Pro-Russian East Ukraine To Use Russian Ruble As Official Currency.
The financial plot thickens in Ukraine as Valeriya Gontareva, the governor of the central bank of Ukraine is reported to have informed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of her intention to resign. She is reportedly frustrated with the progress of the Ukrainian government in cleaning up its endemic corruption problem and…
Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were fired upon while conducting a mission in Donbass, near the town of Yasynuvata, while inspecting a water treatment plant that was damaged by rebel forces. The OSCE team were surrounded, a drone was seized, and rifle fire was…
Karabakh Conflict Area Violence Flares Again.
Ukrainian PM Savchenko Visits Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk.
Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, during a speech to the Russian parliament on Wednesday, acknowledged for the first time the existence of a new military branch, an information warfare division. This admission is insightful in light of recent accusations against Russia during the 2016 U.S. election. Declaring the formation of…
Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal To Be 90% Modernized In Late 2020.
Poroshenko Wants More Sanctions Based On Russian Rebel Travel Document Approval.
The Lithuanian President gave her ‘expectations’ to U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence, at the Munich Security Conference regarding air defense of the Baltic States. Dalia Grybauskaite came very prepared for the meeting. “I spoke very specifically about what we expect from NATO. We see that the Warsaw decisions are no…