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Putin calls Turkey «accomplices of terrorists» after Russian jet shot down
Putin warns Turkey of “significant consequences,” speaking ahead of his Sochi meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan. "This event is beyond the normal framework of fighting against terrorism," Putin said, according to The Guardian. "Of course our military is doing heroic work against terrorism…...
Terrorists conduct provocative fire in all directions, 30 cases of shellling in 12 hours recorded, — ATO press center
The situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area remains tense. Terrorists continue conducting provocation fire in all directions. This was announced by the ATO press center on Facebook. According to the HQ information, in this way the mercenaries are trying to provoke Ukrainian troops to fire in order to...
12 years in a row woman, 83, who hugged every soldier for luck before they went off to war. But one day she didn’t come …
She made it her mission to hug as many soldiers as possible for luck before they went off to war. But recently, Elizabeth Laird, 83, was hospitalized after her breast cancer spread to her bones. Now, she is being repaid for her kindness — with the hundreds of thousands of servicemen she embraced before their deployment at...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces 37 times overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 37 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation wrote on Facebook early Monday. "The militants opened fire in all directions along the demarcation line, mainly in the Donetsk sector. They fired rocket-propelled...
Don’t worry, ‘Star Wars’ fans: J.J. Abrams promises minimal lens flare
That's how many lens flares appear in Star Trek, as Stephen Colbert told J.J. Abrams during a spirited Saturday evening fundraiser for New Jersey's Montclair Film Festival. It's something Abrams has been dinged about in a number of his more recent films, including Super...
ATO forces in Donetsk sector under militant fire whole day on Sunday
On Sunday, Russian-backed militants were shelling Ukrainian positions, focusing fire on the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "As was the case before, the terrorists focused fire on the Donetsk sector today. They used grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and...
One soldier wounded yesterday, two killed
Two soldiers were killed and one wounded in combat actiities in the East of Ukraine on Nov. 21. Presidential Administration speaker on the ATO matters Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing. Two servicemen died in mine-tripping in the Luhansk region. Provocative shelling was reported in the Luhansk, Donetsk, and Mariupol...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces in Donetsk sector overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in the Donetsk sector from 18:00 to midnight on November 21, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Saturday. "The Russian-terrorist mercenaries fired mortars on the towns of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, as well as...
The mother of the deceased: nobody needs the memory the Heaven’s Hundred
We met Nadia Melnychuk on the street Institutska accidentally while preparing material for the second anniversary of the protests on the Maidan. She came with her husband to visit a makeshift memorial of the Heaven's Hundred, where were photos of her son — Vladimir...
Russia sends another ‘humanitarian convoy’ to Donbas
Russia on Thursday sent more than 100 trucks that Moscow claims are carrying aid for people in Ukraine's Donbas region — this is the 45th that is crossing into Ukraine without permission from the Ukrainian government. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said the vehicles were delivering more than 1,100...
Paris terrorists caught in raid planned to attack airport, mall next
The jihadists holed up in a Paris suburb apartment had been planning to attack Charles de Gaulle Airport and a shopping mall before a special forces team stopped them in the nick of time in a predawn raid Wednesday, French media reported. French authorities said the terrorists in Saint-Denis comprised a fourth team of jihadists...
Nusra Front says it downed Russian drones in Syria
The al-Nusra Front group has said it downed two Russian reconnaissance drones over a military airport it controls in northwest Syria. If confirmed, the incident would be the first time that armed groups in Syria have shot down any Russian aircraft since Moscow started a campaign of strikes there on September 30. The al-Qaeda...