Contents tagged with Ukraine
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LPR leader preparing to resign and leave Donbas
The leader of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) Leonid Pasechnik may soon leave his post, reported the separatist Telegram channel "Secrets of the Luhansk Republic" with reference to informed sources.
The channel admitted that Pasechnik has no power in LPR. Because of this, he wants to leave Luhansk. However, according to the Telegram channel, Moscow has been refusing to give him permission.
"Pasechnik has been trying unsuccessfully for two years to leave the post of the head of …
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Kyiv receives report regarding downed Ukrainian airliner from Iran
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that it had received from of Iran a report on the causes of the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) plane near Tehran.
"Yes, it was handed over on the evening of December 31, at the fifth attempt. Now, all the competent authorities are carefully studying it," said Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin, Suspilne writes.
Ukraine has 60 days to make comments and suggestions to the report. After that Iran can finalize it …
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Ukrainian intelligence: Russia may invade Kherson region
The Russian army may attack the Kherson region, reported the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service.
It is noted that before the annexation of Crimea by Russia, mainland Ukraine provided up to 85% of the peninsula's needs for fresh water. Thus, Russia "can, under a far-fetched pretext, move deep into the Kherson region in order to capture the north-Crimean Canal dam."
According to the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence, at the moment, the Kremlin is counting on the COVID-19 pandemic to improve …
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Ukraine to buy Turkish Bayraktar drones for its Navy
In 2021, Ukraine plans to purchase for its Navy Turkish Bayraktar drones, said the Navy’s commander Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa in an interview with Radio Liberty.
According to him, Bayraktar with improved tactical and technical characteristics and increased operational range will be used in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
"We use them to monitor the surface situation, to support the forces both on the shore and at sea," Neizhpapa said.
He also said that Ukraine has agreed on the …
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Kyiv: 600,000 LPR and DPR residents receive Ukrainian pensions
About 660,000 residents of the uncontrolled Donbas territories receive Ukrainian pensions, Ukrainian Social Policy Minister Marina Lazebnaya said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
"I believe that those who have earned their pension in Ukraine should receive it. And to do this, we need to simplify or provide conditions and opportunities for them. Therefore, today, for example, such service centers will be opened at the two entry points in Shchastia and Zolote. We know that employees of the …
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Ukrainian Army Commander: It would be easier if we were given command to attack in Donbas
The Ukrainian government wants to regain control of the Donbas, and in these conditions, it would be easier for the military if they received an order to attack, said Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ruslan Khomchak in an interview with Obozrevatel.
Khomchak believes, there is currently a question whether Ukrainian society is ready for active actions of its army in the Donbas.
"In 2014, mobilization was a dissonance for an ordinary Ukrainian. Everyone was screaming that they …
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Ukraine vows to prevent construction of water desalination plant in Crimea
Ukraine will prevent the implementation of the project on desalination of water in Crimea, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on air of the TV channel Ukraine 24.
"The illegal occupation authorities in Crimea stated that they are attracting a large international company to introduce desalination technologies. We started the work immediately and will definitely find it [this company], and we will prevent it from implementing this project," Kuleba said.
Kuleba also said that in 2021 Kyiv …
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Ukraine conducts military exercises with Smerch missile systems near Crimean border
The Ukrainian military conducted drills of the missile units with participation of a battery of Smerch multiple rocket launcher systems (MLRS) in the Kherson region, reported the Joint Forces Command of the Ukrainian Army on Facebook.
It is noted that military units, which are stationed in the southern part of Ukraine, took part in the drills.
"In particular, the missile-gunners practiced elements of preparation for missile strikes on certain targets of the conventional enemy," the statement …
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Russian Defense Minister proposes building military medical center in annexed Crimea
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has proposed building a multidisciplinary medical center in annexed Sevastopol, reported on his Facebook page the head of the Ukrainian project "Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies" Andrii Klymenko.
Addressing the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Defense Minister said that about 150,000 military and their families live in Sevastopol.
"There is currently no decent medical institution," he said.
According to Klymenko, statements of …
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Russia to build over-the-horizon radar in annexed Crimea
Next year, Russia is going to build a radar station in annexed Crimea, RIA Novosti reports.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu announced such plans during the Defense Ministry’s expanded panel to discuss new projects for 2021.
"To start work on the construction of the Yakhroma radar in Sevastopol and individual sites of over-the-horizon detection of air targets in Kaliningrad and Zeya (Amur region)," Shoygu said.
In February 2014, armed people in uniforms without insignias appeared in …