Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Putin calls Kyiv ‘one of the ancient Russian capitals’
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin made a speech at the Victory Parade in Moscow’s Red Square, TASS reports.
“It is our sacred duty to protect the real heroes of the Great Patriotic War when in a number of countries people shamelessly lie to their children about the war and betray their ancestors ... The memory of the war and its truth is in our conscience and one of our responsibilities. Today we see how a number of states deliberately distort the events of the war and make …
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Crimean authorities recognize Zelensky's wife's ownership of an apartment in Livadia
The so-called "State Registry Committee" of the annexed Crimea stated that they recognize the rights of newly elected President's wife of the Vladimir Zelensky and Olena on a luxury apartment in Livadia, reports RBC news agency.
The press service of the "State Committee of Crimea on state registration and cadaster" said that there was no appeal from the wife of Zelensky.
"There were no appeals. According to her declaration, she has included it [the apartment] there, and it means she owns it. …
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Volker: High-level US delegation to attend Zelensky inauguration
Kurt Volker, the US State Department’s Special Representative for Ukraine, told the BBC Russian service that “the highest level of representation” will attend the inauguration of Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky.
“A high level delegation will come from the US to the inauguration of the Ukrainian president in Kyiv. We are waiting for the exact date to be specified, and then we will determine who will be in it. Around the same time, I will try to meet with him to discuss the conflict …
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Putin did not congratulate Poroshenko and Zelensky on Victory Day
When congratulating the leaders of countries that used to be part of the USSR with the 74th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not acknowledge the current President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, or the new head of state. One can attest to this fact on the Kremlin website.
Congratulations were received by the leaders and citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, …
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Ukraine calls on foreign partners to expand sanctions against Russia in response to 'passport aggression in Donbas'
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, sent a letter to Ukraine’s foreign partners requesting that sanctions again the Russian Federation be expanded because of the distribution of Russian passports to residents of the Donbas. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ekaterina Zelenko issued the statement during a briefing according to RBC-Ukraine.
“I brought the document. This is a letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin to the heads of foreign policy ministries in the EU, …
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Kyiv: Ukraine will not recognize Russian passports issued to residents of DPR and LPR
Kyiv considers invalid the Russian passports which, according to Putin’s decree, can be issued to residents of a number of south-eastern regions in Ukraine through a simplified procedure.
According to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, passports will not be considered valid for crossing the state border and when used on the territory of Ukraine. The prime minister also promised to contact partner countries so that “fake” documents such as these would be declared invalid for use on their …
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Former Ukrainian President Kravchuk: Ukraine was forced to take Crimea in Soviet times because Russia could not sustain it
The first president of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, in an interview with the Ukrainian news outlet Apostrof, said that the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), Nikita Khrushchev forced the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to integrate the Crimea, since Russia "could not sustain it (the Crimea)."
“[Nikita Khrushchev] comes to Kyiv, comes to the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of …
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Israel considers joint production of military drones with Ukraine
It is possible that Israel and Ukraine will begin producing remotely piloted aircraft for military use, said the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine, Joel Lion, as quoted by RBC-Ukraine.
“We are in a state of war with another country. Therefore, it has been very hard for us to hold a shield with one hand and build our country with the other. This is know-how that we would like to share with Ukraine. And maybe there are other things apart from drones that we could work on with Ukraine,” Lion said in …
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Russian investigation: Oil contamination incident resulted from multi-million dollar theft
On Tuesday Russia’s Investigative Committee released the first results of its investigation into the incident where the contamination of Russian oil led to the temporary suspension of oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, which accounts for around 20% of the country’s oil exports.
According to the investigation, the oil with organic chlorine compounds capable of “eating” pipes and refinery equipment ended up in Transneft’s system as the result of an embezzlement scheme.
The six suspects, …
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Russia sends imprisoned Ukrainian sailors for a new medical examination
Russia set a new technical examination for the detained sailors from the ships Berdyansk and Nikopol which were seized in the Kerch Strait, reported lawyer Nikolai Polozov reported on Facebook.
The Russian investigators had already presented the decision to conduct the medical examination to all imprisoned sailors and their lawyer.
Polozov stressed that the lawyers objected to the examination. "This expertise is a kind of know-how of the Russian investigation. Experts are required to give a …