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Large convoy of Russian military equipment enters Donbas
A large convoy military equipment entered the Donbas from Russia, reported the separatist Telegram channel "Chetkiy Luhansk",
According to the channel, the convoy entered the Donbas on the night of March 28 through Gukovo border crossing on the stretch of the border which is not controlled by Ukraine.
“A convoy of mixed military equipment arrived last night from the side of Gukovo. Russia's assistance to the Army of the Republic! New BMP, MT-LB, APC and a lot of wheeled equipment,185 units in …
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Four Ukrainian soldiers killed during shelling in Donbas
On Friday, March 26, the pro-Russian militants attacked Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, reported the press-service of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation.
The militants shelled the Ukrainian positions near the village of Shumy in the Donetsk region. As a result, four Ukrainian servicemen were killed and two others were wounded. The Ukrainian troops returned fire on the enemy.
Journalist and editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian news website Censor.NET, Yuri Butusov, writes on his Facebook page …
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Russia prepares $20 billion lawsuit against Ukraine for ‘water blockade of Crimea’
By the end of April, documents are expected to be ready to sue Ukraine for damages caused to the peninsula by the water blockade, said the first deputy chairman of the Crimean State Council, Yefim Fiks. According to him, the amount of claims is 1.5 trillion rubles ($20 billion USD).
"We have documents for 1.5 trillion rubles at the moment. It's the direct damage. But the amount may increase. I assume that the number can go up to 10 trillion rubles ($130 billion USD)," Fiks was quoted as saying …
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Kremlin: Crimean referendum did not violate Ukrainian Constitution
Any referendums on self-determination of Russian regions are prohibited by Russian law, but the "referendum" in Crimea in 2014 did not contradict Ukrainian and international laws, said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
"This "referendum" was legitimate in essence, from the point of view of international law and in terms of the laws of Ukraine," Peskov said, as quoted by TASS.
According to him, the referendum was allowed, as Crimea, as part of Ukraine, has a special status, …
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Ukrainian general: in 2014 Kyiv was ready to take control of Crimea
During Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were ready to take control of Crimean airfields and other strategic facilities, said in an interview with Krym.Realii deputy chief of the General Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,Viktor Nazarov, who was part of the military delegation to Crimea.
"Those plans provided for our military intervention in Crimea. We understood that the task is quite difficult and can hardly be …
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Zelensky praises U.S. sanctions against Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the U.S. sanctions against billionaire Igor Kolomoisky. "We support this decision and are working to bring back these funds to Ukraine, to bring justice back to Ukraine," said Zelensky in a video message posted on the Facebook page of the president's administration.
"The names here make no difference. These might be Medvedchuk, Kolomoisky, Poroshenko, Akhmetov, Pinchuk, Firtash or whoever. One thing is important - you are ready to work legally …
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Ukrainian Air Force plans to adopt F-35
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Ukraine Serhiy Drozdov said Kyiv intends to acquire American F-15 and F-35 fighter jets for the Ukrainian Army, reports the Ukrainian military portal.
According to him, in the first stage of rearmament, the Air Force plans to receive a new multifunctional aircraft of the forth-generation. The fifth-generation aircraft can be adopted after that.
"The Gripen and F-15 aircraft are being considered in the first stage. In the future, as the relations with our …
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Kyiv: Ukraine has developed new plan for settlement in Donbas
Ukraine, Germany and France have developed a plan for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbas and are now waiting for Russia's response, said the Head of Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Andriy Yermak, reports DW.
According to him, the new peace plan consists of so-called "clusters" which, if agreed, can become the basis for a roadmap for peace in the Donbas, the return and reintegration of the uncontrolled territories and local elections there. Yermak expressed hope that in …
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Minsk accuses Kyiv of supplying weapons for ‘terrorist attacks’ on Belarus
The head of the State Security Committee of Belarus, Ivan Tertel, said that large quantities of weapons from Ukraine were allegedly supplied to Belarus for "terrorist attacks."
Tertel said on the Belarus 1 channel that weapons were allegedly supplied from Ukraine to Belarus to destabilize the situation in the country and organize terrorist attacks on government agencies and government officials.
At the same time, the head of the Belarusian KGB accused Ukrainian law enforcement agencies of …
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Crimean authorities want to sue Ukraine over ‘economic blockade’ of peninsula
The Chairman of the Kremlin-controlled State Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said at a press briefing that Crimean authorities are preparing to file lawsuits in international courts against Ukraine because of the economic blockade, TASS reports. According to him, the "authorities" will first seek justice in the Russian courts, and then file comprehensive lawsuits in international courts.
Konstantinov claims that Ukraine has established a transport and energy blockade, which led to …