Section: South Africa
Berlin Expects New Donbass Truce to Be Effective
BERLIN (Sputnik) — Berlin hopes that the new ceasefire agreement in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region will work effectively and be “more than a verbal statement,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday in a statement, published on the ministry’s website. On Wednesday, the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine held a meeting...
Kiev Forces Attempted to Capture DPR Militia Positions Near Donetsk
DONETSK (Sputnik) — Basurin added that the attempted attacks on DPR positions were accompanied by shelling of Donetsk outskirts. He also recommended for the command of Kiev forces to comply with the Minsk agreements. “Ahead of the Independence Day of Ukraine, subdivisions of the 57th separate mechanized infantry brigade … attempted to capture our...
New OSCE Bases in Donbass Help Little in Reducing Ukrainian Shelling
LUHANSK (Sputnik) — On Friday, the SMM OSCE press service said that observers resumed round-the-clock monitoring of the situation on the site of the planned withdrawal of forces in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska. “We recently saw a similar forward patrol base opened by SMM in Popasnaya. As experience has shown, shelling in this area on the part...
Ukrainian climber found dead on Mont Blanc
A Ukrainian climber was found dead on Mont Blanc on Saturday, a day after setting off to scale western Europe’s highest peak, rescuers said. The 42-year-old became trapped in an overnight storm on the 4,810-metre (15,780-foot) mountain. The climber had alerted mountain rescuers that he was in trouble, but they could not come to his...
eNCA | Ukraine arrests Frenchman wanted in ‘fake CEO’ scam
French judicial sources and a lawyer for Gilbert Chikli, a 51-year-old Frenchman, said an extradition hearing would be held on Sunday after he was detained. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian climber found dead on Mont Blanc
A Ukrainian climber was found dead on Mont Blanc on Saturday, a day after setting off to scale western Europe’s highest peak, rescuers said. The 42-year-old became trapped in an overnight storm on the 4,810-metre (15,780-foot) mountain. The climber had alerted mountain rescuers that he was in trouble, but they could not come to his aid...
eNCA | Ukraine arrests Frenchman wanted in ‘fake CEO’ scam
French judicial sources and a lawyer for Gilbert Chikli, a 51-year-old Frenchman, said an extradition hearing would be held on Sunday after he was detained. …read more Source:...
US Aware of Reports on Ukraine Providing Rocket Technology to North Korea
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States is aware of reports that Ukraine transferred sensitive rocket technology to North Korea but believes the country has a very strong non-proliferation record, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said at a press briefing on Tuesday. “We’re certainly aware of those reports that have come out....
Ukraine denies selling missile technology to North Korea
Ukraine denied on Tuesday that it had ever supplied defence technology to North Korea. …read more Source: SABC...
Ukrainian Military Says Agent Detained in Crimea Was Dismissed From Army in May
KIEV (Sputnik) — The Ukrainian agent detained in Crimea earlier this month over plotting acts of sabotage on the peninsula was dismissed from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in May 2017 for professional incompetence, Yuzef Venskovych, the deputy head of the Public Relations Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said on...
