Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Polish Foreign Minister: Nord Stream 2 is killing Ukraine
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz criticized the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 in an interview with the German publication Handelsblatt. He said the project threatens the security of Ukraine and indicates Germany’s anti-European position.
“The gas pipeline effectively neutralizes the sanctions and Nord Stream 2 is killing Ukraine. When the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine is stopped, this country will lose not only impressive profits but above all a guarantee of …
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Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister is confident that railway traffic between Ukraine and Russia will be terminated
The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan stated on the ZIK TV Channel that he believes that the railway communication between Ukraine and the Russian Federation will certainly be terminated.
The minister said that according to data, the number of Ukrainian citizens’ trips to the Russian Federation using rail transport is being “inexorably reduced”. Therefore, it [the railway communication] will be terminated either by a government decision or nobody will actually use it,” …
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NASA cancels visit by the Director General of Russian space agency
NASA has indefinitely rescinded a planned visit by the Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, who has been sanctioned for his role in Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, USA Today reports. Following mounting pressure, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine cancelled the visit by his Russian counterpart.
"NASA has informed the Russian space agency, Roscosmos that the proposed visit of Roscosmos Director General, Dr. Dmitry Rogozin, currently planned for February 2019, will need to be …
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NATO extends lease of Ukrainian Ruslan cargo aircraft
The press service of the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company Antonov reported that Ukraine would continue to cooperate in the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS) program, within which the GP Antonov allocates two heavy transport Ruslan An-124-100 aircraft for strategic air cargo.
The contract signed in the framework of SALIS has been extended for three years, to December 31st, 2021.
“In accordance with contractual obligations, from January 1st, 2019, GP Antonov provides two An-124 …
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Medical humanitarian aid from France arrives in Donbas
The United Force operation press service reported that humanitarian medical supplies worth over UAH 2.1 million or approximately $77,777, sent from France, will be received by military and civilian medical institutions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
“On January 3rd, 2019, according to planned activities, humanitarian cargo for medical purposes in the amount of more than 2.1 million UAH arrived from France. After distributing the orthoses, medical furniture and equipment, medical clothes …
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Klimkin on Ukraine’s presidential elections: there will be no voting in Russia for security reasons
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin stated that polling stations in Russia would not open at the suggestion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to him, the main reason for this decision is the issue of security.
“We believe that holding free and fair elections in the territory of the aggressor country is impossible, devoid of political and legal meaning, and for those who decide to participate in them, it is simply dangerous,” wrote Klimkin in a column in the Ukrainska …
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Ukrainian Security Service investigates an attempt to seize power in Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) started an investigation into a possible attempt to seize power in the country in 2018, Ukrainsky Novyny news outlet reported, citing the materials of the court.
According to the SBU, a conference called the “First national Ukrainian Congress” or “FNUC” was held in Prague in May 2018. Its participants declared the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine illegitimate and criminal …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian soldier captured by pro-Russian militants in the Donbas
The Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the fact that a soldier of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of Zakarpattia was captured by pro-Russian militants in the Donbas, reported the Brigade’s press-service on Facebook on Thursday, January 3.
The separatists’ website published a video of the captured Ukrainian soldier. The Brigade Command confirmed that it was indeed their soldier, Andriy Kachynskyi from Berestivka village of the Volodymyrets district in the Rivne region. Kachynskyi …
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The third candidate for the Presidency of Ukraine submits documents to the Central Election Commission
On January 3, People’s Deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Block Serhiy Kaplin filed documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) for potential candidacy in the presidential election, the press service of the CEC reported.
The documents were filed by the Deputy at 10:30 a.m. The CEC clarified that Kaplin is not yet a presidential candidate since this status will be assigned to him after the commission meets to review his application.
Presidential election campaigns were launched on …
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Polish Orthodox Church refuses to recognize Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and all Poland has sent a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople informing him that the Polish Orthodox Church (POC) does not recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), the canonical UOC website reports.
In the letter, the head of the POC reminds Patriarch Bartholomew that, according to church laws, “divisive church groups” can only be returned to the Church’s bosom through their own repentance. Similarly, the ban on serving, such as that placed on …