Section: Special sections
Russian troops attacked Ukraine positions in Donbas more than 100 times in past 48 hours
Russian militants were mortaring Ukrainian positions in Avdiivka for two hours from two different directions. 37 mines were launched. Russian militants attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 41 times in the past 24 hours with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation...
Yanukovych asked Russia to deploy troops in Ukraine in 2014 – UN official document
On January 17, 2017, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko wrote on his official Facebook page that he has received recognized by the United Nations (UN) official documents, a copy of a request of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to Russia to deploy its soldiers in Ukraine. “The Chief Military...
In the Hague Tribunal Ukraine accuses Russia in terrorism and ethnic persecution
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service informs that on January 16, 2017, Ukrainian diplomats conveyed a lawsuit in the international court of justice (the Hague Tribunal) against Russia . The Russian Federation is accused of violating two conventions: the UN Convention on combating financing of terrorism and the Convention on the...
Russian troops attacked Ukraine positions in Donbas 60 times in past day, 1 Ukrainian soldier killed, 3 wounded
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 60 times in the past 24 hours with 1 Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and 3 as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size The villages of Shyrokyne, Slavne and...
Russian militants shell Ukraine positions in Donbas 62 times from mortars, grenade launchers, artillery over the last day
The authorities of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Repulic (DRR) handed over bodies of 3 Ukrainian troops to representatives of humanitarian project “EVACUATION 200” of Ukrainian Armed Forces yesterday. Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat yesterday, and one serviceman was injured in Zaitseve in Russian militants’ shelling,...
Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system in Crimea takes up combat duty
The Russian Federation anti-aircraft missile regiment based in Crimea armed with S-400 Triumf air defense missile system has assumed combat duty, the press office the Russian Southern Military District reported on Friday, according to TASS. “A ceremony will be held in the antiaircraft missile regiment of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense...
Russian militants attacked 78 times in Donbas in all sectors in last day
Escalation in Donbas, Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat yesterday, and 3 troops were wounded in the vicinity of Popasna according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russian militants lobbed mortar shells into the villages of Vodiane and Shyrokyne...
Sweden accuses Russia of providing propaganda, fake news and falsifications after aggression in Ukraine
Swedish Institute of International Affairs reports that the Russian Federation make fake news, false documents, disinformation as part of a coordinated campaign to influence public opinion and decision-making in Sweden. “An increasing amount of disinformation, forged telegrams and fake news items have surfaced in the Swedish information...
UK sees the Budapest Memorandum as not legally binding document because Russia turned it into a worthless piece of paper – Ukrainian Ambassador in London
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Natalia Galibarenko, spoke if London is going to implement the Budapest Memorandum in her interview with LB.ua Ukrainian Ambassador in London assured that during her contacts with British partners she informed them of the fact that the Ukrainian society was frustrated...
Russian militants attacked in Donbas 62 times in last day, one Ukrainian soldier killed, 4 wounded in action
Russian Militants shell Ukrainian troop from mortar launchers and armor in all sectors, and used artillery in Luhansk and Donetsk sectors, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector Russian militants used 120mm and 82mm mortars to shell the towns of Krasnohorivka...