Contents tagged with Ukraine

  • Steinmeier: There has been no progress towards implementing the Minsk Agreements

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier stated that no progress is being made towards implementing the Minsk Agreements, Reuters reported. “We should work to de-escalate the situation,” Steinmeier said. According to him, the ministers for foreign affairs of Germany, Poland and France have agreed to make more of an effort to settle the conflict in southeastern Ukraine.

    Earlier, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and the President of France, …

  • Poroshenko: A ‘huge’ number of Russian troops are in Ukraine

    The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, stated in an interview with CNN that a "huge" number of Russian troops are in the territory of Ukraine. According to him, this shows that Russia has crossed the line.

    “If you had asked me about the theoretical possibility of Russia’s invasion and occupation of the Crimea in 2013, I would have said that it was impossible because there is a line that Putin would not cross. If you had asked me in January 2014 about the possibility that thousands of …

  • Mejlis urges Crimean Tatars to publicize human rights abuses

    The First Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Nariman Dzhelal, called on the Crimean Tatar community activists and all those who suffered from political repression in the Crimea to maximize the publicity of all human rights violations, in a statement to Krym.Realii.

    "On the very first day, when Ilmi Umerov (deputy head of Mejlis) was taken to a psychiatric institution, we immediately began to photograph everything and to report on the conditions here. That is why now, a …

  • US gives armored ambulances to Ukrainian military

    U.S. military representatives have given the first five of the 40 planned Burtek B4731 medical evacuation vehicles for use by the Ukrainian military; the vehicles were delivered to the parade ground of the central area of the International peacekeeping and security camp.

    As reported on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, acting Ukrainian Minister of Health, Uliana Suprun, and the Commander of the National Land Forces Academy, Lt. Gen. Pavlo Tkachuk, represented Ukraine at the …

  • Russian lawyer of detained Crimean Tatar arrives in the peninsula to secure his release

    Mark Feygin, who is the lawyer of the deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Ilmi Umerov, has arrived in the Crimea. The Russian lawyer posted this on his Facebook page.

    Feygin said that he is preparing for negotiations with the FSB concerning the release of Umerov from a mental hospital. He is currently undergoing a compulsory court-ordered psychiatric examination.

    “I have arrived in the Crimea and together with my colleagues in Umerov’s defense team, we will try from as soon …

  • Russia has concentrated more than 40,000 servicemen, 500 aircraft and 300 tanks along Ukrainian border

    The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that groups of Russian troops involved in the surprise-combat readiness check are on high alert.

    “A group of Russian Armed Forces, including 14 battalion tactical groups, 8 companies of tactical groups and 2 motorized rifle brigades, totaling about 41,600 servicemen was deployed along the State border with Ukraine in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and the Crimea,” the …

  • Ukrainian Defense Industry to present samples of modern weapons

    On Monday, 29 August, the state enterprise Ukroboronprom will present new samples of unmanned aerial vehicles, mortars, air missiles, sniper weapons and other equipment, according to a statement by the press service of the National Security and Defence Council.

    "On 29 August, the Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, will participate in the presentation of sophisticated weapons and equipment in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the State enterprise, Ukroboronprom.” The …

  • Ukraine continues to record presence of tanks and heavy weapons in separatist-held territory

    Ukraine detected and recorded the daily presence of separatist tanks and cannons within the southeastern security zone. One of Ukraine’s negotiators, Yevhen Marchuk, published the information on Facebook as part of excerpts from a meeting where preparations were being made for the recent talks in Minsk.Ostensibly, in the period from August 1st to 25th, enemy tanks and artillery systems of less than 100mm in caliber were not detected in the 15-kilometer zone. However, heavier weaponry rated at …

  • National Guard of Ukraine: Part of Azov Battalion was withdrawn from Mariupol to strengthen Azov coast

    The Azov unit’s withdrawal was explained as a redeployment of forces to gain better control over the coast of the Sea of Azov.

    Part of the regiment was withdrawn from Mariupol in connection with the planned redeployment of forces in order to gain better control over the Azov coast. This was reported by the press service of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU).

    “A planned regrouping of forces and means of the National Guard was conducted in the ATO zone. In order to strengthen control over the …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: Russia could expand its aggressive operations in September

    The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on its Facebook page that Russia can expand the scale of its armed aggression against Ukraine from the 5th to the 10th of September during the active phase of the Caucasus-2016 military drills.

    Within that time period the drills will involve movements of a newly created assault-capable formation of troops of varying brigades that is positioned on the southwest. By Putin’s personal order, these assault troops …