Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine's Antonov agrees to undergo joint production of An-225 with China
Ukrainian state enterprise Antonov agreed with the Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) on joint production of An-225 Mriya. The report on the website of concern Ukroboronprom which is a parent of the aircraft company, on Wednesday, August 31, states that contracts signed the day before provide for the construction of the second, upgraded unit of the aircraft and its supply to AICC.
"We are selling the second Mriya, which will be constructed here," the representatives of Antonov …
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Bellingcat: Tens of thousands of Russian soldiers were involved in the conflict in Donbas
Bellingcat has analyzed the number of medals that have been awarded to Russian soldiers over the past years. According to the British investigative journalists group, tens of thousands of servicemen from Russia were involved in the hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
A British investigative journalists group that conducts independent investigations on open source data found that tens of thousands of Russian soldiers were involved in hostilities in the Donbas. Bellingcat provided evidence of this …
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EU to extend sanctions against 146 Russian individuals
EU ambassadors will make a decision about extending targeted sanctions against Russian citizens involved in the violation of Ukrainian territorial integrity. In particular, 146 people and 37 companies could have their visas restricted and accounts frozen.
As Radio Svoboda reports, citing its own sources in the EU, a decision about extending the sanctions for another six months is expected to be adopted without much discussion by September 15. The parties in question include companies in the …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to France: The West does not want to recognize the presence of Russian troops in the Donbas
France, Germany and the United States do not acknowledge the fact of the presence of the Russian troops in the Donbass region. In his article for Apostrophe news portal, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur claims that these countries hope for a return to the prewar order of things.
According to Shamshur, who is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France, Western countries realize that Russian troops are in the Donbas region but this position is not public and will not be made …
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Ukraine initiates criminal proceedings against French MPs who visited Crimea
The Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office has initiated a criminal case against the French deputies who visited the Crimea in July of this year, the Ukrainian MP of the People’s Front party, George Logvinsky, wrote on his Facebook page.
On August 11, Logvinsky reported that the Prosecutor’s Office “initiated pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings over a criminal offense envisioned by part 1 of Article 332-1 [Violation of the procedure of entry to Ukraine’s temporarily occupied …
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Klimkin: Russian elections in Crimea are illegal
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin stated that he considers the holding of elections by Russia in the occupied Crimea to be illegitimate as well as unsafe.
“I think that elections in Russia are illegitimate because they take place in the territory of the occupied Crimea. Moreover, they aren’t legitimate either politically or legally,” Klimkin stated in his interview on Ekho Moskvy radio.
In response to a question on security at polling sites in Ukraine during the State …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General: There are 800 volumes of investigations into Russia's actions in the Donbas
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, published the statistics of the pre-trial investigation on Russia’s instigation and continuation of aggressive actions. He posted the data on Facebook on Tuesday, August, 30 2016.According to Lutsenko, the investigation covered the entire period of Russian aggression starting from February 2014 (the occupation of the Crimea, and the anti-terrorist operation in the east of the country).The volume of materials from the criminal proceedings is …
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Ukrainian government to present strategy for de-occupation of the Donbas and Crimea
The strategy for the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories, which are not controlled by Kyiv, will be discussed on the 31st of August at a government meeting. This discussion will pay special attention to certain regions in Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as to the Crimea. According to Ukrainski Novyny, this statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Ukraine on the issues of the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons, Georgiy Tuka.
“If everything goes according to …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Separatists are suffering from fuel shortages
Separatist troops from the self-proclaimed Republics of the Donbas are experiencing fuel shortages, reads a statement on Facebook made by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
The statement notes that regular supplies of weapons, military equipment and munitions for militias continue. There were 17 Ural trucks with munitions moved to Makiivka. Three armored personnel carriers were transferred after being repaired, as well as four KamAZ trucks and two UAZs. …
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Hollande: The conflict in eastern Ukraine could escalate
President of France François Hollande believes that there is a high likelihood that the situation in eastern Ukraine will deteriorate further.
François Hollande spoke about the risk of the situation in eastern Ukraine becoming worse. “This summer the situation has become much worse. Risks of escalation are high,” the president of France stated on Tuesday, August 30 during an annual gathering of French ambassadors, Reuters reports.
Hollande said that, together with Chancellor of Germany Angela …