russian attacks in last day

      The Russian-occupation forces opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian troops in Donbas 38 times over the past 24 hours, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters reported. 25 ceasefire violations were recorded in the direction of the Ukraine-held strategic port city of Mariupol. View map in full size ”In Pavlopillia and...

      ”Weapons cache” in bunker near Kyiv in fact stock of deactivated arms, inert ammo
      Nov05

      ”Weapons cache” in bunker near Kyiv in fact stock of deactivated arms, inert ammo

      The so-called cache of weapons reported by Kyiv law enforcers turned out to be a legal warehouse of deactivated weapons and inert ammunition of Kyiv`s online shop Parabellum, where numerous state inspections had been held earlier, according to Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper citing shop owner Hennadiy Konev as saying. ”They broke or CCTV...

      Ukraine hopes to increase gas output by 500-700 mcm in 2017 – Groysman
      Nov05

      Ukraine hopes to increase gas output by 500-700 mcm in 2017 – Groysman

      Ukraine hopes to increase its own gas production by 500-700 million cubic meters and to reach a sufficient output of gas by 2020, in order to fully cover the internal demand, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on live television late Friday. ”We are increasing [the output] by 500-700 million cubic meters of gas in 2017, and we will raise it...