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Armed pro-Russian separatists stand guard at a checkpoint outside the town of Metalist, north of Luhansk, in Ukraine’s east in 2014. (AFP)

Separatists Declare New State to Replace Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 18, 2017 | World

Separatists loyal to Russia announced on Tuesday plans to abolish Ukraine and replace it with a new state in what will likely create tensions and threaten a fragile ceasefire deal that was reached in 2015. The separatist Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday quoted leader of...

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, shakes hands during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, July. 10, 2017. (AP)

Kiev Pledges Reform for NATO Roadmap as US Urges Russia to Ease Tensions in Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 10, 2017 | World

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko vowed on Monday that his country will carry out reforms for it to meet the necessary standards to be able to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He added that Kiev and NATO will begin discussions on a roadmap to get...

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FILE PHOTO: A message demanding money is seen on a monitor of a payment terminal at a branch of Ukraine’s state-owned bank Oschadbank after Ukrainian institutions were hit by a wave of cyber attacks, in Kiev, Ukraine, June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Ukraine Accuses Russian Security Services for Recent Cyber Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 1, 2017 | World

Ukraine said on Saturday that Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack on the country, with the aim of destroying important data and spreading panic. The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, said the attack, which started in Ukraine and...

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Grenades can be dropped from drones. PHOTO: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Facing the Challenge of ISIS Arming Consumer Drones

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 1, 2017 | Features

London- Terror group ISIS has deployed consumer drones carrying grenades in the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul, creating the most daunting problem US Special Operations Command troops faced in Iraq during 2016, according to their commander Raymond Thomas. Groups...

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ormally you ask ATMs for money. In cyber-attacked Ukraine, ATMs ask you. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

New Ransomware Attack Hits Economic Institutions

by Osama Naaman | Jun 28, 2017 | World

London – Dozens of European companies and institutions witnessed consecutive electronic attacks by a new ransomware virus called Petya, which is said to be locking computers that are infected and encrypting files on them. The new cyber attack is similar to the...