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Tymchuk: Russian proxies beefing up task forces near Horlivka, Yasynuvata
Head of the Information Resistance Group and MP Dmytro Tymchuk reports that the combined Russian-separatist forces are actively strengthening their tactical groups "Trucks with ammunition – 10-15 vehicles per day – arrive in Horlivka. Armored vehicles (four BMP-1, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and two...
Ukraine studies Russian airstrikes in Syria to prepare defenses – Turchynov
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Oleksandr Turchynov said that Ukraine is studying the use of Russian combat aircraft in Syria in order to be prepared to defend the state from Russian airstrikes. Turchynov noted in his interview with the Ukrainian TV Channel 5 that Ukraine is highly concerned...
AFP: Russia warns Turkey will regret plane downing, receives condolences
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed that the Turkish leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Moscow's warplanes, as Ankara presented its condolences for the death of a Russian pilot in the incident, according to AFP. Moscow announced a halt to talks on a major gas pipeline with NATO member...
The brutal execution of ‘gay couple’ by militants ISIS shocked the world (photo)
The extremist group of Islamic State (ISIS) threw two Syrian men off the top of a building in Palmyra city in the central Syrian province of Homs, after accusing them of being a gay couple, local sources reported on Wednesday. A masked ISIS militant carried out the death sentence against the supposedly “gay...
20 militants ATTACK NEAR Ukrainian forses Avdiyivka it Tuesday evening
A group of 20 terrorists approached a Ukrainian fortified position near the town of Avdiyivka in Donbas and started firing on the ATO forces at 19:10 Kyiv time on Tuesday, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "The Ukrainian military immediately opened fire in response. The...
End of ISIS? Putin ‘sending 150,000 soldiers to Syria to WIPE OUT evil Islamic State’
VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to send 150,000 troops to Syria in a bid to wipe out the evil Islamic State once and for all as he hints at joining the West following the Paris attacks. The Russian leader is reportedly mounting an enormous military mission to take control of the terror group's stronghold of Raqqa. The city is...
IS could mount cyber attack in Japan – Bloomberg
Japan is at risk of cyber attacks on its essential infrastructure by Islamic State, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission of Japan, cabinet minister Taro Kono said in an interview with Bloomberg two weeks after a series of lethal terrorist attacks in Paris. "What we need to be most concerned about is Islamic...
‘Star Wars’-themed movie theater lets you watch from inside the Death Star
Nothing sets the mood for a little dramatic tension like a Death Star hanging from the ceiling like a disco ball. In that spirit, there's now a movie theater with a permanent Star Wars theme. The new Alamo Drafthouse in La Vista, NE — near Omaha — pays tribute to the the beloved franchise with a lobby devoted to...
AFP: Israel PM admits forces operating in war-hit Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted for the first time Tuesday that Israeli forces have been operating in Syria, where the Iran-backed regime is battling rebels including the jihadist Islamic State, according to AFP. "We occasionally carry out operations in Syria to prevent that country from becoming a front against...
Forward Patrol Bases enhance monitoring along Contact Line: OSCE Chief Monitor
During a visit to Luhansk region on 29 November 2015, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Ertugrul Apakan, said Forward Patrol Bases established by the Mission greatly enhance monitoring along the Contact Line in eastern Ukraine. He visited the SMM’s Forward Patrol Base in Novoaidar...
One soldier reported wounded in ATO in last day
One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) on November 28, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing today. As reported, militants fired Ukrainian positions 35 times in the past day. In Luhansk direction, the situation was calm yesterday, except for two incidents when...
Ukraine releases two Russian military detained in Luhansk region
Two servicemen of the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, who had crossed the state border with Ukraine, were released and handed over to the Russian border guards, the spokesperson of the Russian Interior Ministry Vasily Panchenko said on Friday, according to Russian news agency TASS. "They were tried in...