Russian proxies attack Ukraine 67 times, intensify fire near Maryinka
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 67 times in the past 24 hours, using weapons of different caliber, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”The situation was tense in the Donetsk sector. The enemy repeatedly used infantry fighting vehicles to attack our...
Oil futures rise but traders warn on premature rally
Crude futures rose on a raft of supportive indicators on Thursday, although some traders warned that physical supply and demand fundamentals did not warrant a strong price recovery at this stage, Reuters reported.International Brent futures LCOc1 jumped above $40 per barrel in early trading and stood at $40.10 at 0425 GMT, up 26 cents from the...
Panama Papers: UEFA offices searched by Swiss police – BBC
The offices of European football`s governing body UEFA have been searched by Swiss police, the BBC reported.They have seized information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that was signed by former UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, now head of the global football body FIFA, according to the BBC.Infantino has denied wrongdoing,...
Poroshenko: Ukraine to continue moving towards EU despite Dutch vote – Reuters
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday his country would continue moving towards the European Union despite a resounding rejection by Dutch voters of a treaty on closer ties between the European body and Ukraine, according to Yahoo News with reference to a report by Reuters.”We will continue our movement towards the European Union,”...
NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.95 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 12 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.95 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for April 7: $100 costs UAH 2,595.7927 (on April 6, it was UAH...
UPDATE: Dutch referendum says No with 61.1%, turnout 32.2%: preliminary count over
The turnout for the referendum in the Netherlands on the issue of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement was 32.2%, with 61.1% of the voters having said No to the deal, according to the data by Dutch ANP VERKIEZINGSDIENST electoral agency, published by NOS TV channel, an UNIAN correspondent reports.Preliminary results of the voting say it`s 38.1%...
Russian propaganda: Brussels Attacks ”Europe`s fault. Or maybe staged”
The appalling March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels attracted a lot of attention in pro-Kremlin media outlets. Sadly, most chose to spread confusion, fear and mistrust via disinformation stories about the tragic events, reads the DisinfoReview by EEAS East StratCom Task Force. ”A repeated accusation was that the bombing was Angela Merkel`s...
One of Brussels bombers had worked in EU Parliament: Reuters
One of the Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 32 people in Brussels on March 22 had worked as a cleaner for a short period in the European Parliament six years earlier, a spokesman for the EU assembly said on Thursday, Reuters reports. In 2009 and 2010, ”one of the perpetrators of the Brussels terrorist attacks worked for a period of one...
Media show key videos filmed in 2014 of separatists seizing govt buildings in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk
On April 6, 2014, pro-Russian citizens began seizing government buildings in three cities simultaneously – the regional administrations in Donetsk and Kharkiv, as well as the SBU regional headquarters in Luhansk.Several key videos showing most elaborately the assault on buildingswere put together, according to TSN news service.The Donetsk...
Japan to raise issue of Ukraine settlement at G7 Summit
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held negotiations with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in the course of the official visit to Japan, noting that ”Ukraine and Japan share the same position on the inadmissibility of changing the internationally recognized borders by force and in violation of generally accepted principles of the...
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