Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Because of war Ukrainian women are forced to leave their children.
The war in Donbass forces Ukrainian women to leave their children in orphanages and shelters.
An episode aired on Ukrainian TSN channel talks about Ukrainian women who have had to leave their children in orphanages because the war took from them everything they had.
In Mariupol Care shelter there are children whose parents have submitted applications to leave them there due to their financial situations.
During the war there are many who have lost their homes and ended up on the street. …
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Local elections are taking place in Ukraine.
Local Elections are taking place in Ukraine this Sunday, October 25th.
There is no voting in Crimea and the Territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions which are not under the Government control.
The voting stations will close at 21 00 Moscow time and the results will begin to arrive shortly after.
According to the information provided by The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) about 70% of the Ukrainian population will take part in Elections.
IFES forecasts "Block of …
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Review of the Lustration Law (cleansing of power) has been suspended in Ukraine.
Ukraine Constitutional Court has postponed the review of the Law on Lustration.
The statement was made on Friday, October 23 by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Yuri Baulin.
The decision was made after a petition demanding the dismissal of 7 Judges was submitted by Yegor Sobolev, a MP from Samopomich (Self-Help) party.
Mr. Baulin said that the public will be informed when the court will resume the review of the law.
On the same day, Yegor Sobolev declared that 7 judges of the …
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Air traffic between Ukraine and Russia to stop.
As announced by Andriy Pyvovarsky, Ukraine's Minister of Infrastructure, all flights between Ukraine and Russia will be stopped effective October 25."Technical consultations between the State Aviation Service of Ukraine and the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) were held in Brussels today, but in spite of these consultations the sanctions imposed on Russian airlines that violated the laws of Ukraine will come into force," he said.
Mr. Pyvovarsky also said that the Russian Federal Air …
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Putin's approval rating hits new high.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has hit a record high of almost 90 percent, primarily as a result of his decision to launch air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, Russia's state pollster said on Thursday.
It is slightly smaller than the rating of the president of Romania, Nicolae Ceausescu, shortly before his execution, but higher than the rating of Hosni Mubarak, a few years before the Revolution of 2011, which resulted in Egypt's President resignation and trial. …
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U.S. to Ship Modified Radar Systems to Ukraine.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, advanced radar systems being shipped to Ukraine to counter artillery strikes by pro-Russia separatists have been modified to prevent them from peering into Russia.
The modifications drew fire from a leading Republican critic of the Obama administration, who called it a misguided attempt to mollify Vladimir Putin.
President Barack Obama signed an order on Sept. 29 to give Ukraine two radar systems worth $10 million each. U.S. officials said this week …
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Moscow's ultimatum for mercenaries in Eastern Ukraine.
As reported by The Informational Resistance group, Russian citizens taking part in the coflict in east Ukraine, both the Russian armed forces servicemen and mercenaries have received Kremlin's conditions for the return to their homeland. It is only through the signing of the contract with the Russian Defence Ministry for further deployment to Syria that they would be allowed return entry to Russia.
For the signing of the contract such persons supposedly will have to provide three photos and …
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Ukraine ceasefire helps volunteers bring dead soldiers home.
As reported by Reuters,A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine means more work for the volunteer group Black Tulip, which can now collect remains of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action without the risk of being caught in crossfire between rebels and government troops.
The group used to locate and rebury soldiers killed in World War Two, but when hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in the battle of Ilovaisk last year, the volunteers decided their skills could help more recent victims of conflict. …
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Stalin portraits go on displays in Donetsk.
Portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin emerged on displays in the center of Donetsk, the pro-russian rebel capital of eastern Ukraine. as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia.The rebels revive Soviet customs to cement their Moscow-backed rule and fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia.The horrors of Stalin's repressions and the deaths of up to five million Ukrainians in the 1930s due to famine caused by forced collectivization go unmentioned.The Donetsk rebel leader …
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OSCE asks Russia why TOS-1 rocket launchers are in Ukraine
British delegation to OSCE has requested from Russia an explanation on how TOS-1 thermobaric rocket launcher ended up in Kruglik village of Luhansk which is under control of pro-Russian separatists.
Sian MacLeod, the Head of UK Delegation to the OSCE , says that there has not been any official reply yet.
The TOS1 Rocket launcher, known as Buratino, is manufactured in Russia and they have never been exported to Ukraine.
On September 26th OSCE observers have found at least 36 tanks of an …