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Klimkin: Autonomy in the Donbas could lead to Russia's goal of federalization of Ukraine
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is convinced that granting autonomy to the Donbas may lead to the federalization of Ukraine and to its weakening and separation, and that “this is what Russia strives for.”
Providing autonomy to the part of the Donbas uncontrolled by Kiev is unacceptable for Ukraine because the Russian protectorate over this territory will be legitimized as a result, Pavlo Klimkin stated on Thursday, September 1 in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
“If we grant …
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Merkel and Hollande to discuss war in Ukraine at G20 conference
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande plan to discuss the peace process in eastern Ukraine at the forthcoming G20 conference in China, Deutsche Welle reported.
Merkel stated that the EU is not seeing nearly enough progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, and she wants to raise the subject at the meeting of the twenty largest economies in the world.
"Germany and France agree on this, and we will work together to promote this topic,” the German …
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General tells of massive sell-off of military hardware between 2005 and 2014
During the period from 2005 to 2014, Ukraine sold more than 830 tanks, 710 combat vehicles and 200 aircraft, as stated by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense on Friday. Lutsenko was presenting his report on the results of an investigation into Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine.
According to him, such a large-scale sell-off served as one of the factors for Russia’s aggression.
"After the collapse of the …
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Ukrainian court grants permission to detain Russian Defense Minister
The Pechersk District Court of Kiev has authorized the detention of the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoygu. This was stated in the Court decision on the 26th of August, published in the Register of Court Decisions.
“Permission for the pre-trial investigation authority to detain suspect is hereby granted to bring him in for court hearing on the request of seeking a prison sentence for him. On the basis of the decision of the investigative judge, the detainee has to be released not later …
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Ukrainian intelligence to strengthen its presence along Russian border
During a visit to the Sumy region, the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), Vasyl Hrytsak said that one of the main tasks of the SSU now is to counter Russian aggression. The SSU’s press service reports Hrytsak as saying "We have to strengthen the counterintelligence regime on the border with the Russian aggressor.” He explained that the SSU’s current tasks include countering Russian aggression via economic, informational and political means.
"We will continue to strengthen the fight …