Section: Baltic News Network (Austria)
Pro-Kremlin separatists accuse Kiev of assassinating rebel commander
Pro-Kremlin separatists in Eastern Ukraine are seeking to determine persons behind the assassination of a rebel commanded seen by Ukraine as a war criminal. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Crimea announces international journalist visit
Russian-annexed Crimea is hosting an international journalist visit, as part of which reporters from eight European and Asian countries have arrived in the peninsular on October 11. …read more Source: Baltic News...
MH17 investigators: Missile came from Russia, was shot from rebel-held territory
The Dutch-led international team of prosecutors stated on September 28 that it has found that the missile with which passenger plane on flight MH17 was downed in 2014 over eastern Ukraine was shot from territory held by pro-Kremlin separatists. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Poroshenko: Russia lies even more than Soviet leaders
President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine has directed sharp criticism toward Russian foreign policies in Europe during his September 21 speech at the UN General Assembly. …read more Source: Baltic News...
French and German ministers visit war zone in Ukraine, hope for peace summit
The foreign ministers of Germany and France have on September 15 visited devastated eastern Ukraine and stated that they aim for another bid for peace in the Donbas War. …read more Source: Baltic News...
EU extends sanctions against Russian private and legal persons
On Thursday, 15 September, the European Union decided to extend sanctions imposed against 146 private and 37 legal persons in Russia for taking part in the annexation of Crimea and causing the armed conflict in Ukraine for six more months. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Illegally acquired money from Ukraine adds Latvia’s state budget
In the investigation regarding the possible laundering of money embezzled from Ukraine’s state budget using Latvian commercial banks has yet to yield any suspects. As a result of multiple court hearings, nearly EUR 50 million has been declared illegal funds and has been added to Latvia’s state budget, as reported by De Facto programme...
Protesters in Kyiv quit blockade of TV channel deemed as being pro-Kremlin
Protesters in Ukrainian capital Kyiv have on September 6 quit a siege on Inter TV channel that has also suffered an attempt of arson for allegedly pursuing a pro-Kremlin agenda. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Lithuania sends ammunition to Ukraine, disagrees with calls to lift sanctions
Lithuania has announced that it has supplied combat ammunition to Ukraine and its top diplomat has dismissed calls to lift EU sanctions imposed on Russian officials and companies. …read more Source: Baltic News...
After increase in violence in Ukraine, truce starts and ends
Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters reported that a truce had been holding on September 1 but attacks have later resumed. …read more Source: Baltic News...
