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Ukrainian journalists address world leaders about the war in Ukraine (VIDEO)
Seven journalists and hosts of TSN news agency have recorded a video address to the most influential world leaders, where they talk about the war in Ukraine and invite the global community to find out more about it with the help of the book ‘Ukraine's War as Viewed by TSN journalists,' Ukraine Today reports....
Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukrainian army
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has amended some legislative acts on military service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces by allowing foreign citizens and stateless persons to serve in the Ukrainian army, and at the same time it has toughened the responsibility for mercenary-related activity. The draft law on the amendments registered...
Ukraine defies Russia’s demands to pardon militants prior to Donbas elections
During the Normandy Four talks, Russia insisted on the adoption of a new amnesty law, providing for pardon to Russian-backed militants before the elections are held in Donbas, but Ukraine has successfully defended its position, deputy chief of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yeliseiev said at a Kyiv...
Donbas militants observing full ceasefire on Sunday
The enemy was observing a full ceasefire and did not open fire on Ukrainian positions in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Ukraine's east on Sunday, October 4, according to the ATO press center. The truce has allowed Ukraine to start scheduled withdrawals of military hardware and weapons whose caliber is under...
U.S. to allocate $20 mln for Ukraine Army training, nonlethal aid
U.S. President Barack Obama delegated to the Secretary of State the authority to provide aid for Ukraine totaling $20 million in defense articles, military education and training, according to the Memorandum published on the White House’s website. “I hearby delegate <…> the authority to direct the...
Poroshenko about Putin’s statement: «Cool story, but hard to believe!
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he can hardly believe in the sincerity of statements made by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the UN General Assembly regarding the establishment of an anti-terrorist coalition. "In the past few days, we've heard conciliatory statements from the Russian side in which,...
CNN: Obama, noting world calamities, urges diplomacy
With progress fighting ISIS moving slowly, and Russian fighters entrenched in Eastern Ukraine, President Barack Obama returned to the United Nations General Assembly this week anxious to shore up international support for U.S. plans to counter various global crises, according to CNN. Calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a...
Poroshenko: Each day of Donbas war costs Ukraine about $5 mln
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on Sunday that each day of the war in Donbas costs the country around $5 million. "Each day of the war in Donbas costs us around $5 million that we could have invested into sustainable development. And the crisis with internally...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces nine times overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine nine times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "From midnight to 18:00 on September 22, the illegal armed groups were adhering to the ceasefire, but in the evening they...
General Staff voiced official Ukrainian troops’ losses during ATO
The Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers’ death toll is 1,915 military since the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation. Head of Main Personnel Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ihor Voronchenko declared. "Our losses amount to 1,915 people since the beginning of the ATO and the occupation...