Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine Says It Captured Russian Army Major Who Allegedly Delivered Explosives To Pro-Kremlin Rebels
Ukrainian security forces said Wednesday that they captured a Russian Army major who was allegedly delivering explosives to pro-Moscow rebels in the country. Moscow has maintained that it is not involved in the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine between forces loyal to Kiev and the self-declared separatist republics that favor Russia. Numerous...
Russia Considers International Tribunal On MH17 Crash As ‘Inexpedient’
Russia is said Wednesday it would be “inexpedient” to establish an international tribunal on last year’s Flight MH17 crash. Australia and the Netherlands have asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to block U.N. Security Council resolution to try those who shot down flight Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. Putin told Dutch Prime...
East Ukraine War Death Toll: 2,300 Ukrainian Soldiers Dead, Hundreds Missing Since Conflict Began, Military Says
More than 2,300 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the east Ukraine war began in April 2014, the head of the civilian-military cooperation department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksiy Nozdrachov, said Tuesday. In addition to the death toll, which represented nearly a third of the total number of deaths in the country as a result of the war,...
Neo-Nazi Group Hacks Twitter Of Ukraine’s UN Representative: Right Sector Hacking Was In Protest Over East Ukraine War
The Twitter account of Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations was hacked Tuesday by the neo-Nazi Right Sector group. The hack, which targeted envoy Yuriy Sergeyev, is the latest action by extremists dissatisfied with the Ukrainian government’s conduct of the fight against separatists in the east. After Sergeyev’s account was...
Ukraine Denies Media Reports Of Exchanging Russian Detainees For POWs
Ukraine dismissed reports it had exchanged Russian citizens for two Ukrainian prisoners of war. Russian media reported the exchange involved Ukrainian servicemen were held by the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia To Deploy S-400 Missile Defense System To Far East Region Of Kamchatka
Russia has deployed its advanced S-400 missile defense system to the region of Kamchatka in the Far East of Russia, said Pacific Fleet spokesman Roman Martov to pro-Russian news agency Tass on Tuesday. While the sparsely populated area is far from the increasingly hostile warzone of east Ukraine, it does host Russia’s Pacific Fleet of...
Pro-Russian Rebels And Ukrainian Forces Clash More Than 120 Times As Fierce East Ukraine War Rumbles On
Russian-backed rebels attacked Ukrainian army positions and civilian areas more than 80 times on Monday night and in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to the Facebook page of the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation group ATO. The group, which considers rebels factions from Luhansk and Donetsk as terrorists, says that it witnessed the...
Ukraine Russia Conflict: Russian Taking Selfie Is Shot On Ukrainian Border, Police Deny Report
A Russian national was reportedly shot by Ukraine authorities while attempting to take a selfie photo near the border of Russia and Ukraine, the Moscow Times reported Monday. Nikolai Sinitsin, a resident of Rostov-on-Don in Russia, was being treated for a gunshot wound to the chest, though Ukraine’s police said it was not responsible for...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Thousands Of Ukrainian Troops On Border With Russian-Influenced Transnistria In South
Ukraine on Friday placed up to 7,000 troops on its southern border with the breakaway Moldovan state of Transnistria fearing pro-Russian hostility in the region, according to Russian news agency Tass. The small state, which is situated on a thin strip of land between the River Dniester and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine, has been...
Ukraine Russia Conflict: 7,000 Ukrainian Troops On Border With Russian-Influenced Transnistria In South
Ukraine on Friday placed as many as 7,000 troops on its southern border with the breakaway Moldovan state of Transnistria fearing pro-Russian hostility in the region, according to the pro-Russian news agency Tass. The small state, which is situated on a thin strip of land between the River Dniester and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine,...
