Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Czech and Danish Foreign Ministers to visit Donbas
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on their website that on January 29, the Czech Foreign Minister, Tomash Petrschíček and Denmark’s, Anders Samuelsen, accompanied by their Ukrainian colleague, would visit Mariupol to get acquainted with the situation in the region.
As noted, the visit will consist of receiving relevant information about security policy, the humanitarian and socio-economic situation in the area of operations of the Ukrainian Joint Forces, the Russian military …
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Ukrainian Security Service reports more than 300 pro-Russian accounts to Facebook and Twitter
The press service of the Ukraine Security Service or SBU identified and reported more than 300 pro-Russian social network accounts on Facebook and Twitter which SBU believes were created to intervene in the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2019.
According to DBU, these accounts were intended to be used during the Ukrainian presidential election for targeted political advertising. Ukrainian law enforcement officials have submitted information on the identified accounts to the …
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Ukraine calls on PACE to adopt ‘Azov sanctions package’ against Russia
Ukraine calls on European partners to increase pressure on Russia and adopt the "Azov sanctions package" for seizing Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait, said Iryna Herashchenko, the First Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada during a speech at the PACE.
“The Russian Federation has violated at least five articles of the European Convention on Human Rights. We urge our European partners to introduce new sanctions, namely the “Azov sanctions package” against the Russian Federation and the …
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PACE calls on Russia to release Ukrainian sailors
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted the resolution "The escalation of tensions around the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and threats to European security,” Ukrinform reports.
In this resolution, PACE officially demands that Russia treats the captured sailors in compliance with the Geneva Convention on to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. "The Assembly urges Russia to immediately release the Ukrainian servicemen and ensure they are granted the necessary medical, …
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Ukraine backs Juan Guaido’s presidency in Venezuela
Ukraine supports Juan Guaidó, the head of the National Assembly of Venezuela who recently declared himself president of the country, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote on Twitter.
“Responding with force to the demands of peaceful protesters is a shortcut for the government to lose its legitimacy. We are betting on the National Assembly and the wisdom of its president Juan Guaidó to emerge from this political crisis,” Klimkin said in the tweet.
The opposition’s demands for new …
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Kyiv court finds Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason
The Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv has sentenced former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in absentia to 13 years in prison. Radio Liberty’s Russian service reported on 24 January that Yanukovych, who fled from Ukraine to Russia in 2014, was found guilty of high treason and complicity in aggressive war.
The court dismissed the charges that he had been complicit in a deliberate attempt to change the territorial and state borders of Ukraine.
Viktor Yanukovych himself did not attend the …
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Ukrainian President signs draft law on mine clearance in the Donbas
On Tuesday, January 22nd, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed draft law №9080-1 “On mine action in Ukraine.” Relevant information is listed on the draft law card on the Verkhovna Rada website.
At the beginning of December, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading and in general the law on mine action in Ukraine, 242 deputies supported it.
The draft law defines the list of objects and subjects of mine action, the order of completion and rules of engagement, requirements for …
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Ukraine and Israel agree on strengthening defense cooperation
The Ukrainian Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak announced on Facebook that during an official visit to Israel a memorandum of cooperation between Ukraine and Israel was signed. This memorandum includes the development and modernization of weapons from Elbit Systems Ltd.
“Cooperating with the Israeli company and partner will allow us to improve the capabilities of our Armed Forces,” said Poltorak.
According to the minister, the Ukrainian side got acquainted with advanced defense …
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Ukraine prepared to extend gas transit agreement with Russia under European rules
Andriy Kobolyev, CEO of Ukraine’s national oil and gas company Naftogaz, said in a press conference after trilateral negotiations in Brussels that the company is willing to extend the current agreements to transit Russian gas through Ukraine after 2019 if they comply with European regulations.
“Naftogaz is willing to consider future agreements only if they completely abide by the European legislation that has been implemented in Ukraine,” Kobolyev said.
He added that Naftogaz is open to all …
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Russia plans to send observers to presidential elections in Ukraine
Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Grushko stated in an interview with TASS that Russia will send its observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine on March 31 as part of the OSCE mission.
“Yes, we plan to send our observers and take part in the mission in accordance with all OSCE criteria,” he said. Grushko explained that Ukraine has no right to refuse to register observers. “Ukraine is a member of the OSCE. So, we act from the fact that Kyiv’s obligations, taken by …