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    Ukraine’s president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia
    Jul19

    Ukraine’s president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine is willing to swap a jailed Russian journalist for an imprisoned Ukrainian film director …read more Source: ABC...

    Ukrainian President’s Office Proposes Sentsov, Vyshinsky Prisoner Swap
    Jul19

    Ukrainian President’s Office Proposes Sentsov, Vyshinsky Prisoner Swap

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office has proposed a prisoner exchange with Russia involving Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is jailed in Russia, and Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, who is in detention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Volker: Moscow Passport Move For Donbas Residents Diverges From Peace Plan
    Jul19

    Volker: Moscow Passport Move For Donbas Residents Diverges From Peace Plan

    WASHINGTON — Kurt Volker, the special U.S. envoy to Ukraine, says Russia’s move to fast-track the granting of citizenship to all residents of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk runs counter to efforts to achieve peace in an armed conflict that is in its fifth year. Volker said that by expediting Russian passports for...

    US Lawmaker Group on Ukraine Drafts Sanctions on 24 Russians Over 24 Detained Ukrainian Sailors
    Jul19

    US Lawmaker Group on Ukraine Drafts Sanctions on 24 Russians Over 24 Detained Ukrainian Sailors

    WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers dedicated to Ukrainian issues has introduced legislation to sanction members of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) over their role in taking 24 Ukrainian crewmen captive last November near the Kerch Strait. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    U.S. Navy ‘Destroyed’ Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz
    Jul18

    U.S. Navy ‘Destroyed’ Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had “destroyed” an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the ship, in the latest incident in the Gulf. Trump told an event in the White House that the drone had flown to within 1,000 yards (meters) of the USS Boxer....

    Cotton Warns of Smartphone Privacy Concerns Amid ‘FaceApp’ News
    Jul18

    Cotton Warns of Smartphone Privacy Concerns Amid ‘FaceApp’ News

    Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) warned smartphone users to protect their privacy after news broke that the viral app “FaceApp” has access to all of their personal photos and is owned by a Russia-based company. “What I would say to your listeners is be very discriminating in the way you download apps. Delete, if you have apps on your...

    Bi-Partisan Commission Detects Russian Misinformation Effort in Ukraine
    Jul18

    Bi-Partisan Commission Detects Russian Misinformation Effort in Ukraine

    The Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, a bi-partisan initiative founded in 2018, says it has detected evidence of a coordinated disinformation effort on Twitter, targeting Ukrainian politics ahead of the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. The commission conducted a study of online discussion of Ukrainian politics since...

    Argentina Freezes Hezbollah Assets
    Jul18

    Argentina Freezes Hezbollah Assets

    Recent Stories in National Security Bi-Partisan Commission Detects Russian Misinformation Effort in Ukraine Argentina Freezes Hezbollah Assets Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Seize Foreign Tanker BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentinian authorities designated Hezbollah, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, a terrorist organization on...

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Seize Foreign Tanker
    Jul18

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Seize Foreign Tanker

    DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday it had seized a foreign tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf, and the U.S. military commander in the region said the United States would work “aggressively” to ensure free passage of vessels through the vital waterway. The United States blames Iran for a series of attacks on shipping in the...

    ‘Without Further Delay’: European Parliament Calls On Russia To Release Detained Ukrainians
    Jul18

    ‘Without Further Delay’: European Parliament Calls On Russia To Release Detained Ukrainians

    The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on Russian authorities “to release without further delay and unconditionally all illegally and arbitrarily detained Ukrainian citizens both in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...