Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine lets Russian passenger plane enter its airspace
Ukraine has allowed a Russian aircraft to enter its airspace for the first time since 2015, reported the press-service of Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) on August 8.
A passenger liner of the Globus Airlines, flying from Italy back to Russia, had to fly over the Ukrainian territory because of the massive storm front.
"On August 7, 2019, the pilot of the Boeing-738 REG-VQBMG aircraft, carrying out the flight number GLP636 from Bari (Italy) to Moscow (Russia), received …
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LPR leader invites Zelensky for negotiations
Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to talks in Luhansk, the separatist-controlled media reported.
“If he [Zelensky] decides to come to us, we will meet him in accordance with international protocol. He won’t have to fear for his life at all, let him come to us, and let us talk about how to establish peace in the Donbas as quickly as possible, in order to put an end to all this madness,” Pasechnik said.
The LPR …
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Macron promises to discuss attack on Ukrainian soldiers with Putin
The press service of the French President, following his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reported that French President Emmanuel Macron wants to achieve quick results in the Normandy format negitiations, and promises to discuss the death of four Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas with Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
"Emmanuel Macron assured President Zelensky that France is fully committed to achieving concrete results in a short time within …
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Turkey refuses to recognize the annexation of Crimea by Russia
During a meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Erdoğan said that Turkey has no plans to recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia, reports RIA Novosti news agency.
Erdoğan assured that Ankara will always support the independence of Ukraine and "will never recognize the annexation of Crimea." Also, the Turkish President promised to protect the rights of the Crimean Tatars.
Earlier, the representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous …
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Kyiv reports sharp decline in diesel fuel shipments from Russia
Shipments of diesel fuel from Russia to Ukraine will more or less halve in August, said Andriy Herus, the Ukrainian president’s representative to the Cabinet of Ministers, in a press conference on Tuesday.
“The amount coming through the pipeline will decline from around 200,000 to 100,000 tons,” Herus noted.
This is related to the increased tariffs on piped diesel. As of August 1, diesel fuel imported from Russia by pipeline has been subject to a special tariff of 3.75% of its customs value. …
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Former Ukrainian president Poroshenko investigated over holidays in Maldives
Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) is investigating a possible illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine by the fifth President Petro Poroshenko, reports the press-service of the Bureau.
SBI says that the investigation relates to the holiday of the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in the Maldives. As part of this case, investigators are checking information about the illegal crossing of the state border using fake documents by Poroshenko .
It is assumed that …
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Ukrainian plane destroyed by drones in Libya
An Il-76TD aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian company SkyAviaTrans was destroyed by drones while parked at the Misrata Airport in Libya, LIGA.net reports, citing the company’s director Elena Malakhova.
The plane had flown from Ankara to Misrata with humanitarian cargo as part of a cooperation with the International Red Cross organization. Malakhova notes that the company has documents to prove this.
At roughly 3:17 AM (Kyiv time), immediately after arriving in Misrata, while the aircraft’s …
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Lithuania demands that all EU members stop recognizing Russian passports issued to Donbas residents
Lithuania intends to demand that the EU does not recognize Russian passports issued to residents of the territory of the Donbas which is not under Ukraine’s control, said the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
"At the moment we are actively working on a coordinated response at the EU level to the ongoing violations of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, including illegally issued documents to the residents of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied by Russia …
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US representative for Ukraine Volker requests a meeting with Putin’s aide Surkov
The U.S. has requested a bilateral meeting between Putin’s aide Surkov and the US representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker , on the Donbas.
"The Special Representative of the U.S. State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker sent a request for a meeting with Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov," said Aleksey Chesnakov, director of the Center for Current Politics as quoted by Interfax.
Interfax reported, citing an informed source, that the U.S. is proposing to hold the meeting between …
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Four Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas
Four Ukrainian servicemen were killed today, August 6, as a result of shelling in the Donbas, reported the speaker of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Dmytro Gutsulyak.
"We are saddened to report that as a result of enemy shelling, according to the available information, today four of our heroes received injuries incompatible with life," he said.
According to Gutsulyak, the militants carried out shelling near the settlements of Bohdanivka and Pavlopil. The militants initially opened fire at …