Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Poroshenko says he has spoken with Putin twice over the last month
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that his communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin was focused on the release of hostages.
In the last month, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, spoke twice on the telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Poroshenko said this in an interview with the Bulgarian TV channel bTV.
“Over the last month we had two phone conversations, and they were entirely devoted to freeing of the hostages. You know that dozens of Ukrainians …
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Poroshenko accuses Russia of preparing terrorist attacks in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia of preparing terrorist acts in Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with the Bulgarian TV channel bTV, Ukrainski Novyny reports.
“Just last year alone, we prevented 300 terrorist attacks, which were prepared by the Russian terrorists who trained in the training centers in Kursk, the Belgorod and Rostov regions. We caught them with explosives during the preparation of terrorist acts and showed this to the world," Poroshenko said. …
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Gazprom has provided the Donbas with $718 million in gas
The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, stated at a press conference in Moscow on June 30th that the Russian gas company has supplied the occupied Donbas with $718 million in gas under the contract price initially granted to Naftogaz of Ukraine, Ukrainian news portal UNIAN reports.
“As for the gas supplies to the Southeast of Ukraine, we have only one contract signed with Ukraine in 2009. The contract defines the entry point for the gas supply to Ukraine, including the entry points in the …
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Ukraine to extend sanctions against Russia through 2017
According to Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Natalia Mykolskaya, in response to the extension of food restrictions by Russia, Ukraine will extend its own food embargo until the end of 2017.
“The proposal of the Ministry is to extend our embargo [against Russia], measures that we take in retaliation, to the same term. We are ready to contact the Cabinet of Ministers with this proposal and consider this decision,” Mykolskaya said in her interview with journalists in …
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John Kerry to visit Kiev before NATO summit
United States Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kiev on the 7th of July before the start of the NATO Summit, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing sources in diplomatic circles. The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, also confirmed Kerry’s visit. However, Chaly didn’t provide the exact date of the visit.
“I think that Kerry will discuss the coordination of actions before NATO Summit in Warsaw. Ukraine and the USA hold common positions that will allow us to agree on …
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Poroshenko posthumously gives award to opera singer who died in the Donbas
On Thursday, President Petro Poroshenko awarded the fighter and opera singer Vasyl Slipak the "For Courage" honor posthumously.
“For the personal courage shown in the protection of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and his dedicated service to the Ukrainian people I decree the awarding of the "For Courage" honor to Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak for his participation in the anti-terrorist operations (posthumously),” the decree reads.
Vasyl Slipak was born in the Lviv …
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Groysman: Ukraine insists on using its own gas transport system instead of Nord Stream 2
Ukraine offers to use its gas transport system as an alternative to the Nord Stream-2 project, the Prime Minister, Vladimir Groysman, said in an interview with Ukrainian media.
"The task now is diversification [of gas supplies to Europe]. And I think the capacity of Ukraine has to be utilized to its fullest. I believe it makes a lot of sense," he said. Groysman believes that the Russian gas pipeline project Nord Stream-2, which would pass to Europe while bypassing Ukraine, is a threat to the …
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US to provide Ukrainians with $5 million for business education
The US is planning to invest approximately $5 million into the business education of Ukrainian professionals through the SEED Grant Scholarship program. BBC reported that this was said by the Western NIS Enterprise fund.
The scholarship program will operate between 2016 and 2018. According to reports, the program has already provided more than $1 million worth of education for 13 Ukrainian students in the US and in Britain.
Ukrainians will be able to study at the best American and British …
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Bulgaria urges NATO to increase support for Ukraine
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev met with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
Bulgarian President expressed his support in continued assistence of Ukraine by the North Atlantic Alliance. The decision about the further assistence will be made at the Warsaw NATO summit in early July.
"During the meeting of NATO defense ministers, it was decided to increase support for Ukraine. We expect that this support will be approved at the NATO meeting in Warsaw,” said Plevneliev after talks …
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Ukraine to supply missiles for Polish MiG-29 fighter aircraft
The Ukrainian state owned enterprise SpetsTechnoExport will supply the MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Armed Forces with the medium range air-to-air missiles Р-27Р1.
The tender of the Polish army has been won by a consortium of Ukrainian SpetsTechnoExport and Polish WB Electronics. The information was published on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Air Force.
“In October last year, Polish military announced a tender for purchase of 40 air-to-air missiles with the range of 50-80 kilometers …