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Ukrainian troops awarded about UAH 3.5 mln for successful combat missions
About UAH 3.5 million has been already paid to Ukrainian soldiers for the successful execution of combat missions, Head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Communications and Press Department Oksana Havryliuk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday. "Families of the dead soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces have already...
Five countries may establish their own tribunal on MH17
Blocked by Russia at the United Nations, members seeking criminal accountability for the Malaysian jetliner destroyed in eastern Ukraine last year may create their own prosecution tribunal, Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Wednesday. The minister said such a tribunal was among the narrowed options now under...
Sector «M»: Booby-trapped bodies found outside Donetsk
Booby-trapped bodies have been revealed in the village of Sopyne in Donetsk region, the press officer of the Mariupol "M" sector Ihor Biriukov said on Thursday. "According to our informants, residents of the village of Sopyne invite to explore a certain site, as they suspect there are boxes of ammunition and...
Russia plans another big military base near Ukraine border
Russia is planning a second major military base near the border with Ukraine, where NATO accuses Russian troops of helping pro-Moscow separatists fight Kyiv's forces, according to Reuters. The bases are part of a Russian military buildup along a new line of confrontation with the West, running from the Black Sea in the...
Russia risks confrontation with US over Syrian military build up
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "could provoke a further escalation of the conflict", as well claiming more lives and increasing the flow of refugees. "If they are there to shore up Assad and to certainly provide Assad with the continued...
Leader of US war effort against Islamic State stepping down
The retired Marine general chosen by President Barack Obama to head military efforts against Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL) is leaving the position, according to a new report. John R. Allen, the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, will leave the job in November, according to...
Poroshenko administration explains why no response to firearm petition yet
President Petro Poroshenko's Administration has not yet responded to the most popular petition on legalizing possession of firearms in Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Dmytro Shymkiv wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. According to Shymkiv, a response to the first petition, which met the 25,000 signature...
Migrant crisis: EU splits exposed as summit looms
Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants have been further exposed as leaders gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels. Slovakia is launching a legal challenge to mandatory quotas that were passed in a majority vote on Tuesday. Hungary's PM defended its "democratic rights" and proposed a...
Over 200 men in balaclavas brawl at Kharkiv town hall, clash with police
Unknown persons dressed in camouflage and wearing balaclavas, who had reportedly picketed the house of former Kharkiv Governor Mykhailo Dobkin, have come to the Kharkiv town hall, Ukrainian TV Channel 112 Ukraina has reported. "We're at Kharkiv City Council where a session is taking place now. Prior to that, more than...
Czech PM: Prague to fight quotas
The Czech Republic has criticized the EU's decision to relocate 120,000 migrants across the continent over the next two years adopted on Tuesday evening by the majority of EU member states, according to Radio Praha. The Czech prime minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, says Tuesday's vote to introduce quotas of asylum seekers in...
U.S. House of Representatives calls on Russia to free Savchenko
On September 22, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously adopted resolution H.Res.50 "Calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was captured by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine and has been held illegally in a Russian prison since July 2014," according to MFA of Ukraine. The...
France ready to bomb Syria ‘in self-defense’ – foreign minister
France says it may carry out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria as an act of self-defense. Last week French aircraft started to undertake reconnaissance missions over Syria. On Monday, French President Francois Hollande said French military sorties in Syria would soon expand to include airstrikes against Islamic...