China flight tests new multiple-warhead missile
China conducted another flight test of its newest and longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile last week amid growing tensions with the United States over the South China Sea, The Washington Free Beacon has reported.Pentagon officials told the Free Beacon the flight test of the new road-mobile DF-41 missile took place Tuesday with two...
NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.44 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by four kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.44 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for April 20: $100 costs UAH 2,544.3478 (on April 19, it was UAH...
Russian proxies violate ceasefire 23 times in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 23 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons 11 times, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). ”The illegal armed groups were active in the Donetsk and Mariupol sectors. The invaders fired 120mm mortars on our fortified...
Bloomberg: Trump, Clinton win New York primaries to control their races
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won their New York presidential primaries Tuesday, ending losing streaks for both campaigns and allowing the two front-runners to reassert control over their party nominating fights, according to Bloomberg.Clinton`s victory makes her march to the nomination all but unstoppable, Bloomberg wrote.Sanders, a Vermont...
Panama Papers: U.S. launches criminal inquiry into tax avoidance claims
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the widespread international tax avoidance schemes exposed by the Panama Papers leak, published by the Guardian and other journalistic partners.Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, said he had ”opened a criminal investigation regarding matters to which the Panama...
OSCE SMM says Russian militants threaten to open fire at monitors if close to Ukraine Army
OSCE SMM reports of threats coming from militants to open fire if the monitors put their vehicles near the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that`s according to the mission`s report of April 18, published on Tuesday. ”The SMM received threats from armed men. While in ”DPR”-controlled Donetsk city, a ”DPR” member approached an SMM patrol,...
Malaysia interested in Ukraine-made weaponry
Malaysian Defense Ministry got interested in weapons and military equipment produced by Ukroboronprom, Ukraine`s state-owned arms manufacturer, presented at the International Defense Exhibition Conference DSA-2016 in Kuala Lumpur. According to the press service of Ukroboronprom, which represents Ukrainian defense industry at the exhibition held...
Ukraine estimates losses from Russia`s discriminatory trade restrictions
Ukraine has lost $98 billion worth of trade volume due to the discriminatory and unlawful restrictions on the part of the Russian Federation, according to the report on the revision of the country`s trade policy in the World Trade Organization published on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.”The volume of...
Presidential Administrations names conditions for $2.8 bln intl aid
Ukraine should pass 24 bills before the end of May to secure a $1.7 billion tranche from the International Monetary Fund, $1 billion worth of loan guarantees from the U.S. and a EUR 105 million assistance from the European Union, according to Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Dmytro Shymkiv who spoke at a briefing after the meeting of...
Pseudo-elections in so-called ”DPR” postponed
The self-styled leader of the ”DPR,” or ”Donetsk People`s Republic,” Alexander Zakharchenko has postponed ”local elections” until July 24. Zakharchenko`s decision is sealed with the corresponding decree, published on the pro-militant websites. ”Local elections in the DPR are postponed until July 24. Head of the Donetsk People`s Republic Alexander...
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