Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian Chief of Staff: Russia plans to establish third military corps in the Donbas
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko stated that Russia is going to increase its presence in the Donbas and establish their "third Army Corps."
"Russia is going to transfer more soldiers to the Donbas. The Russian Ministry of Defense is preparing to increase the number of troops by one third in eastern Ukraine within the framework of its long-term plan to destroy Ukraine. We are not talking about weak and uncontrolled groups of separatists. There is a …
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Separatist leader threatens to attack Kiev
The leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, threatened to attack Kiev, as reported by the separatist Donetsk News Agency website.
Zakharchenko asserts that at the forefront of the Donbas, Ukraine has divisions that allow it to "start the offensive." He was not able to give the approximate dates when Ukraine "will start the offensive," but stated that the separatists "are ready for this and have been waiting for it for several months already."
"The military …
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Ukrainian border guards record presence of Russian FSB ship in the Black Sea
On September 1st, a patrol aircraft of the Ukrainian State Border Service identified the Russian FSB Coast Guard patrol ship Izumrud in the Black Sea. The Russian ship was noted in Karkinitsky Bay about 10 miles from the southern part of Dzharylgach Island, as reported on September 2nd at a briefing by a representative of the State Border Guard service, Oleh Slobodian.
“A tactical group comprising of the ship Podilia and motor boat Zlatokrai of the Maritime border guard went to this area …
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Klimkin: Autonomy in the Donbas could lead to Russia's goal of federalization of Ukraine
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is convinced that granting autonomy to the Donbas may lead to the federalization of Ukraine and to its weakening and separation, and that “this is what Russia strives for.”
Providing autonomy to the part of the Donbas uncontrolled by Kiev is unacceptable for Ukraine because the Russian protectorate over this territory will be legitimized as a result, Pavlo Klimkin stated on Thursday, September 1 in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
“If we grant …
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General tells of massive sell-off of military hardware between 2005 and 2014
During the period from 2005 to 2014, Ukraine sold more than 830 tanks, 710 combat vehicles and 200 aircraft, as stated by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense on Friday. Lutsenko was presenting his report on the results of an investigation into Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine.
According to him, such a large-scale sell-off served as one of the factors for Russia’s aggression.
"After the collapse of the …
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Ukrainian court grants permission to detain Russian Defense Minister
The Pechersk District Court of Kiev has authorized the detention of the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoygu. This was stated in the Court decision on the 26th of August, published in the Register of Court Decisions.
“Permission for the pre-trial investigation authority to detain suspect is hereby granted to bring him in for court hearing on the request of seeking a prison sentence for him. On the basis of the decision of the investigative judge, the detainee has to be released not later …
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Ukrainian intelligence to strengthen its presence along Russian border
During a visit to the Sumy region, the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), Vasyl Hrytsak said that one of the main tasks of the SSU now is to counter Russian aggression. The SSU’s press service reports Hrytsak as saying "We have to strengthen the counterintelligence regime on the border with the Russian aggressor.” He explained that the SSU’s current tasks include countering Russian aggression via economic, informational and political means.
"We will continue to strengthen the fight …
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Turkish Foreign Minister assures Crimean Tatar leader that Ankara's position on Crimea remains unchanged
The press service of the commissioner of the president of Ukraine for the affairs of Crimean Tatars has reported that, during a meeting with the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated that improving relations with Russia will not change Turkey’s position regarding the non-recognition of the annexation of the Crimea.
“During the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey assured the commissioner that certain …
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Antonov announces it has not sold the rights of the An-225 to China
The Ukrainian state-owned aircraft manufacturer Antonov has clarified the details of a recent agreement with the Aerospace Industry Corporation of China, stressing that China will not be given the rights to produce An-225 Mriyas, according to a message posted on Antonov’s Facebook page.
Chinese television reported that the Ukrainian company had sold the rights to the aircraft.
“Antonov does not convey the rights to China for the An-225 aircraft… including intellectual property rights,” the …
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Klimkin: The OSCE is in deep crisis
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin believes that in recent years the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been in deep crisis.
He made this statement in an article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung German newspaper, the text of which was posted on Facebook of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine.
"In recent years, the OSCE has been in a deep crisis including its working structures - ODIHR (the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) and the HCNM ( …