-
Vatican transfers 6 million Euros to Ukraine for humanitarian assistance
On December 25, the first tranche of humanitarian assistance in the amount of 6 million Euros was allocated to Ukraine on behalf of Pope Francis, the press service of Vatican City reported.
The money was raised in response to Pope Francis’s call to churches all over Europe for assistance to people affected by the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The money will be spent on the needs of more than 2 million Ukrainians, primarily in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.
The report notes that …
-
Ukraine and Poland to cooperate on development of missile technologies
Ukraine's Ukroboronprom State Concern agreed to cooperate with Poland's WB Electronics S.A. on the developmet of anti-aircraft and anti-missile technology, according to a Ukroboronprom press release.
"The leadership of the Ukroboronprom State Concern and Polish company WB Electronics S.A. signed a cooperation agreement on December 22nd, 2016. Ukroboronprom subsidiaries, SFTE Spetstehnoexport and SJSHC Artem, are the direct participants of the cooperation agreement,” the statement read.
"The …
-
Ukrainian forces take control of a town in Svitlodarsk salient
Ukrainian armed forces have taken control of the town of Novoluhanske situated along the Svitlodarsk salient. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian servicemen have set up a check point on the outskirts of the town.
“This will allow us to supply almost 4,000 residents of the town with food and necessary consumer goods, restore medical services and delivery of required raw materials and fuel to the local factories. This will also make it easier for the residents of …
-
Ukrainian MPs call on international community to strengthen sanctions against Russia because of Syria
A group of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called the international community to tighten sanctions on Russia because of its actions in Syria.
This group's stance was explained in the statement "regarding the criminal actions of the regime of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russia in Syria", published on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.
The statement was initiated by the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Herashchenko, Chairperson of the …
-
U.S drones have proven to be ineffective in the war in the Donbas
The drones provided to Ukraine by the United States at a cost of millions of dollars, have proven to be ineffective against jammers and hackers. The Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Nathan Khazin, stated in an interview with Reuters that the decision to use these drones in the conflict was wrong from the very beginning.
In the summer of 2016, Ukraine received 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones. However, these mini-drones have proven to be so ineffective …