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Ukrainian diplomat tests positive for coronavirus
A Ukrainian diplomat has contracted the coronavirus, reported Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, as cited by Interfax-Ukraine.
"Unfortunately, we have recorded the first case of a diplomat contracting the coronavirus in one of the countries. The foreign diplomatic missions are temporarily switching to remote operation to ensure the network of effective assistance to Ukrainians around the world, " the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service quotes Kuleba as saying.
The special …
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MH17 crash trial: Russia was planning to send three Buk missile systems to Donbas but only one made it
Russia sent two Buk anti-aircraft missile systems to the territory of Ukraine and planned to send a third one, Ukrinform reported, citing Eliot Higgins, founder of the international investigative group Bellingcat.
"The first Buk arrived a few days before MH17 was shot down, but it broke down and had to be sent back to Russia. Then Russia tried to send two more on the night of July 17, but only one missile systems crossed the border, because there were not enough trucks to transport the other …
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Putin: U.S. wants to have Ukraine under its control at Russia’s expense
The United States is trying to ensure the prosperity of Ukraine at the expense of Russia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"They [the U.S.] are courting Ukraine and taking it under control, but they want Ukraine to live off our money as well," said Putin in an interview with TASS for the special project "20 questions to Vladimir Putin."
"They don't want to give them [Ukraine] money," Putin added
According to Russian President, Russia is supporting Kyiv with funds that Moscow pays for …
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Lawyer of families of MH17 crash victims: Permission to send Buk missile system from Russia to Ukraine was given by Putin
The Buk surface-to-air missile system from which the Malaysian Boeing 777 flight MH17 was shot down could not have been removed from Russia without the permission of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the lawyer of relatives of the MH17 crash victims, Jerry Skinner, in a comment to Deutsche Welle.
In his opinion, during the court hearings in the Netherlands, the public will hear the names of advisers close to Putin, and probably, the Russian president himself will be mentioned.
"I don't …
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Iran agrees to hand over to Kyiv black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner
Iran has agreed to hand over to the Ukrainian side "black boxes” from the downed passenger plane of the Ukraine International Airlines near Tehran, announced Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko on Twitter.
According to him, at the end of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council in Montreal, Iranian representative Farhad Parvaresh announced Tehran's consent to hand over the flight recorders.
"Iran agrees to send black boxes to Ukraine, with the subsequent …
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MH17 crash trial: Russia intimidates witnesses in attempt to disrupt court hearing in the Hague
Russia is trying to find and intimidate witnesses in the case of the crash of Malaysian Boeing in the Donbas, the hearings of which began in The Hague, reports Novaya Gazeta with reference to a statement by Dutch State Prosecutor Thijs Berger.
"The use of special services to try to reveal the identity of witnesses is a real scenario. Their agents have the ability to intercept messages and track people's movements," Berger said, adding that there were attempts by "GRU agents" to hack into the …
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Militants attack Ukrainian positions in Donbas
On Tuesday, March 10, pro-Russian militants attacked positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction, reports the press service of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation.
According to the Ukrainian military, militants shelled positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with prohibited 120 mm mortars, grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms.
In addition, a Ukrainian military truck, Gaz-66, was shot at with an anti-tank missile system. Several Ukrainian …
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MH17 defendants face life in prison
The maximum penalty for the defendants in the case of the crash of Malaysian Boeing MH17 in the Donbass in July 2014 is life imprisonment, said the representative of the Dutch prosecutor's office, Digna van Butzelar, as quoted by UNN news agency.
The four suspects are charged with two counts: the downing of flight MH17, which resulted in the deaths of all persons on board (Article 168 of the Netherlands Criminal Code), and the murder of 298 people on board flight MH17 (Article 289 of the …
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First case of coronavirus reported in DPR
The so-called "Ministry of Health of Donetsk People’s Republic" stated that on March 9 a woman with a suspected coronavirus infection was hospitalized in the territory which is not under Ukraine’s control territory. The hospitalized woman returned from China.
Upon her arrival at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, the woman was checked for signs of illness, but according to the DPR representatives, nothing was found. According to the DPR Ministry of Health, the woman was diagnosed with a …
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MH17 trial: Two Buk missile systems were sent from Russia to Ukraine
During the first court hearing in the Netherlands in the case of the MH17 air crash in the Donbas, the prosecution stated that at least two Buk anti-aircraft missile systems were sent to Ukraine from Russia in 2014, but one of them broke down on the way, BBC Russian Service reports.
In 2018, analysts from the Bellingcat investigative group stated that the delivery of the Buk, which was used to shoot down the Malaysian Boeing, was overseen by Oleg Ivannikov, an officer of the Russian GRU (The …