Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian army liberates another village in Donbas
The Ukrainian military has taken back the Rozsadky settlement in the neutral strip of the Debaltseve region (Donetsk region), the press service of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) reported on Facebook.
Rozsadky, located at the Svitlodarsk Salient, had been held previously by the Ukrainian army, and formed part of a supply route to the groups near Debaltseve. However, after the battles in the winter of 2015 and the agreements which ensued, the town fell under the neutral strip, where no armed …
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US on Holodomor: today once again Russia is trying to destroy Ukraine’s identity
The United States Department of State published a statement on the anniversary of the Holodomor in which Washington condemned this crime and expressed support for the Ukrainian people.
"This month we join Ukrainians around the world in marking the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor, when millions of innocent Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by the regime of Josef Stalin. The Soviet Union’s barbaric seizure of Ukrainian land and crops was undertaken with the deliberate political …
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Ukraine starts withholding Gazprom gas transit payments to recover the debt
Ukraine’s national oil and gas company Naftogaz recovered $3.8 million received in overpayment from Gazprom for the transit of gas in October towards the amount that Gazprom is obliged to pay according to the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court.
“Naftogaz of Ukraine sent a statement to Gazprom about withholding the funds received for transit of gas this October in the amount of $3.8 million as payment of a fine that the Russian monopoly owes according to the Arbitration decision from …
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Ukrainian President: Putin’s visits will not make Crimea Russian
Commenting on Putin’s trip to Crimea for an extensive meeting of the State Council Presidium of the Russian Federation Ukrainian, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that Putin’s visits to Crimea will not make the peninsular Russian.
“We consider these Russian president’s visits as a gross violation of international law. I would like to emphasize separately that these visits - and I hope they hear us in Russia – will not make Crimea Russian. Crimea is Ukraine. It was and always will be, …
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Ukraine gives Poland evidence of Soviet repressions against Polish people
Ukraine gave about sixty thousand pages of documents proving Soviet repressions against the Polish people in 1930 to the Polish Institute of National Remembrance or INR, Polish Radio reports. According to INR head Marzena Kruk, the materials are now being studied and access to them will be open early next year.
"For the first time we have access to such materials that are no longer separate orders or reports on carrying out Polish operations. We are getting to the so-called kernel, to …
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Ukraine expects to receive $2 billion from the IMF immediately after the new budget is adopted
Ukraine expects to receive 2 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund immediately after the adoption of the bill on the state budget for 2019, as the representative of the President, Iryna Lutsenko told journalists on the sidelines of the Parliament session on Thursday.
"We are expecting about two billion dollars. And I think, once the budget is voted and signed, the IMF said this many times, there will be no delays with financing and providing the next tranche to Ukraine," she …
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Hungarian Foreign Minister: issuing Hungarian passports to Ukrainians in Zakarpattia is legal
Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, expressed confidence that the issuance of Hungarian passports to citizens of Ukraine in the Zakarpattia's (Transcarpathian) region is not a violation of the Ukrainian legislation.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, published on Thursday, November 22, the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry stated that "according to Hungarian law, Hungarians who live in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia), have the right to dual citizenship. If you look at Ukrainian …
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Ukrainian Parliament supports the bill on the course of Ukraine to NATO and EU
Based on data from the Ukrainian parliament the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved in the first reading the draft law on amending the country’s constitution.
The changes, in support of which 311 deputies voted, concern Ukraine’s strategic course on Ukraine’s membership to the European Union and NATO. Twenty-one deputies voted against, three abstained, and 16 did not vote. In total, 351 people participated in the meeting; the rest were not registered in time for the meeting.
The document …
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Ukrainian journalist reveals how many combat drones Ukraine is buying from Turkey
Ukraine will be purchasing six combat drones from Turkey, and 200 missiles for them, journalist Yuriy Butusov reported on Facebook.
“Also in the deal are two control stations, a set of spare parts, service support, and personnel training. The cost of the contract is $69 million,” he writes.
The journalist believes that acquiring the drones will be beneficial for Ukraine.
“I understand the criticism, but nevertheless, I think that buying the Bayraktars is extremely beneficial for Ukraine at …
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Ukrainian ambassador Chaly: Russia carried out new information attacks on the Ukrainian embassy in the US
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States of America Valeriy Chaly stated that new attacks by prankers that intended to discredit him and the Ukrainian embassy as a whole did not accomplish their goal.
“A chronicle of the competition for the American information front: two attempted attacks against me and the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States using the same fraudulent schemes. Failed. However, two more states in the US recognized the Holodomor of 1932-33 in Ukraine as genocide,” wrote …