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Four militant attacks on Ukrainian troops overnight
Сентябрь 30, 2015
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Four militant attacks on Ukrainian troops overnight

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "From 18:00 to midnight on September 30, the situation remained calm along the demarcation line, but in the evening the...

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Pentagon opens lines of communication with Russia on Syria Read
Сентябрь 30, 2015
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Pentagon opens lines of communication with Russia on Syria Read

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has directed his staff to "open lines of communication with Russia on de-confliction," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said, DPA reported. Carter's order made it clear that the two nations have common ground when it comes to fighting Islamic State, and the goal should be to take...

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BREAKING: Russia approves use of military force in Syria
Сентябрь 30, 2015
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BREAKING: Russia approves use of military force in Syria

Vladimir Putin request to Russian parliament required under country's law immediately approved, paving the way for open Russian intervention in Syria, according to The Telegraph. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad asked Russia's Vladimir Putin for military aid, the Kremlin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov said on...

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Poroshenko about Putin’s statement: «Cool story, but hard to believe!
Сентябрь 30, 2015
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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,...

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131 civilians killed in alleged Saudi airstrike on Yemen wedding
Сентябрь 29, 2015
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131 civilians killed in alleged Saudi airstrike on Yemen wedding

The bombing of a wedding party in Yemen by an apparent Saudi Arabia airstrike has killed over 130 people, medics said on Tuesday. Riyadh, who has air supremacy in the area, denied responsibility for the tragedy. Two missiles tore through two tents in the Al-Wahijah village in southwestern Yemen, where a wedding celebration was...

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Poll: Russians oppose sending troops to Syria Read more on
Сентябрь 29, 2015
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Poll: Russians oppose sending troops to Syria Read more on

The majority of Russians are opposed to sending troops to Syria, according to the results of a survey carried out by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. The overwhelming majority of Russians, or 69%, believe that Russia should not provide direct military support to Syria to...

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Russian proxies attack Ukrainian troops five times overnight
Сентябрь 29, 2015
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Russian proxies attack Ukrainian troops five times overnight

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine five times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. Last night, the militants were firing rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns on the Ukrainian fortified positions in the...

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Poroshenko and Obama hold unscheduled, serious conversation
Сентябрь 29, 2015
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Poroshenko and Obama hold unscheduled, serious conversation

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday held a conversation at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. "A very serious conversation between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States took place," Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Yuriy Sergeyev...

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Taliban assault Afghanistan’s Kunduz city from three directions
Сентябрь 28, 2015
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Taliban assault Afghanistan’s Kunduz city from three directions

Hundreds of Taliban fighters have launched an attack on the strategic northern Afghan city of Kunduz. Militants are attacking from several directions and are reported to have briefly entered a hospital. There are casualties on both sides, police say. Kunduz province has seen a number of attacks since April, with the Taliban...

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Sunday blast near SBU’s Odesa office investigated as terrorist attack
Сентябрь 28, 2015
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Sunday blast near SBU’s Odesa office investigated as terrorist attack

Police have been investigating an explosion that occurred near the office of Ukraine's SBU Security Service in Odesa on Sunday as a terrorist attack, according to the press service of the Interior Ministry's main department in Odesa region. A criminal case has been opened to investigate the incident under Part 2 of...

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Obama-Putin meeting makes sense
Сентябрь 28, 2015
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Obama-Putin meeting makes sense

However distasteful he may find it, President Obama has no choice but to try to work with President Vladimir Putin if there is to be an end to the Syria debacle, just as Obama had no choice but to work with the Russian on the Iran deal. The editorial board of The New York Times writes in its article titled "An Obama-Putin...

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Syria conflict: Russia wants ‘co-ordination’ against IS
Сентябрь 28, 2015
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Syria conflict: Russia wants ‘co-ordination’ against IS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a regional "co-ordinating structure" against Islamic State (IS). Mr Putin reiterated his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who Western countries and the Syrian opposition have said must go. The crisis is expected to be high on the agenda as world leaders...

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