Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Bosnia and Herzegovina opens investigation into how a Ukrainian icon was presented to Russian Foreign Minister
The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has opened a criminal case because of an ancient Ukrainian icon, which the former president of the Republika Srpska, the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik gave to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, reports the newspaper Dnevni avaz reference to the prosecutor's office.
On December 14, Lavrov officially visited Sarajevo. The visit was marred by scandal, as two members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina refused to …
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Kyiv: Russia blocks Ukraine’s prisoner exchange with LPR and DPR
Russia continues to block the exchange of detained persons, demanding that Ukraine adopt the "peace plan" proposed by representatives of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, announced the representative of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Serhiy Garmash on air of the channel "Ukraine 24".
"We have submitted four lists. there are more than 200 people, 11 of them are in serious physical condition. Russia has never filed any lists in the six months …
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Belarus to continue oil transit through Ukraine
Ukrainian national company Ukrtransnafta extended for another year the contract for oil transit with BNK UK Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the Belarusian national oil company, said the CEO of Ukrtransnafta Nikolay Gavrilenko in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
"Already extended. In early December. In working order," he said, adding that the tariff and contractual conditions are the same as for the existing contract.
"The conditions are the same. From the Belarusian side there was a request …
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Putin vows to strengthen ‘support for Donbas’
Russia is going to increase its "support for Donbass”, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference.
According to him, the Kremlin understands "the complexity of the situation that has developed in the Donbass." Therefore, as the Donbas will continued to receive the same support it used to receive before.
"We will even increase our support for the Donbas. This applies to support for production, social issues, infrastructure issues, and so on. So, we will move in this direction," …
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Israel to modernize Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets
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Israel will assist Ukraine in modernizing MiG-29 fighter jets, said Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ukraine Oleksandr Myroniuk, reports the news website Military Review. According to Myroniuk, the modernization is scheduled for 2021. It is expected that after modernization the Ukrainian Air Force will be able to use these aircraft until 2035.
According to Myroniuk, after modernization, the aircraft "will have additional capabilities to defeat ground targets." Accorfing to him, the fighters …
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Ukraine and Turkey agree to jointly produce combat drones and corvettes
Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Taran has signed agreements with Turkish companies on the production of corvettes and combat drones for the Ukrainian army, reported the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"The signing of the contracts took place as part of the visit of the Turkish delegation headed by the Undersecretary for Defence Industries of the Republic of Turkey, Ismail Demir," the statement reads.
Taran also stressed that the agreements concern projects that are aimed to …
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Ukraine and Turkey preparing to sign free trade agreement
Ukraine and Turkey are preparing to sign a free trade agreement. Ukrainian Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka told the Turkish new Agency Anadolu that Kyiv and Ankara are "seeing light at the end of the tunnel."
The Ukrainian diplomat noted that Kyiv expects to increase trade with Ankara. Moreover, in the last few years Turkey has been one of Ukraine's five key trading partners.
One of the main contracts of the two sides may be a contract for the supply of diesel fuel. Now Turkey supplies …
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Russia expands sanctions against Ukraine
The Russian government has expanded the list of Ukrainian citizens who are subject to personal economic sanctions, according to the document published on the Kremlin’s website.
The Russian "blacklist" includes the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Dmytro Razumkov, Deputy Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, as well as the head of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE Yelyzaveta Yasko.
Thus, now the Russian sanctions list includes 849 citizens of Ukraine.
On December 10, at the summit in Brussels, the …
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Ukraine threatens Russia with sanctions on international payments systems as Donbas negotiations stall
If there is no progress in the Donbas negotiation by the end of the year, Ukraine may insist on strengthening sanctions against Russia, stated the head of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas Leonid Kravchuk on air of TV channel "Ukraine 24."
"If before the end of the year, as Christmas and New Year holidays are approaching, if it does not happen (progress in the negotiations), then I think the beginning of the new year will be the beginning of a new standard of …
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American M-9 Reaper drones will try to penetrate Ukrainian air space during joint drills
Ukrainian air defense for the first time will try to intercept the American drones M-9 Reaper. As part of the joint drills, the Ukrainian military want to see whether the drones will be able to overcome Ukrainian air defenses, reported the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The exercises will take place in the area of responsibility of the Air Command West. The Ukrainian Armed Forces noted that these drills are an extremely important element of cooperation with air defense …