Новости за 16.07.2017

Donetsk Russian-backed separatist forces confirmed to hold in custody Stanislav Aseev, a freelance journalist who has been missing in eastern Ukraine since June 2, Yehor Firsov, former member of parliament wrote in the July 16 Facebook post. He cited a written notification sent by the militants to Aseev’s mother, informing her that her son in […]

As a result of Donbas conflict military operations, no losses among Armed Forces of Ukraine reported, but one soldier was wounded. This was reported by the Defense Ministry’s Speaker on anti-terrorist operation issues Andriy Lysenko during the briefing. “Over the past day as a result of the fighting, there have been no casualties among the Ukrainian military, […]

Members of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DPR”), who earlier denied any involvement in Ukrainian journalist Stanislav (Stas) Aseyev’s disappearance in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, have officially confirmed his arrest. “Stas’ mother has been given a written statement. He is accused of espionage, as is the case with all previously detained journalists. He is […]

Evert van Zijtveld doesn’t want to talk about the 2014 plane crash in eastern Ukraine that took the lives of his two teenage children. He wants justice. But three years after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the bereaved Dutch father — who also lost his in-laws in the crash — is still waiting. […]

BEIRUT — Syrian state media say shells have hit the Russian embassy in Damascus causing material damage. State news agency SANA said two shells were fired at the Russian embassy Sunday, one hitting the compound while the other fell nearby. Read more here

President Trump insisted again on Sunday that there was “no Russian collusion in our winning campaign” in the wake of his son’s admission to seeking Kremlin-dug political dirt. The embattled president returned to his stock attack on “fake news” in defending Donald Trump Jr., who disclosed last week that he took a meeting with a Moscow […]

NEW YORK — As Democrats look to reverse Republicans’ monopoly control in Washington and the GOP advantage in state capitals, the party is still looking for a crisp, simple message for voters. Read more here

The representative of the Bundestag insists that members of the German parliament have the right to visit military at their service, regardless of existing relations between Ankara and Berlin. Ankara is blocking the planned visit of German parliamentarians to the military of Bundeswehr stationed at NATO base in Konya, Turkey. This was reported on Friday by […]

Members of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DPR”) have declared a “special entry-exit status” at the Russian-occupied town of Siedove in Donetsk region, having denied access to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, according to an OSCE update. “At a checkpoint about 1.2km north-west of ‘DPR’-controlled Siedove (33km north-east of Mariupol), armed ‘DPR’ […]

Miners in Luhansk region strike because of non-payment of salaries since 2015. This was reported by the head of Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) Mykhaylo Volynets in Facebook. “The miners do not leave the mine for the second day: yesterday the first shift of miners refused to leave the mine, and other […]

To put it mildly, member of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn district council Olexandr Palamarchuk got angry at 16-year old activist Sergii Chagarov. This resulted in an ugly attack, which the bystanders recorded on the video posted online. This led to public outrage and police investigation. Palamarchuk confronted Chagarov on July 13 on the premises of village administration in […]

Iran has sent thousands of Afghan Shi’a to the battlefields of Syria, catapulting them to the front lines of President Bashar al-Assad and his allies’ brutal six-year war against armed rebels, some of them foreign-backed, and Islamist extremists. As the first line of attack, the poorly trained proxy force made up of mainly Afghan migrants […]

BRUSSELS – EU officials hope the British government shows more urgency about a Brexit deal when its negotiators come to Brussels on Monday for a first full round of talks aimed at smoothing Britain’s departure. “The hard work starts now,” European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday, again sounding a note of alarm […]

Australia has urged Russia to cooperate with new moves to prosecute suspected perpetrators, who brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard. Dutch investigators concluded in 2015 that the jet was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile over conflict-torn eastern Ukrainian territory held by Russia-backed separatists. […]

SYDNEY – The perpetrators who brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard, may be tried in absentia, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday. Most of those on board the Boeing 777 were Dutch, but others came from 17 countries, including 38 Australians. Read more here

Iraqi military forces paraded through the Iraqi capital Baghdad to celebrate the recapture of Mosul, the country’s second-largest city and former self-declared capital of the Islamic State (IS) militant group. The celebration on July 15 comes a week after Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi officially announced “victory” in Mosul over the IS extremists, who had held […]

France called on Saturday for a swift lifting of sanctions that target Qatari nationals in an effort to ease a month-long rift between the Gulf country and several of its neighbors. This was reported by Reuters. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed sanctions on Qatar on June 5, accusing it of financing extremist groups […]

Militants shelled 26 times in Donbas during the past 24 hours. One Ukrainian soldier was killed, one – was injured. This was reported by the ATO headquarters  press service in Facebook. According to the information, after 18:00, the main activity of the militants was recorded in Mariupol area. Militants shelled Krasnohorivka twice from 82-millimeter mortars […]

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s campaign paid $50,000 to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. a little more than a week before news surfaced of an unreported meeting with a Russian attorney that has prompted new accusations of collusion. The payment to the Law Offices of Alan S. Futerfas, dated June 27, was disclosed […]

Hackers backed by the Russian government have attacked energy networks running the national grid in parts of the UK, The Times has learnt. The hackers, who targeted the Republic of Ireland’s energy sector, intended to infiltrate control systems, security analysts believe, according to The Times. Read more here

BUCHAREST — Some 5,000 troops from NATO and partner countries are staging exercises in Romania watched by a senior NATO official and Romania’s president. President Klaus Iohannis and NATO Military Committee head Gen. Petr Pavel, who is on a two-day visit to Romania, were welcomed with military honors ahead of Saturday’s exercises at the Cincu shooting range in northwest […]

Pechersk District Court of Kyiv ordered two-month custody for Mykhailo Dobkin, a lawmaker from the Opposition Bloc and former Kharkiv mayor. Alternatively, Dobkin can pay bail of Hr 50 million ($1.9 million) within five days, according to a July 15 ruling. This amount is three times less than requested by prosecutors, and nearly a quarter […]