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MH17 investigation team to visit Moscow
The investigation team dealing with the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash in the Donbas in July 2014 will arrive in Moscow soon, the head of Russia's delegation at OSCE PA, Nikolay Kovalev reported.
He referred to the statement made by the head of the Dutch delegation at a session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi. "The international commission … is expected to arrive in Moscow in a week or two in order to establish direct contact with the Russian representatives, who are …
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Poroshenko expects $500 million in defense assistance from the US
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expects that the US will allocate an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Ukraine’s security and defense sector, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.
He stated this during a ceremony in which Ukraine received AN/TPQ Firefinder radar systems from the US.
The President also thanked the US and the EU for extending sanctions against Russia.
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Poroshenko: NATO will agree on security package for Ukraine at Warsaw summit
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that an aid package for the Ukrainian sector of security and defense will be approved during the NATO summit in Warsaw.
“A special participation of our country in the NATO summit this year will be the fact that Ukraine is the only partner country of the Alliance that will have a separate meeting at the highest level: the Ukraine-NATO Commission. This shows the high attention paid by the Alliance countries to our country, loyal support of our country by …
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Separatists seize electrical facility in Horlivka
Buildings used for electric facilities in Horlivka have been seized by armed men.
Members of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic stormed the premises of the Ukrainian state-owned power grid company Ukrenergo in Horlivka, which is not controlled by the Ukrainian government, the company’s press service reported.
The capture of the buildings happened on June 30, Korrespondent.net reported.
“According to unofficial information, these actions were carried out as a result of the execution of …
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US gives Ukraine AN/TPQ Firefinder Radar System
The United States handed over a new batch of counter-battery AN/TPQ Firefinder radar systems to Ukraine. The radars can locate enemy weapons, following the trajectories of projectiles, missiles and mines. Ukraine received four AN/TPQ-36 systems and ten AN/TPQ-49 systems.
The handover ceremony took place at the Boryspil airport on Saturday. It was attended by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Jeffrey Pyatt.
Last year, the first batch of US counter-battery …