Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as a fragile ceasefire in the east was tested by heavy mortar fire in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk ahead of a rebel election. The deaths follow the killing of seven Ukrainian servicemen on

Ataman of so-called Great Don Army, that fighting on the side of terrorists LPR, citizen of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Kozitsin said that rebels have nuclear weapons. Also he actually confirmed the guilt of terrorists of destroying Boeing MH-17. “We have a nuclear warhead. There were four ones

Once upon a time three poles discussed the topic of Euromaidan and suddenly decided to run to Kiev. They plan to run so regardless of cold, rain and snow to come to Kiev on November 22. This is the anniversary of Maidan. “We want to express our gratitude to Ukrainian people for reminding Europeans

Governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Igor Kolomoysky posted photo of popular Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov in his account on Facebook. There was a black below ribbon in the bottom corner of the photo. “$ 500 000. The essence is clear”, he wrote. A Russian action film star Porechenkov was caught on

A Russian action film star is in hot water after he was caught on film wearing press gear while firing a machine gun toward Ukrainian lines with Moscow-backed rebels at Donetsk airport. n the video released by the rebels’ NovorossiaTV on Oct. 30, the barrel-chested Mikhail Porechenkov is heard

(Economist) – To all appearances, Ukraine’s parliamentary election on October 26th was a triumph. Reformists mostly won and voters rebuked the far right and far left. Western allies heaped praise on the pro-European, pro-democratic results. Yet Ukraine remains troubled and deeply divided. In an

By John Lloyd (Reuters) — One of the themes that Russian President Vladimir Putin tried out to besmirch the Ukrainian revolt against pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich earlier this year was that fascists and anti-Semites were behind the uprising. The protesters, he proclaimed, were revolting

Police haven’t determined the cause of the fire yet. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitchko held operative meeting about a fire in a cinema “Zhovten” and promised to call the cause of ignition. “Now specialists establish cause of the fire. I think tomorrow we will have all information”, said Klitchko. This

In Kiev, unknown set on fire cinema “Zhovten” during the session of the film «Summer Nights», which was shown as part of the festival «Youth». Fire started on October 30 at night. 22 fire engines have participated in the elimination of fire. Firefighters managed to localize the fire at 01:40 on

At today’s briefing, the speaker of the National Security Council Andrei Lysenko said that border guards have recorded evidence of active aerial reconnaissance. Yesterday was recorded flying of Russian helicopter MI-24 along the border without violating the airspace of Ukraine. “Also twice recorded

There are records from surveillance cameras in Internet where probably are shown fighters from “Oplot” why brutally beat up people on the bus station. This video was posted by Mikhail Berezhnoy. In the description is written this lawlessness was arranged by “Oplot” subdivision (commander Vargan).

Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed to bring to justice the perpetrators of the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17, but said he feared fighting in Ukraine might block access to the crash site. Razak also said he hoped to see results over the coming months in the search for missing Malaysian jetliner