Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Kremlin plans to issue Russian passports to 800,000 Donbas residents by the end of the year
The Kremlin plans to issue Russian passports to 600 to 800,000 residents of the territories of Donbass outside of Ukraine's control by the end of the year, stated the First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs Viktor Vodolatsky in an interview with TASS.
He said that more than 180,000 residents of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics have already received Russian citizenship under the simplified procedure, and about 100,000 more will receive …
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Kyiv to create Hungarian region in the Carpathian Mountains
The Ukrainian government is making the first concessions to Hungary. The Ukrainian Ministry of Community and Territories Development has unveiled new zoning projects in the Ukrainian regions, which stated that a new Beregovsky region is going to be established, writes Ukrainian publicist Andriy Lyubka in the "Point of View" column on Radio Liberty.
The majority of the population in the area will speak Hungarian, and the region is located along the border with Hungary.
The Hungarians for …
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Iran: investigation into the downed Ukrainian airliner is at final stages
Iran has almost completed its investigation into the crash of the Boeing-737 Ukraine International Airlines airliner, which killed 176 people, said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand, Alarabiya reports.
"The investigation is almost finished, and there is no ambiguity, we know what happened," the deputy minister said.
According to him, the analysis of the flight recorders of the Ukraine International Airlines aircraft is the only remaining …
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Ukraine and Romania conduct join naval drills in the Black Sea
Ukraine and Romania conducted PASSEX join naval drills in the Black Sea.
The patrol boat of the Ukrainian Navy Starobelsk and the Romanian Navy corvette Contraamiral Horia Macellariu took part in the exercise, reported the press service of the Ukrainian Navy on Facebook.
It is noted that the ships of the two countries have worked out a series of tasks on compatibility according to NATO standards. The emphasis in training was placed on improving the skills and actions of ship crews in carrying …
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Ukraine intends to classify some parts of Crimea reintegration strategy
Ukraine has resumed the process of developing a strategy for regaining control over Crimea, most of which will be classified, especially security issues, stated the permanent representative of the Ukrainian president in Crimea Anton Korynevych in an interview with Ukrinform.
"Part of this strategy should be open to public, so that people can see what the state is doing to take back the temporarily occupied territories and the population that lives there. But, of course, most of it should be …
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Germany promises to support Ukraine's rapprochement with NATO
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that Germany will support Ukraine's rapprochement with NATO.
"The position that Germany will support Ukraine's rapprochement with NATO has been made very clear. This is very important for us," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyytro Kuleba after a meeting with the head of the German Defense Ministry.
According to the minister, there were also discussions about military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and Germany. "There are very …
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Kyiv confirms Ukraine's readiness for acceptable compromises on Donbas
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the talks in Berlin confirmed Ukraine's readiness for broad compromises on Donbas provided that they do not cross the "red lines".
According to Kuleba, Ukraine, with the mediation of Germany and France, continues to look for solutions that would lead to progress in the peace settlement in the Donbas, but would not lead to the crossing of the "red lines".
"Ukraine is open to the search for the widest possible compromises, but will not go as far as …
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Russia appeals to UN to help restore water supply from Ukraine to Crimea
Russian State Duma deputy and former Crimean prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet because of the interruption of fresh water supply to the peninsula from Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.
"We urge you to strongly condemn the criminal actions of the Ukrainian side, which blatantly violate international law and directly violate the obligations of this country in the field of human rights," the RIA Novosti quoted Poklonskaya's letter …
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Iran intends to send black boxes of downed Ukrainian airliner to France
Iran intends to send flight recorders of the Ukraine International Airlines plane, which was shot down by an Iranian missile on January 8, to France.
The Iranian authorities explained that the decision was made because Ukrainian side allegedly delayed the response regarding the fate of the flight recorders, reported the Iranian agency ISNA.
"In response to the delay, the Iranian authorities decided to send the black box of the plane to another country (possibly France)," the statement reads. …
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Ukrainian soldier abducted near Crimean border
The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that a soldier has been abducted from an observation post on the administrative border with the annexed Crimea.
The incident occurred on May 30 at about 5 a.m.
"In the area of the Chongar Peninsula, a soldier of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found missing from the observation post when on duty, " the statement reads.
Search efforts have not yielded results. The soldier does not return phone calls and his whereabouts are unknown. …