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Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
Октябрь 08, 2015
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Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day

No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but four were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.  "Yesterday, the enemy made a...

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U.S. Senate passes bill allowing supply of weapons to Ukraine
Октябрь 08, 2015
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U.S. Senate passes bill allowing supply of weapons to Ukraine

A bill on defense expenditures in 2016 fiscal year which started October 1 was amended with provisions regarding military assistance to Ukraine. $300,000,000 may be available to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide appropriate security assistance and intelligence support, including...

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Syrian children don’t deserve such life or even death (PHOTO)
Октябрь 08, 2015
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Syrian children don’t deserve such life or even death (PHOTO)

Four and a half years of violent conflict have destroyed entire regions of Syria. Neighborhoods have been smashed by shelling and government barrel bombs, and towns have been seized by rebels and ISIS militants, then retaken by government troops, killing hundreds of thousands and injuring even more. The United Nations now...

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Klimkin asks parliament to stop misusing «Donbas’ special status» term
Октябрь 07, 2015
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Klimkin asks parliament to stop misusing «Donbas’ special status» term

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin insists that Ukrainian lawmakers stop speculating about terminology related to "special status of Donbas." "There is no special status. There is a law on the peculiarities of local self-government , which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. The law which respective...

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Ukrainian journalists address world leaders about the war in Ukraine (VIDEO)
Октябрь 07, 2015
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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....

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Russians make closest contact to date with U.S. war planes over Syria: CBS News
Октябрь 07, 2015
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Russians make closest contact to date with U.S. war planes over Syria: CBS News

Russian aircraft had their closest run-in yet with American war planes over Syria. The yellow aircraft are Russian, the green are American, according to CBS News. "The closest has been within a handful of miles of our remotely piloted aircraft," said Lt. Gen. Charles Brown, commander of the American air campaign, CBS...

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Russian jets hit IS targets in Palmyra
Октябрь 06, 2015
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Russian jets hit IS targets in Palmyra

Russian jets hit Islamic State targets in the Syrian city of Palmyra and the northern province of Aleppo, Syrian state television and a monitoring group said on Tuesday, in some of the heaviest Russian attacks on the hardline Islamist group, according to Reuters. The strikes destroyed 20 vehicles and three weapons depots in...

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Forbes: Poker player Putin raises stakes on Syria, Ukraine. Can European Union call his bluff?
Октябрь 06, 2015
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Forbes: Poker player Putin raises stakes on Syria, Ukraine. Can European Union call his bluff?

Russian President Vladimir Putin is strengthening his negotiating power with the European Union, and the United States, in the standoff around Ukraine by backing Bashar al-Assad in Syria and bombing rebel militants there, even if they do not belong to Islamic State. Not only is Russia now setting the pace in the conflict in...

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Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukrainian army
Октябрь 06, 2015
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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...

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Russia violates Turkish airspace twice
Октябрь 06, 2015
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Russia violates Turkish airspace twice

A Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace on Sunday, a Turkish foreign ministry official said, the second such breach over the past three days, prompting Ankara to once again summon Moscow's ambassador, Reuters reports. Turkey, a NATO member with the alliance's second biggest army, scrambled two F-16 jets on Saturday...

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Ukraine continues pulling back tanks in Luhansk region
Октябрь 06, 2015
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Ukraine continues pulling back tanks in Luhansk region

There were no cases of the violation of the ceasefire by illegal armed groups in the Donbas conflict zone in the last day, which allows Ukrainian troops to continue pulling back military hardware from the contact line, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "The long-awaited ceasefire allows...

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OSCE: «LPR» militants pull back 30 tanks from contact line
Октябрь 06, 2015
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OSCE: «LPR» militants pull back 30 tanks from contact line

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine says “LPR” militants withdraw 30 tanks away from the contact line, according to the SMM report. “The SMM monitored the process of withdrawal of tanks in accordance with the Addendum to the Package of measures”. “The SMM observed the removal of 30 main...

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