Section: News & Summaries
BBC: Will Russia now cool its anti-US propaganda?
Relations between Russia and the United States have been reaching Cold War temperatures. But with the election of Donald Trump, there are hopes on both sides they might now improve, according to BBC. However, Russia`s military intervention in Ukraine – and more recently Syria – makes that very challenging, BBC reports. Indeed before...
Russian trops attacked Ukraine positions 46 times in Saturday
The Russian separatist forces attacked the positions of Ukrainian soldiers 46 times in the past 24 hours, according to a report, published on the official Facebook page of the Anti-Terrorist operation. View map in full size The Mariupol sector, which has been a hot spot for weeks, saw intense shooting again, with militants using the 152-mm...
FSB renegade Bogdanov says will work in SBU press center
Former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service Ilya Bogdanov, whose recent abduction attempt by Russian special services was foiled by the SBU wrote on Facebook he was willing to work for the SBU press center. ”I am very tired and I still getting over the rescue operation. Soon I`ll have a chance, besides my idea to feed people, to work...
Trump, NATO chief pledge alliance`s `enduring importance` in phone call
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg agreed on Friday on the Western alliance`s ”enduring importance”, NATO said, striving to reassure Europe that Washington will remain committed to its security, according to Reuters. ”The president-elect and the secretary general both underlined NATO`s enduring...
Ukraine-EU summit agenda to include some 20 issues, including visa liberalization and Minsk
On November 24, Brussels will host the 18th Ukraine-EU summit, according to a statement published on the website of the EU Council, while Ukraine`s Mission to EU has published the summit`s agenda including nearly 20 issues for discussion, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. The first issue listed on the agenda regards priorities in...
Prosecutor General questions President Poroshenko in Euromaidan case
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko testified in criminal proceedings regarding crimes against the EuroMaidan protesters, president`s spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko has told UNIAN. ”President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko testified in the case of crimes against Maidan,” said Tsegolko. According to the spokesperson, the president has repeatedly...
EU`s Tusk stresses Ukraine cooperation in Trump call
European Council President Donald Tusk stressed the need for transatlantic cooperation on Ukraine during a phone call Friday with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, an EU source said, according to France 24 citing AFP. Tusk, the European Union source said, also spoke by phone to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who has asked for Trump`s...
Russian Government Il-96 with officials, ”Kremlin pool” journalists on board intercepted by Swiss Air Force jets
A pair of Swiss warplanes scrambled to intercept the aircraft of the Russian presidential air squadron flying an official delegation from Moscow to Peru for an APEC summit and a group of accredited reporters in the sky over Switzerland, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. A pair of Swiss F18`s flew along the aircraft, to the amusement of passengers...
IMF maintains GDP growth forecast for Ukraine in 2016, 2017
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukraine`s key lender, has maintained its GDP growth forecasts for Ukraine at 1.5% in 2016 and at 2.5% in 2017. ”Decisive policy actions in the past two years have led to a dramatic reduction in external and internal imbalances. Inflation has been successfully brought down, the central bank`s international...
DNA profiling helps identify 450 KIA in Donbas
Advisor to the president of Ukraine for humanitarian issues, Chairman of Parliament`s Health Committee Inna Bohomolets during a round table in UNIAN, initiated by Slovo I Dilo NGO said that 450 Ukrainian soldiers killed in combat with combined Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine were identified due to DNA tests. ”Over this period, I`ve...