Tuesday, April 28, 2015
6:07 AM PDT
OSCE reports most
intense shelling of Shyrokyne since beginning of hostilities
This is stated in
the latest report of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission.
"Throughout
the day, from two adjacent observation posts, located 1.5 km west and 4.5 km
north-west of Shyrokyne, the SMM observed 69 outgoing tank shots, originating
from 600 meters south-east and 800 meters north of its position, 191 outgoing
mortar rounds (82mm) and 153 outgoing mortar rounds (120mm), originating from
600 meters south-east, 300 and 1,500 meters north-west and 800 meters north of
the its position," the report reads.
Observers note that
in the afternoon the shelling was heard all the way to Mariupol.
The SMM UAV
observed 11 tanks and four armoured personnel carriers (APCs) moving through
Kulykove ("DPR"-controlled), 15 km north of Shyrokyne.
Additionally, over
the last three days, the UAV has sighted seventeen tanks, three self-propelled
howitzers and 60 APCs in a "DPR"-controlled area 50 km north of
Shyrokyne.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
6:05 AM PDT
Savchenko transferred
to Moscow
(Interfax) --- Ukrainian citizen Nadia
Savchenko, arrested in Russia
on charges of complicity in the killing of Russian journalists, has been
transferred to Moscow Hospital No.20. She is accepting food again, Federal
Penitentiary Service spokesperson Kristina Belousova has announced.
"Suspect
Savchenko has been transferred to City Hospital No.20 today, where she will be
further observed and where therapy tactics will be selected for her,"
Belousova told Interfax on Tuesday.
Savchenko's
condition is satisfactory. "She started accepting food again
yesterday," she said.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
5:13 AM PDT
Moldova offers to
share its experience in implementing EU visa free regime with Ukraine
This was stated by
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova on the occasion
of the first anniversary of the visa regime liberalization with the EU that is
marked on April 28, Ukrinform's own correspondent in Moldova reported.
"The Republic of Moldova Ukraine
and Georgia ,"
the minister state.
According to her,
only within the first year of a visa-free regime between Moldova and the EU, almost half a million of Moldova 's
citizens were able to visit the Schengen countries without obtaining a visa.
A visa-free regime
between Moldova
and the European Union became effective on April 28, 2014.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
3:06 AM PDT
One Ukrainian soldier
killed, 14 wounded - ATO speaker
(Censor.NET) --- One Ukrainian soldier
was killed, 14 were wounded in the course of the anti-terrorist operation on
April 27.
This was announced
by the representative of Presidential Administration on ATO matters Oleksandr
Motuzianyk, Censor.NET reports.
"Yesterday,
one Ukrainian soldier was killed and 14 were wounded in combat activities. Most
of these incidents happened at Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka," he
said.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
2:34 AM PDT
Poroshenko: War in Ukraine
(Censor.NET) --- Ukrainian President
Petro Poroshenko fears that fighting may soon escalate again in Ukraine 's
south-eastern regions.
He told at an
international conference in support of Ukraine
in Kiev on
Tuesday, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.
"The threat of
war is still hanging over us. It is our reality. War may erupt at any moment,
but we are prepared to do everything we can to erase any possibility of doubt
or retreat," the president said.
"A solution to
the situation in Donbas will be found with
your assistance and with your solidarity with us," the president said to
the participants of the conference.
The peace agreements for Ukraine , reached at talks in the Belarusian
capital Minsk in February, should be implemented
in full via coordination with Ukraine 's
partners, he said.
"We will not
let anyone grow tired of Ukraine ,"
he added.
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