Leviy Bereg reports that Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian military’s Anti-Terrorism Operation (ATO), has announced at a briefing today that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another two wounded yesterday.
LifeNews, a pro-Kremlin TV station which cooperates close with law-enforcement and intelligence (as we recently re-confirmed), reports that the minister of state security of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) has expelled seven staff members of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) supposedly for “espionage”.
Last week, The Moscow Times commented on a report released by the Russian state statistics agency which clearly documented the extent of the problems in Russia’s economy:
A group of former world leaders called “The Elders” is visiting Moscow today and has met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin, Russian and Western correspondents in Moscow reported.
Ukrainska Pravda reports that Oleksandr Turchynov, secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council, has issued a statement with Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, head of the SBU, on the standoff between the Ukrainian authorities and Praviy Sector.
The Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M has begun to spiral out of control and the Russian Mission Control at Korolyov has given up efforts to communicate with the ship, RIA Novosti reported.
Novosti Donbassa reports that the press office of the Donetsk regional branch of the Interior Ministry has announced that a civilian has been wounded as result of shelling in the village of Chermalyk, north-east of Mariupol.
Yesterday we reported that there was a forest fire near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, scene of the 1986 nuclear meltdown which has left the area heavily irradiated. The fires are feared because of the chance that they can release radioactive material back into the air. However, RFE/RL reports that the fires are reportedly contained…
Poland has ruled to expel an RT.com correspondent, accusing him of espionage, PAP and Ukrinform reported.
The relationship between the Ukrainian government and the nationalist Praviy (right) Sector (PS) paramilitary organisation, which has often been subject to tension since PS member Oleksandr Muzychko, known as Sashko Bily, was shot dead during a security operation in March last year, appears to have reached a new low today with PS members protesting in […]
