Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian President presents awards to the sailors detained by Russia in the Kerch Strait
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko presented awards to the families of sailors detained by Russian border guards in the Kerch Strait. This was stated by the head of state on Twitter.
"While visiting the Odessa oblast I have awarded the Ukrainian servicemen, who are now in captivity in Russia," wrote Poroshenko on Twitter. He added that the sailors should be returned to Ukraine along with the seized armored boats and the tugboat.
On 25 November last year, Russia attacked and captured the …
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European Court of Human Rights informs Russia about lawsuits from 380 relatives of MH17 crash victims
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has informed Russian government about the lawsuits submitted by the 380 relatives of victims who were killed in the MH17 flight crash in eastern Ukraine, reads the document published on the ECHR website.
“They allege in particular that the Russian Federation was directly or indirectly responsible for the destruction of the plane and failed to investigate the disaster properly or cooperate with other investigations”, states the court document.
The …
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Volker: US will cooperate with any Ukrainian president
The United States will cooperate with any president of Ukraine, no matter who wins the elections in the second round, said US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker in a comment to the Ukrainian news outlet Hromadske.
“We will work with any leaders who come to power. Ukraine has done more in the last 2 years than in the last 25. But there is still plenty of work ahead,” Volker remarked.
The representative noted that the US does not specifically endorse either of the candidates in the …
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NATO promises to strengthen support for Georgia and Ukraine in the Black Sea
NATO will increase its ships presence in the Black Sea and will conduct joint exercises and information exchange with Georgia and Ukraine, announced Alliance Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg.
NATO members agreed on a package of measures to support their "close partners" - Georgia and Ukraine. On Thursday, April 4, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, announced this at a meeting dedicated to the 70th anniversary of NATO. These measures, among other things, …
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Zelensky's advisor outlines plans for reforms in Ukraine
Oleksandr Danylyuk, the advisor to Ukrainain elections front-runner Volodymyr Zelensky, and the country's former finance minister, stated that Zelensky, if he wins the second round of elections, intends to begin his term with reforms in the judicial sector and the anti-corruption sphere.
“Of course, it will be necessary to begin with a real implementation of those reforms that were in fact only imitated. Which reforms? The first is judicial reform. We will start with the Supreme Court and the …
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Russia offers to resume all air traffic with Ukraine
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) offered to engage in talks with Ukrainian authorities on resuming all air traffic, reported RBC news agency.
“In response to the prohibition of direct charter air traffic between our countries imposed by Ukraine’s leadership, we propose to hold talks and resume all flights on a regular and charter basis between Russia and Ukraine,” the agency’s press service reported.
Representatives of Rosaviatsia stressed that the citizens of the two …
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German Foreign Minister: Berlin sees no grounds for lifting sanctions against Russia
Germany sees no reason for lifting EU sanctions against Russia. “No” was German Chancellor’s Official Spokesperson Steffen Seibert’s laconic reply to the question posed to him on Wednesday, April 3, by a DW correspondent - "Should German Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier’s participation in the opening ceremony of the Mercedes assembly plant in Yesipovo, located near Moscow, be seen as Berlin’s departure from the policy of sanctions against the Russian Federation?"
“Sanctions …
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Ukrainian Armed Forces to test two missile systems in the Odessa region
Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to test two missile systems in the Odessa region said Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak at a briefing in Odessa, as reeported on the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
"In the coming days, two missile systems will be tested in the Odessa region, and we hope that these tests will be successful, increasing the capabilities and effectiveness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in protecting the coast and land territory," said Poltorak.
Poltorak …
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Zelensky challenges Ukrainian President Poroshenko to debate in Olimpiyskiy stadium
Volodymyr Zelensky, who won the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections with 30.2% of the votes, has announced that he is willing to publicly debate the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko before they face off in the second round of elections.
“I will go to debates. I’m speaking to Petro Poroshenko, you challenge me to debates, dreaming that I’ll run away and hide. No. I am not you in 2014. I will accept the challenge,” Zelensky said in a video posted on Facebook.
However, the …
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OSCE detects newest Russian weapons in Donbas
The representatives of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the OSCE announced on Twitter that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded the newest Russian weapons systems in the territory of Donbas which is not under Ukraine’s control.
OSCE stated that these weapons are located in the Luhansk region.
"The newest Russian military equipment systems – the R-330Z Zhytel (Resident) automated jamming station and the Tirada-2 electronic warfare system were spotted by the OSCE Special …