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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 11:27:41 GMT
The guard and assassin of former State Duma deputy are in hospital under heavy guardThe wounded guard and assassin of former State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkova are in hospital under heavy guard. According to an UNIAN correspondent, the TV channel "112 Ukraine" the head of State Natspolitsiyi in Kiev Andrew Kryshchenko. He also said that the firing took place at the entrance to the hotel "Premier Palace". "Killed one person. Two people were wounded, including the person who fired. They are in hospital, "- said Kryshchenko. He said that according to preliminary data, the person who opened fire first, there was one. "He was alone. While such information, but will still work with CCTV cameras witness "- said Kryshchenko. www.unian.ua/incidents/1838329-ohoronets-i-vbivtsya-eks-deputata-derjdumi-rf-znahodyatsya-u-likarni-pid-posilenoyu-ohoronoyu-politsiya.htmlUPDATE:
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 11:49:04 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 11:54:14 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 12:35:09 GMT
Another tiny measurement of radioactive iodine at SvanhovdThe very small amount of radioactive iodine was measured in week 10, March 6 to 13, by the authorities’ instruments at Svanhovd, a few hundred meters from Norway’s border to the Kola Peninsula in the north. The radiation authorities says no other measurements of iodine are recorded anywhere else in Norway for the period. This is the second time this winter that radioactive iodine is measured. Nuclear physicist with the Bellona Foundation, Nils Bøhmer, says this second period of measurement indicates that there are some kind of ongoing releases. «If it is iodine-131, it is serious because that likely means a continuing release still going on. Iodine-131 has a half-life of only 8 days, so what was measured in January are long gone,» Bøhmer says to the Barents Observer. thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2017/03/another-tiny-measurement-radioactive-iodine-svanhovd
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 14:20:43 GMT
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 14:25:58 GMT
Lavrov says no prospects of implementing Minsk peace deal seenProspects of implementing the Minsk 2 peace deal on Ukraine cannot be seen now, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the Military Academy of the General Staff on Thursday. "The prospects of settlement and implementation of the Minsk agreements are not visible now," Lavrov said. "First, this is because the Ukrainian leadership lacks political will and a realistic vision of the country’s future," he said. "This is also due its attempts to search for solving Ukraine’s problems not based on pragmatic interests for the sake of national accord and welfare, but upon instructions of foreign sponsors who have no idea about the aspirations of Russians and Ukrainians," he said. More: tass.com/politics/937009
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 15:58:49 GMT
Spokesman of Ukraine PM Groysman: On the causes of the explosions, several versions - from sabotage to malpractice, according to preliminary estimates of lost approximately half of the arsenal.
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 16:48:05 GMT
The UN calls on Ukraine to solve the issue of paying pensions to residents of DonbasThe deputy head of the representative office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Noel Kalgun, expressed concern about the situation with the availability of receiving pension payments on the territory of Donbass that is not controlled by Ukraine. Kalgun noted that now pensioners are forced to experience a lot of inconvenience to get their legally earned pensions, because the procedure is difficult. novosti.dn.ua/news/268282-v-oon-pryzvaly-reshyt-vopros-s-vyplatamy-pensyy-na-donbasse
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 17:36:23 GMT
The Russian State Duma will consider the possibility of increasing the maximum draft ageThe Defense Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation is considering a variant of increasing the maximum draft age to 30 years, Interfax reports citing the chairman of the committee Vladimir Shamanov. "A number of deputies said that the bar at 27 years is small, and it should be increased. Some suggested 30 years that the deviators were not interested in evading, "Shamanov said. He noted that there are still a large number of those who evade conscription into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Russia. Also, the issue of legal responsibility for evading the receipt of summons for an appeal and age restrictions for the service is not settled. tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201703231856-dq0l.htm
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 17:40:48 GMT
Russia halts cross border movement on border with Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, cites "combat alert in Ukraine" The Russian side explains to citizens the suspension of cross border movement at Novye Yurkovichi checkpoint on the border with Ukraine’s Chernihiv region with the allegation that "combat alert" has been declared in Ukraine, speaker for the State Border Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodian said, according to Interfax-Ukraine. "People are telling [Ukrainian] border guards that police patrol at a roadblock near the Russian checkpoint Novye Yurkovichi instruct travelers to use other checkpoints along the border, telling them that a combat alert has been declared in Ukraine," Slobodian told interfax.com.ua/news/general/411162.htmlInterfax-Ukraine agency Thursday. Other sources inform that armed men in full gear have amassed at the Russian checkpoint. www.unian.info/politics/1839501-russia-halts-cross-border-movement-on-border-with-ukraines-chernihiv-region-cites-combat-alert-in-ukraine.html
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 17:44:37 GMT
Ukraine, Poland working on defense cooperation under European Narew defense programUkraine and Poland are working on the defense cooperation plans under the European Narew short range air defense program, the PolUkr portal has reported, referring to the Polish agency Altair. According to the report, during the negotiations held in March 2017 Ukroboronprom State Concern proposed to the Ministry of National Defense of Poland to cooperate under the Narew short range air defense program being implemented by Poland's PGZ jointly with the European defense consortium MBDA. Ukraine's project has the draft name R-27 ADS (Air Defense System). It envisages the joint creation of the air defense system using Ukrainian R-27 missiles made by Artem (Kyiv). The publication recalled that in 2016, Poland signed a contract with the Ukrainian company to deliver R-27R1 missiles for Polish MiG-29 fighter aircraft. en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410976.html
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 17:48:37 GMT
With EU accession distant, Balkan countries find a substituteJohannes Hahn, the European Union’s commissioner for enlargement, says that EU governments have been pushing him for ideas on how to keep the region stable. The result is a plan for a western Balkan common market, backed both by local leaders and by the EU itself. On March 16th, at a summit in Sarajevo with the prime ministers of the six Balkan countries that want to join the EU, Mr Hahn told them to seize the moment. When they meet again in Trieste on July 12th, he wants them to sign up to a plan for a regional common market, with free trade, free circulation of labour and capital, and regulatory standardisation. Serbia and Albania are all for it; indeed, their leaders say it was their idea. “Serbia would like to play the role Germany plays in the EU within this group,” says one diplomat. Montenegro and Kosovo, however, are alarmed. Montenegro is well advanced on its path to EU accession, and fears that the new plan will only hold it up. An incomplete free-trade area exists, though intra-Balkan trade remains feeble. www.economist.com/news/europe/21719502-they-may-start-common-market-their-own-eu-accession-distant-balkan-countries-find
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 20:23:20 GMT
President Poroshenko has instructed staff to reach out to NATO for UXO assistance at Balakliya arms depot disasterFrom the zone where the continuing explosions were evacuated tens of thousands of civilians. At 18:00 the intensity explosions at munitions dropped. www.pravda.com.ua/news/2017/03/23/7139110/
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Post by DavidH on Mar 23, 2017 23:00:04 GMT
U.S. Senate to vote on Montenegro's NATO membershipThe U.S. Senate will vote next week on the ratification of Montenegro as the newest member of the NATO alliance, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday, after the Trump administration urged lawmakers to take up the long-delayed matter. The Senate's Republican leadership had not scheduled a more time-consuming roll call vote until Thursday. McConnell announced in the Senate that there would be a procedural vote on Monday evening, which should clear the way for a final ratification vote later in the week. Senate aides said they expected the Senate would approve of Montenegro's NATO membership when the vote takes place. www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nato-montenegro-idUSKBN16U33K
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Post by DavidH on Mar 24, 2017 9:47:43 GMT
Sweden preparing hundreds of nuclear bunkersSweden is reportedly preparing hundreds of nuclear war shelters to prepare for a potential attack from Russia amid growing concerns in the Baltics. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) has ordered a review of 350 civilian bunkers on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland, where Sweden has stationed permanent troops. The shelters are designed to protect people against the shock wave and radiation from a nuclear detonation, as well as chemical and biological weapons. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-nuclear-bunkers-russia-attack-nato-baltic-ukraine-norway-a7642686.html
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