Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Lukashenko says no to Russian military base in Belarus
Belarus is “categorically opposed” to the deployment of a Russian aerospace base in its territory, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday, commenting on a possible response to NATO’s increased presence in Poland.
According to Lukashenko, a Russian military base would create risks for Belarus, which is “independently capable” of carrying out the defensive functions prescribed in the Collective Security Treaty with Russia.
A Russian base would put Minsk “under a possible …
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Poroshenko’s representatives: president’s income exaggerated by media
Vadim Medvedev, adviser at the Avellum legal firm, which represents the interests of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, claims that the media overstated the amount of profit shown in the president’s change of property status in 2018.
According to him, the reports on significant changes in Poroshenko’s property status actually reflect the return of funds he had previously invested.
In this way, Poroshenko received funds from internal government loan bonds (OVGZ), but the real profit is the …
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Ukrainian politician accuses Merkel of preventing Ukraine from becoming a NATO member
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is “responsible” for the fact that Ukraine has not become a NATO member yet, stated Verkhovna Rada Deputy Yuriy Chyzhmar on the Channel ZIK.
“It was she who in 2008 in Bucharest, as you remember, raised the issue of not providing Ukraine with an action plan for NATO membership, to please Putin. If we had it then, maybe today the issues of the Donbas and the Crimea would not exist, so we have lot of questions for you,” the deputy stated in the show “People are …
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Ukraine may purchase Turkish combat drones
Advisor to the Ukrainian President Yury Biryukov published a photo on his Facebook page featuring President Petro Poroshenko standing next to a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle, surrounded by Turkish officials.
“I can only assume that Petro Poroshenko and Stepan Poltorak are staying in the company with the first deputy Secretary of NSDC and the head of Ukroboronprom on the background of the [drone] that can work a whole day in offline mode at 150 kilometers from the control center …
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Ukrainian anticorruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk dies in hospital
On Sunday, Ukrainian anticorruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk, who in July had acid thrown on her, died in the hospital.
“Katya has died. Details are forthcoming,” stated a Facebook post from the account that was publishing news about her health condition and the investigation into her attack.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko confirmed this information and expressed his condolences to Handzyuk’s relatives while on an official visit at a Ukrainian community in Antalya, Turkey.
“I implore …
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Ukrainian Ambassador: some MPs interfered with Ukraine's attempts to obtain American weapons
The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly said that some Ukrainian MPs interfered with Ukraine’s attempts to obtain American weapons, reports Hromadske.
“There were cases when representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament interfered with the process of providing weapons to Ukraine. In response to the question asked by Americans “Do you need weapons?”, they would answer “Will you support my faction?” This included people who are now running for President. It harmed the efforts …
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Erdogan: Turkey expects Russia to make a decision to release Ukrainian political prisoners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey provided the Russian side with a list of Ukrainian political prisoners to be released and expects a successful resolution of this issue, Erdogan stated during a joint press conference with Ukrainian Petro Poroshenko following the Seventh meeting of the High-Level Strategic Council between Ukraine and Turkey in Istanbul, the press service of the Ukrainian head of state reported.
“Earlier, two political prisoners (Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy …
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For the first time in 19 years Ukraine test fires S-300 anti-air system
Ukrainian anti-air troops used the mobile S-300B1 anti-air missile defense system in a drill for the first time in 19 years,reported Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of General Staff and Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on November 3.
According to Muzhenko, the results of the training shots “confirmed the possibility of significantly increasing the combat strength in the shortest possible time”. “For the first time in 19 years, there was combat use of the mobile S-300B1 anti-air missile system, …
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Poroshenko and Patriarch of Constantinople agree on establishment of independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew signed the agreement on cooperation and collaboration between Ukraine and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“The agreement that we signed today, completes this process… creates all conditions for the process of granting tomos to be implemented in strict compliance with orthodox canons,” Poroshenko wrote on Twitter. According to Patriarch Bartholomew, the agreement “will lead to unity …
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Erdogan: Turkey will never recognize the annexation of Crimea
President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during the joint briefing with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, stated that Turkey has never recognized and will not recognize the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
He once again assured that the position of Turkey is to support the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and political unity of Ukraine, reports 112 Ukraine.
At the same time, Erdogan stressed that Ankara will continue to protect the …