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The Dangerous Link Between Syria and Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has used the fighting in both countries to trap the U.S. Despite what Vladimir Putin is saying, the United States still staunchly refuses to believe Russia is engaged in a new Cold War—and that the U.S. is losing. But Russia aggressively pushes its own narrative where U.S. leadership is absent. Russian...
Russia deploys Ukraine-based militants to Syria — Tymchuk
Military analyst and MP Dmytro Tymchuk says Russia's 'Don' battalion, currently stationed in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region, has been ordered to dispatch 190 of it's militant footsoldiers to Syria. According to Tymchuk, nearly 200 Russian mercenaries, who were fighting alongside with militants in 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...
Burkina Faso army reaches capital to quell coup
Burkina Faso's army has reached the capital, Ouagadougou, to seek the surrender of the elite presidential guard who staged a coup last Thursday Negotiations between army chiefs and the presidential guard are under way, security sources said. Both the president and the prime minister have been released. Coup leader Gen...
General Staff voiced official Ukrainian troops’ losses during ATO
The Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers’ death toll is 1,915 military since the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation. Head of Main Personnel Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ihor Voronchenko declared. "Our losses amount to 1,915 people since the beginning of the ATO and the occupation...
Poroshenko names condition for elections in Donetsk, Luhansk
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko noted that the OSCE ODIHR official who was present at the meeting of the Tripartite Liaison Group (TLG) in Minsk expressed his clear view that coincides with the Ukrainian position. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that elections in the Donetsk and Luhansk will only be held when...
Yemeni rebels release 2 Americans, 2 Saudis and 1 Briton
Yemen's Houthi rebels have released foreigners held hostage for several months, including at least two Americans, two Saudis and a Briton, several media outlets reported. One of them is said to be a reporter accused of working in the country without proper documents. There are no details on the identities of the released....
Luhansk militant leader Plotnitsky announces pseudo-election on November
Leader of pro-Russian militants from the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Igor Plotnitsky has announced plans to hold "local elections" on November 1, according to his statement posted on militant websites. "Today I have signed a decree on holding the first elections to the local administrations of...
Explosion hits Right Sector’s office in Sumy, killing one fighter
One fighter was killed as a result of a grenade explosion in the office of the Right Sector in the city of Sumy, Sumy Regional Governor Mykola Klochko wrote on Facebook on Monday. "According to an update, a 31-year-old fighter Oleksandr Yakovenko (nom de guerre "Palach") was killed as a result of careless...
Happening Now: Crimean Tatars blockade crossing to Russian-occupied Crimea (live updates)
The peninsula's minority Muslim population face persecution under the Kremlin-appointed authorities 21.09.2015 Economic blockade of Ukraine's Crimea enters second day Tatars and members of the nationalist Right Sector group, who are behind the "economic blockade" say their aim is to highlight discrimination...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces four times 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 Monday. "In general, the militants adhered to the ceasefire, but still there were some cases of the use of weapons by the enemy. From...
No casualties among Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the past day, presidential administration press secretary for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said. "Over the last day, no Ukrainian soldiers were killed or injured as a result of military clashes,"...