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Schwarzenegger visits Klitschko ahead of fight with Fury
Bodybuilding legend, actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger visited Volodymyr Klitschko`s training camp in Austria, where the latter is preparing for his rematch fight against Tyson Fury.Klitschko tweeted a picture from the camp in Going with his daughter Kaya Evdokia and Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger and Klitschko have been friends for a...
Ukrgazvydobuvannya files lawsuit against companies associated with Ukraine billionaire Firtash
The country`s largest gas company, Ukrgazvydobuvannya, has initiated proceedings with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce to terminate a joint activity agreement, dated June 10, 2002, signed with Karpatygaz and Misen Enterprises AB (both companies are controlled by businessman Dmytro Firtash, according to the media),...
Turkish navy ships still missing after failed coup – media
14 Turkish navy ships remained at sea and unaccounted for last night amid concerns that their commanders may be coup conspirators seeking to defect, according to The Times.Admiral Veysel Kosele, the commander of the Turkish navy, has been out of contact since Friday night`s botched coup, a source confirmed. It is not known whether he was an...
Donbas death toll rises: Ukraine reports 7 KIA, 14 WIA in 24 hours
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another 14 were injured in the Donbas conflict zone over the past 24 hours, according to the Presidential Administration`s spokesman for ATO.”Over the past day, seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 14 were injured in the fighting,” Andriy Lysenko, ATO spokesman for the president`s staff, said at a...
Russia FSB charges of OSCE interpreter are groundless – Ukraine Security Service
Earlier, Russia`s FSB (Security Service) reported they detained Ukrainian citizen Artem Shestakov, interpreter for the OSCE, on charges of spying for Ukraine, according to Ukraine Today.Ukraine`s State Security Service (SBU) said FSB`s statements are ”completely unfounded”, Ukraine Today reported.The fact that Russian authorities released...
Odesa Port-Side Plant to be disconnected from gas supplies for failure to make prepayment
State company Ukrtransgaz, operator of the country`s gas transmission system, has initiated the procedure to disconnect Ukraine`s major chemical manufacturer, Odesa Port-Side Plant (OPP), from gas supplies, following the latter`s failure to make a pre-payment and as a penalty for exceeding the permitted gas consumption level, the company`s press...
Militants reject Ukraine`s hostage swap scheme
Pro-Russian militants in Donbas have refused the hostage exchange offer proposed by the Ukrainian government, instead putting forward a ”phantasmagoric list” of 600 people to be swapped, according to Ukraine`s envoy to the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Liaison Group Iryna Gerashchenko.”This morning, I received a letter from the OSCE,...
Pro-Ukrainian activist arrested in occupied Crimea
Larysa Kytayska was detained on Monday, Ukraine Today reported citing the Crimean Human Rights group.Kytayska`s daughter told the group that her mother had been interrogated and taken to her apartment in Yalta to conduct a search. Since then the whereabouts of Larysa Kytayska are unknown, according to Ukraine Today.The detained woman lives in...
Government dismisses deputy chief of State Labor Service
The Ukrainian government has dismissed from office First Deputy Chief of the State Labor Service of Ukraine Mykhailo Bardonov, who was earlier detained for taking a bribe, as stated in the government`s resolution dated July 18 and published in the Ukrainian government`s Uriadovy Kurier newspaper.Earlier, on July 16, the Security Service of...
Trump`s wife caught plagiarizing Michelle Obama`s speech
Reports of plagiarism of Michelle Obama`s 2008 convention remarks mar what was until then a well-received, rare public appearance by Donald Trump`s wife, according to The Guardian.Donald Trump`s wife Melania spoke at a GOP convention campaigning for her husband, however the media have revealed an astounding fact: large parts of the speech were...