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Militants shell Ukrainian military seven times
Over the past 24 hours, terrorists shelled positions of Ukrainian military seven times. The ATO press center informs. “Over the past 24 hours, terrorists seven times shelled the ATO positions, using mortars and small arms. Shots were heard in the area of settlements of Frunze, Chornukhine, Orlovo-Ivanivka,” the headquarters noted. In addition,...
Ukraine not planning to become nuclear power again – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ruled out the possibility that Ukraine might bring back its nuclear status. He said this in an interview with ABC. Poroshenko said that a return to nuclear status would be absolutely irresponsible. “We can win the aggressor only when we will be united and when the whole world demonstrates exactly...
Russian measures fail to halt rouble’s slide
The Russian rouble dropped to a new low of almost 58 (R11) to the dollar, continuing a slide that traders said led the central bank to intervene in the market on Friday after an interest rate hike failed to break the currency’s fall. ||| Reuters and Bloomberg MoscowTHE RUSSIAN rouble dropped to a new low of almost 58 (R11) to the dollar,...
Four saboteurs detained in Donbas
The SBU detained four saboteurs in the ATO area. Speaker of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “In Luhansk, the Task Force found a former employee of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, who worked for the so-called “LPR,” and they conducted a special operation to capture him on the...
Militants shell ATO forces seven times
Since the morning, the ATO headquarters recorded seven cases of shelling of the Ukrainian positions by terrorists. The ATO press center informs on Facebook. “Since this morning, seven cases of provocative shelling of the ATO positions were recorded near the settlements of Frunze, Krymske, Stanytsia Luhanska, Nikishyne. To implement their dirty...
NSDC confirms death of Azov soldiers
The NSDC confirms information about the death of two soldiers in the Azov regiment. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “We really received confirmed data on two dead and three wounded Ukrainian military from the Azov regiment near Pavlopol. Our soldiers were...
Russia threatens to respond to new US sanctions
Moscow will certainly respond in the event of introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions by Washington. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, Interfax reports. “Of course, we could not leave it unanswered,” the diplomat said. According to Ryabkov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov may raise a theme of the U.S. act to...
Previous day passes lossless in ATO area
The Ukrainian army did not lose a single soldier over the previous day in the ATO area. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “No casualties were among our military for the past day,” he said.
NSDC does not know why Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia close airports
The NSDC could not comment on the reasons of closing three Ukrainian airports – in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia. As Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing on Saturday, this is a decision of UkrAviaRukh (Ukraine’s Air Traffic). “Reasons to suspend flights are still not...
Yatseniuk, Stoltenberg will discuss restoration of Ukraine’s course to NATO
UKRAINE-YATSENIUK-STOLT UKRAINE-YATSENIUK-STOLTENBERG-NATO Yatseniuk, Stoltenberg will discuss restoration of Ukraine’s course to NATO KYIV, December 13 / Ukrinform /. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will discuss restoration of the state’s Euro-Atlantic course and other first...