Section: Special sections
Security Service of Ukraine arrests nine suspected saboteurs in Odesa
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says it has uncovered a network of saboteurs in Odesa working for Russia, arresting nine men with Ukrainian passports. ”We conducted a multi-stage special operation to defang the network overseen by Russian special services. It worked in eastern and southern regions of Ukraine,” SBU department chief Oleksandr...
Russia continues sponsoring Donbas terrorists – Ukraine speaks up at UN
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Serhiy Kyslytsya has briefed the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting on Wednesday on the situation in occupied territory in Donbas, saying that Russia continues sending arms and funds to terrorists in eastern Ukraine.< ”Like the USSR, Russia cynically speaks of peace while sending weapons and...
EU provides EUR 3 mln satellite imagery support to OSCE SMM in Donbas
The new funding of EUR 3 million, under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace, will provide timely and focused assistance to the OSCE, in the area of satellite imagery, a statement by the European Commission reads. ”The use of satellite imagery allows for more in-depth monitoring of the situation in areas where regrettably monitors...
Russian troops attacked Ukraine’s position 178 times in past 48 hours: 2 soldiers killed, 5 wounded
Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 94 times on March 24. 1 Ukrainian soldier has been killed and 3 Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Donetsk sector, Ukrainian positions near...
Full video how former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv (Update)
Chief of the Ukrainian National Police department for Kyiv Andriy Kryshchenko officially stated that former deputy of the Russian State Duma Denis Voronenkov has been shot dead downtown Kyiv. Unknown man (perhaps a killer) shot dead by Voronenkov’s bodygard. Former Russian State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov says Denis Voronenkov, also a...
Desperate John Deere tractor owners download Ukrainian firmware hacks to get crops in
John Deere is notorious for arguing that farmers who buy its tractors actually ”license” them because Deere still owns the copyright to the tractors` software; in 2015, the U.S. Copyright Office affirmed that farmers were allowed to jailbreak their tractors to effect repairs and modifications, according to the Boing Boing group blog on technology...
Ukraine`s Deputy PM: Broadcast of Samoilova`s performance on Ukrainian TV ”violation of law”
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Kyrylenko says that the European Broadcasting Union, which is the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest, must take into account that the broadcast of the Russian entrant Julia Samoilova`s performance by Ukrainian TV channels is a violation of Ukrainian laws. ”The broadcast of Samoilova`s performance...
Kremlin hopes Kyiv to backtrack decision on Russian Eurovision singer despite of Ukraine’s law
The Kremlin is calling on Ukraine to review its entry ban on Russia`s singer who planned to participate in this year`s Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Yulia Samoilova, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”Certainly, the Ukrainian side`s decision seriously devalues the upcoming contest and this is a blow to Eurovision`s image,” Russian...
Kremlin permits ”Luhansk People`s Republic” to loot enterprises seized from Ukraine
The authorities of the so-called ”Luhansk People`s Republic” (”LPR”) have received permission to block shipments of products from the ”nationalized” Ukrainian enterprises if they do not pay taxes to the budget of the ”LPR,” according to Information Resistance, a non-governmental project on information security. ”On this occasion, the leadership...
National Bank of Ukraine enforces sanctions against Russian banks` subsidiaries
According to the decision of the National Security and Defense Council, the National Bank of Ukraine on March 23 imposes sanctions on subsidiaries of Russian state-owned banks, according to the NBU press service. ”The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine on March 21 approved Decree No. 25, aimed at ensuring the implementation of sanctions...