Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian Naftogaz files $5.2 billion lawsuit against Russia in the Hague
Naftogaz of Ukraine and its constituent companies have filed a lawsuit against Russia at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague demanding compensation for the losses caused by the seizure of $5.2 billion of their assets in Crimea, Naftogaz announced in a statement.
The Naftogaz Group has asked the court to obligate Russia to pay back this amount. The court is expected to make a decision concerning the compensation amount no earlier than the end of 2020.
The court has already …
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Russia not to appeal seizure of Neyma tanker by Ukrainian court
The Russian government does not intend to appeal the ruling by a Ukrainian court to seize the Russian tanker NEYMA, which was used to obstruct Ukrainian military vessels in the Kerch Strait. However, the Kremlin will monitor the situation closely, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin in an interview on the Russian radio station Kommersant FM.
Moscow’s official stance on the matter is that, since the ship is private property, the onus is on its owner to appeal the seizure.
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Ukrainian General: Kyiv needs missiles that can strike Moscow
Ukrainian Lieutenant-General, a veteran of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Vasyl Bogdan in an interview with the newspaper Obozrevatel said that Ukraine must develop and adopt missiles that can hit targets in Russia.
According to him, these missiles do not have to be equipped with nuclear weapons, but Kyiv should have a plan of creating such missiles.
"Ukraine is free to design and produce medium-range missiles that could reach the strategic points of the aggressor country - …
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Arrested DPR anti-air commander denies involvement in MH17 air disaster
Vladimir Tsemakh, a former anti-air commander in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), denies any involvement in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger liner over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, the Ukrainski Novyny News Agency reports.
“At the time I was outside the city of Snizhne, performing certain tasks,” Tsemakh told reporters at the Kyiv Court of Appeal, adding that he was not at all involved in the catastrophe.
Tsemakh claims that in the interview that he gave to a member of …
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Ukraine seizes Russian tanker Nika Spirit
On 30 July, a district court in Odessa upheld the seizure of the Russian tanker Nika Spirit as well as the documents that were confiscated when the vessel was searched. The court also approved of the actions taken by the military prosecutors and SBU investigators who searched the tanker in the port of Izmail in the Odessa province.
“After considering the relevant petition, the court has seized the said vessel along with the documents confiscated during the search. We have done this. Period,” …
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Ukraine plans to buy large batch of lethal weapons from the US
Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valery Chaly said that Ukraine is actively working on a contract to purhase of a large batch of lethal weapons from the United States. The contract can be concluded and implemented this year, reports Ukrinform news agency.
"We expect that this year a large project for the purchase of lethal defensive weapons will be completed," he said.
Chaly noted that the progress towards the conclusion of such a large-scale contract was made possible "thanks …
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Ukraine to create worldwide Russian-language channel
Deputy Chairman of the Office of Ukrainian President Kirill Tymoshenko said that the administration of the Ukrainian President plans to launch an international Russian-language channel, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, such a channel is needed so that Ukraine could “fight for the minds of Ukrainians in the occupied territories of the Donbas and Crimea, as well as the minds of Russians living in the Russian Federation”.
"We have developed a plan for the launch of the Ukrainian …
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Double agent of Ukrainian Security Service evacuated from DPR
A double agent recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) who worked in the Military Prosecution Office of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has been evacuated from the occupied territory, the Ukrainian Military Portal reports, citing materials from the Facts of the Week program.
The double agent Serhiy Lukyanenko had already provided the SBU with important information about Ukrainian hostages and the presence of Russian military personnel in the temporarily occupied territory. …
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Crimea authorities hope the air traffic with Ukraine will resume
Chairman of the Committee of the Parliament of Crimea on health-resort complex and tourism Alexey Chernyak said that the Crimean airport is ready to accept the flights from Ukraine.
According to him, the resumption of air traffic, that stopped in October 2015, is primarily beneficial to Ukraine itself.
He also expressed the opinion that the Crimean resorts are still top-rated among Ukrainians who would like to see the air transport issue to be resolved.
"Our airport is ready to receive …
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Russia closes off more than a quarter of Black Sea for a month
Between 24 July and 19 August, purportedly for training purposes, Russia has closed off five regions of the Black Sea with a total area of 118,570 square kilometers, more than a quarter of the sea’s total area, the Ukrainian Military Portal reports.
“The mentioned regions effectively close off the customary and advisable international shipping routes to Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania and Ukraine, virtually blocking maritime traffic with these countries,” the news outlet writes.
Russia’s …