Contents tagged with Ukrane

  • Ukrainian company develops versatile surveillance aerostats for military use

    The Ukrainian company Aerobavovna has been developing aerostats for the Ukrainian military that can be used for surveillance, relay communication, and drone control signal transmission. Co-founder of the project Yury Visoven told and demonstrated to the Militarny YouTube channel how they work.

    Helium-filled aerostats can remain airborne for days or weeks. According to Yury Visoven, the project began with the purchase of British aerostats, but they now manufacture their own. Since its inception, …

  • Ukraine hands over MH17 case to Netherlands

    Ukraine has completed the transfer of the criminal case against the persons suspected in the crash of MH17 flight to the Netherlands, reports Ukrainski Noviny news agency with reference to the Security Service of Ukraine. The materials of the case mention three citizens of Russia and one citizen of Ukraine, including former Defense Minister of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic Igor Girkin (Strelkov).

    Security Service of Ukraine refused to specify, whether the order for the arrest of …

  • Media: heads of Ukraine's Naftogaz reward themselves with nearly $14 million after victory over Gazprom

    Ukraine’s Naftogaz Board of Directors has awarded Andriy Kobolyev, Chairman of the Board, and Yuriy Vitrenko, Commercial Director, a combined total of $13.9 million from the award earned in the company’s legal victory over Gazprom in the Stockholm Arbitration Court, reported the newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, citing its own sources.

    In total, the Supervisory Board decided to award employees nearly $37 million. This amount will be distributed among 41 employees who "directly or indirectly made a …