Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister to attend UN Human Rights Council Session
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will attend the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva from March 1st to 2nd, Interfax reported.
"The March session of the Council, held in Geneva from February 29th to March 25th, traditionally opens with the high-level segment, which is attended by about a hundred officials, among them more than 60 foreign ministers and heads of influential international organizations,” said a statement released by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. …
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Poroshenko explains his visit to Crimea on the eve of the 'referendum'
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, explains why he went to Crimea on the eve of the referendum on the 28th of February in 2014. A video explaining the situation was posted on the President’s Facebook page.
Poroshenko said that the beginning of an “adventure story” had become clear starting with the appearance of the "green men" and other mass movements in Crimea. The President said that he engaged in negotiations with the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of the Crimea and with the …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Russian generals coordinate separatists' activity near Mariupol
Pro-Russian separatists have strengthened their position near Mariupol with two generals of the Russian Armed Forces coordinating their activity, the Press Service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.
"The most alarming situation is near Mariupol. At the direction of the Commander of the First Army Corps (Donetsk), the General Major of the Armed Forces of Russia, Valery Asapov (according to the document cover – Valery Primakov), the ninth special motorized regiment of marines ( …
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US acknowledges that power outages in Ukraine last year were the work of hackers
The US government has officially acknowledged that hackers were involved in the power outages in the west of Ukraine in December 2015, as reported by Golos Amerikii, with reference to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security.
The American experts drew conclusions based on the interviews with the representatives of six Ukrainian organizations which have suffered due to the loss of electricity. However, the report said that the experts had no opportunity for independent review of …
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Ukrainian diaspora in Europe held demonstrations against Russian aggression
On February 28th, protests against Russian aggression in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea were held in France, Italy, Spain and other European countries. In particular, numerous activists gathered under the flags of Ukraine and the European Union in Paris, Lisbon and Rome, and held peaceful demonstrations to remind the world about the annexation of Crimea and Russian aggression, Radio Svoboda reported.
In Paris, the slogans made by the participants of the event were made in French because, …
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Ukrainian Armed Forces regain control of Shyrokyne
A representative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Mariupol region, Alexander Kindstafer, reported on air during a 112 Ukraine TV channel broadcast that Ukrainian servicemen fully regained control of the town of Shyrokyne in the Donetsk region.
“Yes, a few days ago, militants entirely left their section. Our divisions have taken control of this settlement,” Kindstafer stated.
According to him, pro-Russian separatists mined the town extensively.
“They placed mine traps and dozens of trip …
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Political prisoner Oleg Sentsov transferred to Chelyabinsk
The Public Oversight Commission has visited Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov at a detention center in Chelyabinsk.
The activists reported that the filmmaker has been transferred to a quarantine cell after being held in the basement cells, as reported by TSN News.
"He was transferred to a quarantine cell, before that he had been in a four-bed prison cell with 11 prisoners, they took turns sleeping. Prisoner transfers are organized every day, but for some reason he is still there. He …
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Yatsenyuk: Poroshenko is responsible for the political instability in Ukraine
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk believes that the responsibility for the political instability in the country rests with President Petro Poroshenko. He expressed this opinion during the TV program “10 Minutes with the Prime Minister” on Sunday, February 28th.
Yatsenyuk explained that the Verkhovna Rada put the cabinet to a vote of no confidence on February 16, but only 194 out of 339 MPs voted in favor of the motion, short of the 226 needed for it to be passed.
“Thus, the …
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Activists block 14 Russian trucks in Ukraine
Representatives of the ‘Freedom Party’ reported that 14 vehicles were detained in Chernovitskaya during the blocking of Russian trucks through Ukraine.
“Deputies of the local and regional councils participated in the blockade. Now, there are 14 Russian vehicles near the Prorubne checkpoint. The trucks will not be allowed entry.” as was reported on the 27th of February by the ‘Freedom Party.’
The representatives of the ‘Freedom Party’ and other activists are blocking Russian trucks in other …
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Three Ukrainian prisoners released by so-called LPR
On February 26, 2016 in Schastie, Luhansk region, an exchange of prisoners took place between Ukrainian and representatives of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic. At the boundary line, Ukraine handed over six people. So-called LPR representatives, in turn, released three Ukrainians. Leonid Mazanko, Vitaly Chuprinin and Rostislav Mavrin all gained their freedom and returned to the territory under Ukraine’s control.
Passing the Ukrainian boundary roadblock, the representatives of the …