Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian Police finds secret water pipeline running from Kherson region into Crimea
Ukrainian law enforcement officers found a clandestine water pipeline running into annexed Crimea from the Kherson region, as reported on the website of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine. The water supply well was fifteen meters away from the boundary line. According to preliminary information, a concealed plastic pipe was laid before 2014 and leads to an industrial enterprise in the Crimea.
"During the pre-trial investigation against CJSC Crimean Titan, two water supply wells in the …
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Media: Poroshenko’s companies managed by his friends and associates
Since 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s business empire has been overseen by two Ukrainian LLCs, one foreign company, one trust, one government bank and one sole proprietor. This information was disclosed by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAPC) in response to a query from Gleb Kanevsky, chairman of the expert organization StateWatch.
According to the NAPC, since 2005, all of Poroshenko’s corporate rights have been handed over to PJSC Prime Assets Capital, which …
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Hungary promises to expel Ukrainian consul if Kyiv expels Hungarian consul from Zakarpattia
Hungary intends to expel the Ukrainian consul if the Hungarian consul is expelled from Berehove in Zakarpattia Oblast, stated the press service for the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
“If the Ukrainian government decides to expel the Hungarian consul from Berehove, than Hungary will immediately expel the Ukrainian consul from the country,” the message reads.
A similar statement was made at the 73rd session of The United Nations General Assembly by the Hungarian Minister of …
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Ukraine conducts exercises on the coast of the Azov Sea
The Ukrainian United forces operation units conducted tactical exercises on the coast of the Azov Sea, reported the Ukrainina State Border Service.
During the exercises, the crews of armoured vehicles of the State Border Guard Service and tank units of the Armed Forces improved their cooperation in accomplishing tasks related to coast defence and destruction of surface targets and enemy’s marine forces.
"During the shooting training, both day and night, sniper teams strengthened their skills …
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Ukrainian President accuses Russia of planning to occupy the Azov Sea
During his speech at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, September 26 in New York ,President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko accused Russia of trying to occupy the Azov Sea.
“After the occupation of the Crimea, [Russia wants] to occupy the Azov Sea. They illegally built a bridge across the Kerch Strait,” stated the President of Ukraine.
Poroshenko said that Russia hinders the navigation of Ukrainian and international vessels in the region. “Such illegal and serious …
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Polish President reminds that signatories of Budapest Memorandum pledged to protect Ukraine
After Kyiv acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1994, the United Nations made a clear violation of the Budapest Memorandum, by which Russia, the US and Great Britain guaranteed Ukraine's security and respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Polish President Andrzej Duda in his speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
He believes that in order to be respected, it is very important that the international community abide by its obligations …
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Kyiv and Budapest fail to reach agreement on Hungarian passports for Ukrainians
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó were unable to reach agreement on key issues related to the covert issuance of Hungarian passports to Ukrainian citizens.
Klimkin reported back on the results of the negotiations with his Hungarian colleague after the meeting, which took place in New York, Ukrinform reports.
“After an hour-long discussion, we did not reach agreement on how to interpret this incident. I suggested to Mr Szijjártó that he call …
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Naftogaz: Gazprom owes Ukraine more than $2.6 billion
The fine for the Russian Gazprom for failure to comply to the Stockholm decision in the case against Naftogaz Ukraine, has reached $110 million, stated at a press conference the Director for Business Development at the National joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko, reports Ukrinform.
“By our calculations, the amount for compensation that Gazprom needs to pay us, already exceeds $110 million,” stated Vitrenko. Therefore, Gazprom must pay Ukraine more than $2.6 billion," …
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Media: Ukrainian President Poroshenko stumbles into Lavrov’s meeting room at UN
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accidentally entered the Russian delegation’s negotiation room at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, RBC reports.
The Ukrainian President stumbled into the room while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in it.
“Poroshenko spent 15 seconds in the room, after which he left it and went into the meeting hall,” the report states.
According to RBC, one Russian journalist managed to ask the Ukrainian president about the proposal to …
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Volker: US has information on numbers and commanders of Russian troops in Donbas
The US possesses detailed information on the numbers, organization and command of regular divisions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbas, US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker told the radio station Echo of Moscow in an interview.
“We have studied this matter very carefully. We have very good information about the commanders, the chain of command, the type of troops, their financing, the number of soldiers of the regular Russian army, the number of specialized …