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Ukraine Recaptures Sloviansk: Russian RouletteOn July 5, the eastern Ukrainian town of Sloviansk was recaptured by the Ukrainian military, driving out pro-Russia rebels and ending their three-month occupation. VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky travels... -
Having failed to stage ‘short victorious war’ in Ukraine, Putin faces problems at homeBoth those Russians who continue to press Vladimir Putin to intervene militarily in eastern Ukraine and those who say that his policies in Ukraine have been a disaster are increasingly... -
Yatsenyuk asks residents of liberated cities to return homeThe Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk is urging Donbas residents who had left to return to their liberated cities. He made his appeal during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, July... -
Helsinki Group files suit against Russia with the European Court for kidnapping and abuseThe Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights about Russia’s involvement in the abduction and abuse of hostages carried out by terrorists... -
Kakha Bendukidze: “It’s impossible to distinguish between an oligarch and a businessman”by Vladimir Fedorin, Forbes Why shouldn’t Ukrainian reformers fight for restoring “justice” at any price. The empty public purse, falling hryvnia [the Ukrainian currency–Ed.], declining economy, over-the-top corruption—this is far... -
A poem for HopeFamous Ukrainian poet Oleksandr Irvanets dedicated a poem to the heroic Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Nadiya was a volunteer in Ukrainian volunteer battalion “Aydar”. She was captured by the separatists... -
Pilot Valentyn Tsyhulsky: “God saved me so that I can return to the skies”Many caring people pay visits to the wounded troopers that are treated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast clinical hospital named after I. Mechnykov. They come by to show their appreciation, bringing newspapers,... -
One day spent in Berlin with heroes from UkraineSome time ago we reported of the Ukrainians who were injured during the revolution events in Kyiv and other cities receiving treatment in German hospitals, including Berlin. Some of them... -
‘Strelkov’ apologizes for Donetsk lootingMilitary commander of the Donetsk People's Republic and Russian operative Igor "Strelkov" Girkin has made a public plea to the people of Donetsk, calling to 'severely punish' his men for... -
RNBO: News & Analysis Center July 8 UpdateCONSOLIDATED NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COUNCIL (RNBO) NEWS & ANALYSIS CENTER at 17:00 JULY 8, 2014 Today the Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed traffic movement to the... -
RNBO: News & Analysis Center July 8 UpdateCONSOLIDATED NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COUNCIL (RNBO) NEWS & ANALYSIS CENTER at 17:00 JULY 8, 2014 Today the Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed traffic movement to the...
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Turkey will ‘always stand with Crimean Tatars,’ Ankara saysTurkish Foreign Minister Akhmet Davutoglu yesterday in Ankara received Mustafa Cemilev and Refat Chubarov, the two Crimean Tatar leaders the Russian occupation authorities have blocked from returning to their homeland... -
Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko is being held in Russian prisonThe well-known Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who went as a volunteer to fight the terrorists in the ATO zone, is in prison in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, [near the Ukrainian border]... -
Russian lawmaker asks to ban 100-ruble bill because of nude statueIn a letter to the Central Bank, Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) lawmaker Roman Khudyakov has called for the removal of the classical Greek statue of Apollo from the Russian 100-ruble bill,... -
Ukraine will lose 3-4% of GDP because of Donbas — SheremetaThe military conflict in the Donbas will result in an additional reduction of the national GDP by 3-4% in 2014, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Pavlo Sheremeta said... -
The parallel between Ukraine and the Levant: Creating a ‘slavic ISIS’?In the last episode between Russia and Ukraine, we witnessed that wax and wane posture between Europe and Russia, playing on the ethnicity/minority card with a slightly invisible background of... -
SUPPORT FOR MAIDANERS (June, 2014) (private group initiative from Canada)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeBMBhuWn6c Reminder of the bloody conflict on Instytutska on February 20 1/ Anatoliy Yakovych Adamovsky, born 23.03.1964, address: 14/2 Tushynska Str., Donetsk Anatoliy decided to go to Kyiv and... -
Anti-Terrorist Operation: Liveblog (July 8)Following the refusal of Russian-backed insurgents to lay down their arms or cooperate in a unilateral ceasefire, President Petro Poroshenko announced the resumption of the Anti-Terrorist Operation of the Armed Forces &... -
Ukrainian Jewish Leader Josef Zissels in Toronto: The Truth About UkraineJosef Zissels, a former Soviet political dissident, Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress, Chairman of the Vaad (Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine), Chairman of the Euro-Asian Jewish... -
China importing Ukrainian vodkaThe international holding company Global Spirits is entering the Chinese market, the largest alcoholic beverage market in the East, with its Khortytsa brand of vodka, reports Espreso TV, July 7....
