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      10,000 social media users currently under investigation on suspicion of terrorist propaganda in Turkey
      Dec25

      10,000 social media users currently under investigation on suspicion of terrorist propaganda in Turkey

      The Ministry of Interior Affairs has announced that 10,000 people are currently under investigation on suspicion of terrorist propaganda and insulting senior state officials on social media, according to Turkish Minute. In a press release the ministry also stated that in the last six months 3,710 social media users were investigated, of whom...

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 50 times in last 24 hours, used artillery, mortars and Grads
      Dec24

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 50 times in last 24 hours, used artillery, mortars and Grads

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 50 times in the past 24 hours, including twice on the settlement, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the enemy repeatedly fired 122mm artillery systems, 120mm and 82-mm mortars, grenade...

      Boris Johnson calls on all parties to implement agreed ceasefire in Donbas
      Dec24

      Boris Johnson calls on all parties to implement agreed ceasefire in Donbas

      British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has welcomed the announcement of the ceasefire in Donbas and called on all parties to implement it. ”I welcome the announcement of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, which follows particularly high levels of violence over recent days,” he said in a statement. According to Johnson, this conflict continues to...

      Obama signs Defense Act authorizing up to USD350 mln for Ukraine security
      Dec24

      Obama signs Defense Act authorizing up to USD350 mln for Ukraine security

      U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law the National Defense Authorizations Act (NDAA), 2017 authorizing up to US$350 million to be made available for security assistance to Ukraine, according to Ukraine`s Embassy to the United States. This amount includes lethal defensive assistance, for the fiscal year 2017, the Embassy wrote on...

      Air strikes resume around Aleppo Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
      Dec24

      Air strikes resume around Aleppo Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

      The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said air strikes resumed in rebel-held areas of the countryside near Aleppo on Friday for the first time since the end of an operation this week to evacuate rebels and civilians from the city, according to Reuters. Strikes hit to the west, south-west and south of the city, which the Syrian government...

      Ukrainian army retakes village near Svitlodarska Duha bulge
      Dec24

      Ukrainian army retakes village near Svitlodarska Duha bulge

      Commander of the Donbas-Ukraine Battalion Viacheslav Vlasenko has announced the Ukrainian army has retaken the village of Novoluhanske, near the so-called Svitlodarska Duha bulge. ”Nice to see you, Svitlodarska Duha. Today, the Donbas-Ukraine Battalion has successfully conducted a bold operation to liberate the village of Novoluhanske. At one...

      Putin not to give a direct answer to question on Russian troops in Donbas, mumbling about ”Ukrainian occupiers” instead
      Dec24

      Putin not to give a direct answer to question on Russian troops in Donbas, mumbling about ”Ukrainian occupiers” instead

      Russian President Vladimir Putin during the press conference chose not to give a direct answer to the question regarding Russia`s military presence in the Ukrainian Donbas. Roman Tsymbaliuk, a UNIAN correspondent in Russia, asked Putin why he had sent troops to Donbas, allegedly to protect the Russian-speaking population, as well as where such...

      Russian militants attack Ukraine 22 times in last day, twice at Svitlodarska Duha
      Dec23

      Russian militants attack Ukraine 22 times in last day, twice at Svitlodarska Duha

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 22 times in the past 24 hours, including three times on the settlement, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO)...

      8 Ukrainian troops were killed at Svitlodarsk Arc over 5 days – Lysenko
      Dec23

      8 Ukrainian troops were killed at Svitlodarsk Arc over 5 days – Lysenko

      Eight Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action at Svitlodarsk Arc from December 18 to December 23, Col. Andriy Lysenko, speaker for the ATO at Ukraine`s Defense Ministry, said at a Friday briefing, an UNIAN correspondent reported. Col. Lysenko also said that over the past day, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action (KIA) and another three...

      Putin`s aide preparing ”DPR-LPR”`s accession to Russia
      Dec23

      Putin`s aide preparing ”DPR-LPR”`s accession to Russia

      Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov has pledged integration of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk ”People`s Republics” into the Russian Federation within 1.5 years, head of Information Resistance Group, military analyst and MP Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. According to Tymchuk, ”DPR” representatives held a meeting with Surkov,...