Contents tagged with Ukraine
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LPR ready to hand over 44 prisoners to Ukraine
Prisoners from the Sukhodolsky penal colony in the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) who were convicted before 2014 have expressed the desire to be transferred to Kyiv’s territory to serve the remainder of their sentences.
The prisoners made this known when they were visited by Toni Frisch, coordinator of the OSCE’s Humanitarian Working Group, separatist media outlets report. Roman Vedmedenko, head of the LPR’s interdepartmental commission for transmission of persons convicted prior to …
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Moldovan President Dodon involved in a car crash
Two cars from the convoy of Moldovan President Igor Dodon were involved in an accident on September 9, on the Chisinau-Calarasi Road. The president, his mother and two security officers were hospitalized, reports Newsmaker.
“One of the cars in the convoy hit a truck carrying poultry and turned over,” the statement said.
The video from the dashboard camera of one of the cars shows how the truck veered off its lane and crashed into the oncoming car of the convoy.
Igor Dodon and his mother …
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Prime Minister Groysman: Ukraine will be on the verge of default without foreign loans
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that the increase in gas pricea is a forced measure in order to pay off debts to the IMF, reported Inter TV channel.
According to Groysman, the Ukrainian national debt increased by 50 billion dollars from 2005 to 2013.
“We carry such a serious debt on our shoulders. We cannot pay it off on our own. That is why we have to enter international markets. We have to take this step to ensure stability. I am the first person who is for reducing prices, …
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President Poroshenko refuses to predict the onset of peace in Ukraine
In an interview with the SK1 TV channel, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he does not want to make predictions about when the peace will come to the country’s territory since it would be dishonest towards Ukrainian citizens.
"I will not promise at what hour. It is not fair. I will not be a supporter of populists who try to deceive people. I call for responsible discussion and a great responsibility for the fate of the state, for its future, " he responded to the question of when, …
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Ukraine starts deploying artillery boats to the Azov Sea
Ukraine has begun deploying artillery boats to the Azov Sea, reports Ukrainian Military Portal, citing sources in the General Staff and Naval Forces Command.
On September 8, a truck carrying a small armored artillery boat belonging to the Ukrainian Navy was spotted in Berdyansk.
Earlier, it was reported that the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to deploy a naval detachment in the Azov Sea and plans to build a full naval base on the Azov coast by the end of 2018.
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Kyiv: 700 residents of Kherson region evacuated due to risk of chemical poisoning from emissions in Crimea
The Ukrainian Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories said on September 8 that there was no need to evacuate the entire Kherson region because there have been no recorded cases of chemical poisoning due to emissions from the Titan factory in the Crimea. At the same time, about two thousand children will be transferred to Skadovsk for their health and safety.
The Ministry sent two hundred people to Skadovsk on September 7 and then another five hundred people the day after. The Kherson …
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Ukraine to appeal to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons regarding toxic emissions in Crimea
Ukraine will submit an appeal to the international Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) regarding chemical emissions and air pollution at the plant Crimean Titan plant" in the territory of the Crimea, said the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Mariana Betsa on Channel 5.
According to Betsa, currently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs collects all the information from the competent authorities, including necessary materials and evidence of the …
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Russia's gas conglomerate Gazprom removes the list of subsidiaries from its website
The list of subsidiaries and affiliates disappeared from the website of Gazprom, reported Deutsche Welle.
Previously, the list contained 161 companies, including defunct companies and technical structures. At the moment, the page of subsidiaries reports that “the list of organizations controlled by Gazprom JCS is published in the Quarterly Report”.
In February 2018, the Stockholm Arbitration Court obliged Gazprom to pay the Ukrainian company Naftogaz US $4.63 billion for the pumping of 110 …
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Media: Zakharchenko’s associates flee to Russia after his assassination
Associates of the killed separatist leader of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko started fleeing from Donetsk to Moscow, reported the Ukrainian news program TSN, citing sources in Ukrainian intelligence.
According to the intelligence information, Zakharchenko’s advisers Alexander Kazakov and another associate with the nom de guerre “Sever” have fled from Donetsk to Moscow. “The Minister of revenues and taxes of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Timofeev, aka Tashkent, who was …
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Poroshenko instructs intelligence services to minimize Russia's influence on elections in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated the servicemen of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the 26th anniversary of its establishment.
"The head of state stressed that military intelligence, as part of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, is now undergoing modernization. It will expand the country's top political and military leadership capabilities to counteract the aggressor and to obtain high quality, reliable and urgent information", reported the …