Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Congress urges Trump to reinstate Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
The decision to prematurely recall US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch has been criticized by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which is led by members of the Democratic Party, Voice of America reports.
“The Administration is harming American interests and undermining American diplomacy. We call on the Administration to reverse this decision immediately,” said Democrat Congressman Eliot Engel and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a statement.
“Ambassador Yovanovitch is a …
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Poroshenko enacts decision of National Security Council on strengthening Ukrainian defense capabilities
President Petro Poroshenko enacted by decree the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated May 7, 2019 “on measures to strengthen the defense capabilities of the state”.
“In the document, it is recognized that there is a need to continue developing conceptual approaches to strengthening state defense in the face of prolonged aggression from the Russian Federation,” the press service of the presidential administration of Ukraine reported.
According to the issued …
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Poroshenko replaces commander of Ukrainian National Guard
President Petro Poroshenko has dismissed the commander of National Guard of Ukraine Yuriy Allerov.
The decree No. 196 of May 7 was published on the website of the head of state.
By another decree, the President appointed Mykola Balan as acting commander of the National Guard.
"Under Section 7 of the Law "On National guard of Ukraine" the commander of National Guard of Ukraine is appointed and dismissed by the President of Ukraine according to the recommendation of the Minister of Internal …
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Ukraine starts receiving clean oil from Russia
The press service of the Ukrainian national oil company Ukrtransnafta confirmed that Druzhba oil pipeline system in the Ukrainian direction began to receive high-quality oil from Russia.
The oil pipeline operator specified that the fuel for further transportation to the EU is supplied from the linear production control station Mozyr of the pipeline operator Gomeltransneft Druzhba.
Following Belarus, the Ukrainian side examined the sample and confirmed that the quality of the oil is now in …
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Media: Washington to dismiss Yovanovitch from post of US ambassador to Ukraine
On May 20, Marie Yovanovitch will be ceasing her role of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ukraine, ZN.UA reported citing its sources.
“Marie Yovanovitch left for Washington in a hurry to attend meetings. This Saturday, May 11th, the ambassador is due to fly to Ukraine. And on May 20, as all the diplomats at the embassy were informed today, Yovanovitch will be returning to Washington,” the news agency writes.
According to the news agency, the …
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Ukrainian Security Service detains Defense Ministry arsenal employee recruited by Russian intelligence for sabotage
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a man employed at one of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s arsenals on suspicion of planning an act of sabotage for Russia.
According to the SBU’s press release, the man was recruited by Russian intelligence agents at the start of the year. The arsenal where he is employed stores strategic reserves of modern missiles and ammunition for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
“In order to do this, they used psychological influence and pressure methods, …
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Zelensky asks chief rabbis to facilitate dialog with Donbas and Crimea residents
Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky met with the Council of Rabbis of Ukraine on 6 May.
“I have met with members of various religions and cultures, and today I am asking you to support our idea to promote dialog with the residents of the temporarily occupied territories in eastern Ukraine and in Crimea. We consider it necessary not to lose contact with these people, because they are all Ukrainians, our fellow citizens,” Zelensky’s press service cites him as saying.
The rabbis in …
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Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria attacked twice in one day
On Monday, May 6, The Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria was shelled twice, reports RBC with reference to a report from the head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in the Syrian Arab Republic, Major General Viktor Kupchishin.
“Both times the fire originated in the east, coming from the area of the Zawiya settlement located in the Idlib de-escalation zone and controlled by the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham group,” Kupchishin said. According to him, a total of 36 missiles …
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Georgian minister on Russian passport aggression in Donbas: Kremlin used same methods in Georgia
Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, said that the methods Russia has been using in Ukraine are similar to those it used in Georgia in the past, especially introducing a simplified procedure for the acquisition of Russian citizenship.
“Effectively, the Russian president has repeated in Ukraine what happened at the end of the 90s and start of the 2000s in Georgia: he has started to issue Russian passports to the population of the temporarily occupied …
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Ukraine hopes that the Council of Europe will not make unreasonable concessions to Russia
Ukraine hopes that the Council of Europe will continue to be a model of democracy, and will not make unjustified concessions in favor of the largest violator-state of its principles and norms, according to the statement issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 70th anniversary of the Council of Europe.
The Ministry noted that the Council of Europe is in crisis because of the actions of the Russian Federation.
"We should note with sadness that Organization came to the 70th …