Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine conducts flight tests of Turkish combat drones
The Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted initial tests of the Turkish assault and reconnaissance drones Bayraktar TB2, near the city of Rivno.
In the initial exercise, the drone first conducted reconnaissance, then targeted an "enemy command-and-control vehicle" launching a MAM-L laser-guided bomb (a range of up to eight kilometers and a guided accuracy of up to one meter).
The Ukrainian publication Defense Express earlier reported that Turkish drones destroyed at least 23 Russian-made Pantsir-S1 …
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Russia demands that Kyiv show changes to Ukrainian Constitution on Donbas special status
At the Normandy talks, Russia insists on adopting a legal definition of the status of the Donbas and wants to see the draft amendment to the Constitution of Ukraine, reports the German publication Der Spiegel, citing unofficial working documents of the Russian delegation.
According to the documents, the Russian side demands that Ukraine submit a draft amendment to the Constitution by July 6. It must determine the status of the so-called Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics in the state …
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U.S. General Hodges: Ukraine Syria and Libya are one theater of war for Russia
Russia could provoke another migration crisis in Europe - about a million refugees can be transferred from Libya to the European continent, said in an interview with the Ukrainian news outlet LB.ua Lieutenant General, former commander of the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe Ben Hodges.
"If we do nothing to disrupt or limit their actions in Libya, we will get an additional million refugees from Libya to Europe. Just as we received more than three million refugees from Syria in Turkey and in European …
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Kyiv: Russia amassing troops along Ukrainian border for possible attack
Russia has deployed near the Ukrainian border three groups of troops that are able of carrying out sudden attack, stated head of the Main Directorate of Military Cooperation and Peacekeeping Operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Leonid Golopatyuk, during an online meeting of the OSCE Security Cooperation Forum, Ukrinform reports.
"As of today, three combined groups have already been deployed near the border with Ukraine, which are able of carrying out sudden offensive …
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Kyiv to send American Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukrainian military in Donbas
Ukrainian military will receive American anti-tank systems Javelin during the rotation in the combat zone in the Donbas, stated the Chief of the General Staff Ruslan Khomchak in an interview with ArmiaInform.
"Brigades of the Armed Forces will receive Javelins during the rotation in the combat zone. Currently, one of the brigades which is completing training before deployment to the Donbas, is working out the tactics for their use... Personally, I want to make sure that our soldiers can …
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Head of Ukraine’s National Bank resigns
The Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Yakiv Smolii submitted his resignation to the President of Ukraine.
Smolii attributed his decision to "systematic political pressure" on the central bank for a long time.
"This makes it impossible for me to effectively fulfill my duties as head of the National Bank and to interact with other government agencies. With my resignation, I want to warn against further attempts to undermine the institutional foundations of the central bank in Ukraine," …
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Kyiv: Russia may step up military actions against Ukraine in the near future
According to Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar, there is an increased military threat from Russia. "First, there is an increase in military buildup on the eastern border of Ukraine, and secondly, there is a significant increase in the number of Russian troops in Crimea," Interfax-Ukraine quotes Vasyl Bodnar as saying.
He added that "it is necessary to be mentally prepared for the fact that Russia does not think twice when using its armed forces to achieve its political or …
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EU extends economic sanctions against Russia
The European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia for another 6 months in connection with the situation in eastern Ukraine, said the Council of the European Union in a statement.
The decision was taken after the latest assessment of the state of implementation of the Minsk agreements, which require Russia to hand over control of the border in the Donbas region to Kyiv.
During a video conference on June 19, EU leaders stated that the agreements concluded in 2015 remain …
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Ukraine warns Russia of consequences after voting on Russian Constitution amendments took place in annexed Crimea
Russia faces political and legal consequences over organizing a vote in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol on amendments to the Russian constitution, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasyl Bodnar said in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
"The organization of voting in the occupied territory of the Ukrainian Crimea, as well as the organization of voting of persons who illegally received Russian passports, will have political and legal consequences for Russia. The international …
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Head of Crimea refuses to ask Ukrainian President to resume water supply to peninsula
The head of the annexed Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said that the Crimean authorities will not ask the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, to resume the supply of water to the peninsula.
"Besides Zelensky, no one in Ukraine can make such a decision, everything else is a talk about nothing," said Aksyonov in an interview for Russian 24 TV channel.
He added that the Ukrainian President has an opportunity to "legally take a pen and sign a document" on the supply of water to Crimea. Morally, …