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    Austrian drones fly high, over Ukraine and beyond
    Oct26

    Austrian drones fly high, over Ukraine and beyond

    In the middle of the Austrian countryside, a few sleek, high-tech drones sit in a bright production hall, ready for missions over Ukraine, the Mediterranean or the Middle East. Video provided by AFP …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko makes surprise visit to frontline on election day
    Oct26

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko makes surprise visit to frontline on election day

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visits a polling station in the country’s east, where military forces engaged in “anti-terrorist operations” are casting their parliamentary votes. Rough Cut (No reporter narration) Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...

    Pro-Western Parties Leading Ukraine Vote
    Oct26

    Pro-Western Parties Leading Ukraine Vote

    KIEV, Ukraine—Two exit polls indicated that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party will secure a narrow win in Sunday’s parliamentary election, falling substantially short of an outright majority. The vote, which aimed to overhaul a legislature tainted by its association with the ousted former president, Viktor Yanukovych, was...

    Ukraine Exit Polls Show Narrow Lead For Current President As Pro Western Parties Dominate
    Oct26

    Ukraine Exit Polls Show Narrow Lead For Current President As Pro Western Parties Dominate

    Ukraine’s new parliament will be dominated by pro-western parties, exit polls from Sunday’s election indicated. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party currenty leads the election with 23 percent of the vote, according to the polls taken after voting closed at 6 p.m., local time. But victory is not assured just yet....

    Vladimir Putin’s Tangled Stance on Israel
    Oct26

    Vladimir Putin’s Tangled Stance on Israel

    Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama agree on very little. But on the subject of Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, they’re on the same page. In a speech delivered Sunday at the Valdai Club, an annual gathering of Russian experts, Putin blamed the settlement construction for increased tension in the Middle East and beyond....

    Exit polls in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections show win for pro-Western blocs

    KIEV, Ukraine — Under the cloud of a bitter war in their nation’s east, Ukrainians on Sunday were projected to have elected the most pro-European parliament in their country’s 23-year-old history, firmly backing an effort to steer their nation away from Russia’s orbit. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...

    Ukraine Exit Polls Show Poroshenko’s Party Leading
    Oct26

    Ukraine Exit Polls Show Poroshenko’s Party Leading

    Exit polls in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections showed three pro-European parties in the lead as polling stations closed on October 26. According to the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, the political bloc of President Petro Poroshenko in the lead with 23 percent of the vote, followed by the People’s Front with 21 percent and the...

    Polls: pro-Western parties leading Ukraine vote
    Oct26

    Polls: pro-Western parties leading Ukraine vote

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two exit polls indicated that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party will secure a narrow win in Sunday’s parliamentary election, falling substantially short of an outright majority…. …read more Source: Associated...

    Ukrainians Go to the Polls
    Oct26

    Ukrainians Go to the Polls

    Ukrainians voted in snap parliamentary elections called by pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko, aimed at cementing his power and supporting his attempts to end a conflict with Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Ukrainians Hold Snap Vote; Rebel-Held Areas Not Partaking
    Oct26

    Ukrainians Hold Snap Vote; Rebel-Held Areas Not Partaking

    Ukrainians voted Sunday in a snap election for a parliament President Petro Poroshenko hopes will take a more pro-European stance and sweep out the remaining supporters of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. Rebel held regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, home to around 3 million people, will not take part in the official vote, instead going to the...