Ukraine announces large-scale air defense drills
This year, large-scale exercises of Ukraine`s air defense units have been scheduled, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ”In 2016, after a long break, our S-300Ps (anti-aircraft missile systems) started firing again. Our plans for 2017 are more ambitious,” the General Staff wrote on Facebook. According to Major-General...
Trump`s options for North Korea include placing nukes in South Korea
The National Security Council has presented President Trump with options to respond to North Korea`s nuclear program — including putting American nukes in South Korea or killing dictator Kim Jong-un, multiple top-ranking intelligence and military officials told NBC News. Both scenarios are part of an accelerated review of North Korea policy...
Moody`s downgrades PrivatBank`s senior unsecured debt rating
Moody`s Investors Service has today downgraded the long-term foreign-currency senior unsecured debt rating of PrivatBank to C from Ca, according to a posting on the agency`s website. The bank`s baseline credit assessment (”BCA”), adjusted BCA, long and short-term local and foreign currency deposit ratings, and its long and short-term Counterparty...
Containers for chemical weapons found at Shayrat Air Base in Syria – OSINT experts
On April 7, 2017, two U.S. warships fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at the Shayrat Air Base located in the province of Homs in western Syria. This strike was delivered in response to the recent attack on civilians with the use of sarin, lethal chemical weapon. On April 4, 2017, the Air Force of Bashar al-Assad and his ally, the Russian Federation,...
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cancels trip to Moscow, citing developments in Syria
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he has canceled a visit to Moscow scheduled to take place on April 10, citing developments in Syria, where an alleged chemical-weapons attack prompted the United States to launch missile strikes, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). ”Developments in Syria have changed the situation...
IMF promises Ukraine another $4.4 bln by year-end for reforms on time
Ukraine`s key lender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), could extend three more disbursements to the country under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) this year to the tune of US$4.4 billion if the Ukrainian government delivers reforms on time, according to an IMF spokesman. ”We could have three more reviews completed this year if, let me...
Bloomberg: Oil spikes as U.S. strike against Syria roils global markets
Oil jumped as the U.S. cruise missile attack against Syria roiled global financial markets, according to Bloomberg. Futures in New York and London surged more than 2 percent to the highest in a month, Bloomberg said. The strike early Friday morning targeted hangars, planes and fuel tanks at one Syrian military airfield, according to a U.S....
U.S. soldiers, Ukrainian forces train to hold ground – media
U.S. soldiers recently guided a battalion of Ukrainian infantrymen through a 55-day training rotation that culminated in live-fire defensive maneuvers designed to help Ukrainian troops ”hold ground” in battle, according to Stars and Stripes. The exercise was among the most intensive since U.S. troops began picking up the pace of training in...
U.S. missile attack on Syria adequate and timely response – Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov considers a strike of the U.S. cruise missiles on a military site in Syria an adequate and timely response to the application by Russia`s ally Bashar Assad of chemical weapons against civilians, according to the NSDC`s press service. During the meeting...
Bitcoin investments in Ukraine quintuple throughout 2016 – NewsBTC
Ukraine is the first country to launch sanctioned bitcoin futures trading on a national exchange, according to NewsBTC, a news service that covers bitcoin news. It is quite interesting to see bitcoin investments in Ukraine going up. It is important to note these figures are still relatively small, though. The year 2016 saw an average investment...
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