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How russian Artillery Destroys Eastern Ukraine
29.01.2020
The video from the user Glasnost Gone shows some large areas populated by civilians and two International airports which russia’s forces in Ukraine have turned into nothing more than rubble.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olkx4UWKgf8&fbclid=IwAR0-UdAIKvkHJ8G-9NkBllHab5HV4Yqo3b3ZM6lJNUZ6gnS0Lj2fg1ICxswUkrainian pianist wins Grammy
28.01.2020
The Poetry Of Places album by Ukrainian pianist Nadia Shpachenko has won Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium, Ukrinform reports.The Poetry of Places features premieres of solo and collaborative works (performed with LA Phil pianist Joanne Pearce Martin and LAPQ percussionists Nick Terry and Cory Hills) inspired by diverse buildings.Nadia Shpachenko enjoys bringing into the world things that are outside the box – powerful pieces that often possess unusual sonic qualities or instrumentation. Nadia’s concert highlights include recitals at Concertgebouw, Carnegie ...Poland proposed Ukraine to jointly commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle against the Bolshevik onslaught
28.01.2020
Polish President Andrzej Duda suggested to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, that they jointly mark this year’s 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw in August, when the troops of Józef Piłsudski and Symon Petliura defeated the Bolsheviks, ukrinform.ua reports.He made the statement during a joint briefing in Oświęcim, where events are being held to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.“I proposed that we jointly honor the memory of Polish and Ukrainian soldiers who ...russian bitcoin expert is charged with money laundering
28.01.2020
French officials have filed preliminary charges of money laundering and extortion against russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik, who’s tangled in a multi-country legal battle, writes AP.The United States also wants to prosecute Vinnik, accusing him of laundering billions of dollars through BTC-e, one of the world’s largest digital currency exchanges. His native russia also wants to put him on trial.Vinnik, 39, was arrested in the summer of 2017 while on a family holiday in northern Greece, at the request ...Journalists started a crowdfunding campaign to solve Markiv’s case
27.01.2020
A group of Italian and Ukrainian journalists wants to retrace what happened to the two journalists – Andrea Rocchelli and Andrej Mironov -who were killed in Donbas on May 24, 2014, through the accounts of journalists and testimonies on the ground.They believe that the Ukrainian soldier Vitaly Markiv, who was convicted of their murders and sentenced to 24 years in prison, became a scapegoat.“It may seem like the case is solved but it isn’t. Some loose ends remain. The case has become politicized,” journalists say. “In ...US neo-Nazi group is governed from russia
27.01.2020
The American founder of US-based militant neo-Nazi group The Base Rinaldo Nazzaro is directing the organization from russia, BBC and The Guardian report independently. Members of this group are accused of federal crimes, and other offenses, including conspiracy to commit murder.Rinaldo Nazzaro left New York for St Petersburg less than two years ago. He has a history of advertising his services as a military contractor, while also claiming to have served in russia and Afghanistan.There is evidence that Nazzaro is now ...Bulgaria to expel two russian diplomats accused of spying
25.01.2020
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry gave two russian embassy staff, identified as involved in espionage, 48 hours to leave the country, sofiaglobe.com reports.Earlier the Prosecutor-General’s office announced that the two russians had been involved in espionage on issues related to Bulgaria’s electoral system and in the field of energy security.This is the second time in recent months that expulsion from Bulgaria of russian embassy staff named as involved in spying has taken place.Ukraine signed the protocol on joint military projects with Turkey
24.01.2020
Representatives of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and the Directorate of Defense Industry of Turkey have signed an intergovernmental protocol on further steps to implement joint projects in the field of armaments and military hardware, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement.During the meeting, the parties defined priorities for 2020, in order to establish effective cooperation between the defense industries of Ukraine and Turkish Republic.The Turkish delegation also visited the state enterprises “Luch” and “Artem”, as well as held negotiations with the leadership of the state ...Israel capitulates to putin’s WWII revisionism
22.01.2020
At the end of this month, days apart, two international ceremonies will be held to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation from the Nazis: the first at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the second at the site of the concentration camp itself in Poland, writes Ofer Aderet for haaretz.com.Holding more than one ceremony dedicated to a major anniversary is not that unusual, but there is more than that going on here. Behind the desire to honor the memory of the victims ...Cargo handled by Ukraine’s 13 seaports jumped by 18.4%
21.01.2020
Cargo handled by Ukraine’s 13 seaports jumped by 18.4%, topping 160 million tons for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine. The top four ports, all on the Black Sea, were: Pivdennii (Yuzhne) – 54 million tons (+26%); Mykolaiv – 33.4 million tons (+14.5%); Chornomorsk – 26 million tons (+21.4%); and Odesa – 25.3 million tons (+16.8%), ubn.news reports.Pivdenni, Mykolaiv, and Olvia hit maximum cargo levels since opening, in Soviet days. For the first time in a decade, ...China’s CRCC and Ukrzaliznytsia signed a memorandum of cooperation
21.01.2020
China’s CRCC, the railroad construction giant, and Ukrzaliznytsia signed a memorandum of cooperation on Monday. Goals are to modernize Ukraine’s rail system and to promote Ukraine as a rail transit country for China’s trade with the EU,ubn.news reports.Ukrzaliznytsia is currently evaluating Chinese electric locomotives for what could be a $1 billion deal. At the signing ceremony, Wang Hongwei, deputy general director of CRCC, said his company will open an office in Kyiv this year.Ukrzaliznytsia wants to work with CRCC to ...132 Ukrainian soldiers killed over the past year in Donbas
19.01.2020
In 2019-2020, 132 Ukrainian servicemen and women were killed in Donbas, 716 more were wounded.“In total, in 2019-2020, 101 servicemen and women were killed and 519 more were heavily wounded as a result of constant attacks of the illegal armed formations in the territory of Donetsk region; 31 servicemen and women were killed and 197 were heavily wounded – in Luhansk region,” the Prosecutor General’s Office reports.As noted, the Prosecutor General’s Office closely follows the progress of the investigation and ...
