Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine gives Poland evidence of Soviet repressions against Polish people
Ukraine gave about sixty thousand pages of documents proving Soviet repressions against the Polish people in 1930 to the Polish Institute of National Remembrance or INR, Polish Radio reports. According to INR head Marzena Kruk, the materials are now being studied and access to them will be open early next year.
"For the first time we have access to such materials that are no longer separate orders or reports on carrying out Polish operations. We are getting to the so-called kernel, to …
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Ukraine expects to receive $2 billion from the IMF immediately after the new budget is adopted
Ukraine expects to receive 2 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund immediately after the adoption of the bill on the state budget for 2019, as the representative of the President, Iryna Lutsenko told journalists on the sidelines of the Parliament session on Thursday.
"We are expecting about two billion dollars. And I think, once the budget is voted and signed, the IMF said this many times, there will be no delays with financing and providing the next tranche to Ukraine," she …
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Hungarian Foreign Minister: issuing Hungarian passports to Ukrainians in Zakarpattia is legal
Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, expressed confidence that the issuance of Hungarian passports to citizens of Ukraine in the Zakarpattia's (Transcarpathian) region is not a violation of the Ukrainian legislation.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, published on Thursday, November 22, the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry stated that "according to Hungarian law, Hungarians who live in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), have the right to dual citizenship. If you look at Ukrainian …
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Ukrainian Parliament supports the bill on the course of Ukraine to NATO and EU
Based on data from the Ukrainian parliament the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved in the first reading the draft law on amending the country’s constitution.
The changes, in support of which 311 deputies voted, concern Ukraine’s strategic course on Ukraine’s membership to the European Union and NATO. Twenty-one deputies voted against, three abstained, and 16 did not vote. In total, 351 people participated in the meeting; the rest were not registered in time for the meeting.
The document …
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Ukrainian journalist reveals how many combat drones Ukraine is buying from Turkey
Ukraine will be purchasing six combat drones from Turkey, and 200 missiles for them, journalist Yuriy Butusov reported on Facebook.
“Also in the deal are two control stations, a set of spare parts, service support, and personnel training. The cost of the contract is $69 million,” he writes.
The journalist believes that acquiring the drones will be beneficial for Ukraine.
“I understand the criticism, but nevertheless, I think that buying the Bayraktars is extremely beneficial for Ukraine at …
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Ukrainian ambassador Chaly: Russia carried out new information attacks on the Ukrainian embassy in the US
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States of America Valeriy Chaly stated that new attacks by prankers that intended to discredit him and the Ukrainian embassy as a whole did not accomplish their goal.
“A chronicle of the competition for the American information front: two attempted attacks against me and the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States using the same fraudulent schemes. Failed. However, two more states in the US recognized the Holodomor of 1932-33 in Ukraine as genocide,” wrote …
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President Poroshenko promises new weapons to Ukrainian paratroopers
The Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive new types of weapons soon, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated during a meeting with the staff of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces after the completion of military exercises in the Zhytomyr Oblast, Interfax Ukraine reported.
“The pace of rearmament does not fully meet our needs. I want to assure that the government will do everything to solve these problems as soon as possible,” Poroshenko said.
In addition, he noted …
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Sweden urges Ukraine to accelerate reforms
Foreign Minister of Sweden Margot Wallström used her microblog in Twitter to urge Ukraine to speed up the reform process. “Five years ago, today, the Maidan protests started in Kyiv. Further accelerated reforms would be the best way to honor those who died in pursuit of a better Ukraine. Sweden will continue to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity and actively support further reforms,” wrote Wallström.
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are looking forward to the Verkhovna …
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Ukrainian air assault troops carry out exercises in Zhytomyr
On Wednesday, November 21, the 95th Assault Brigade held brigade tactical exercises in the Zhytomyr region, marking the first anniversary of the creation of the Air Assault Troops, formerly known as Highly Mobile Landing Troops.
LB.ua reported that the practical part of the drills began with a hypothetical air strike. Then, servicemen with military equipment parachuted out of an Il-26 and An-26 transport planes. On the ground, the paratroopers practiced how to fight when ambushed, walk through …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Russia blocks the deployment of peacekeepers in the Donbas
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with Ukrinform that Russia is deliberately trying to block even a discussion of the possibility of deploying the UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas.
Klimkin stated that Ukraine is now negotiating the possibility of discussing this issue in the Normandy Format at the level of political directors. "The discussion will take place next week in Berlin. We will see if there is any progress,” he said.
According to Klimkin, …