Ukraine’s President Poroshenko confessed a redeployment of troops is underway in the country’s south-east. “This was conducted not with the purposes of attack and promoting, but with the aim to more efficiently protect our territories” he said.
He also noted that soon a bill would be offered in country’s Rada on special status for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. He, meantime, stated no federalization is considered.
The US President Barack Obama may start military actions against the Islamic State group militants in Iraq even without Congress agreement on it. The Head of the White House said he had all the necessary commission and did not need approval by the Legislature.