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Ukrainian Prosecutor General shares Facebook post confirming major prisoner swap with Russia
The newly appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Ruslan Riaboshapka, has shared a Facebook post by Verkhovna Rada employee Anna Islamova confirming a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
“The exchange is complete: The sailors, Sentsov, Karpyuk, Balukh and Hryb are flying home,” Islamova wrote in the original post.
Alexey Venediktov, editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, posted in his Telegram channel that the plane with released Ukrainian prisoners was scheduled to land in Kyiv …
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Prime minister and virtually entire government replaced in Ukraine
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved the candidacy of Oleksiy Honcharuk, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, for the position of Prime Minister. He was recommended for this position by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Honcharuk’s candidacy was supported by 290 of the 450 Ukrainian MPs who voted on the decision.
The 35 year-old will be the youngest prime minister in the country’s history since its declaration of independence.
During his address to parliament before the …
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Ukraine’s security service could oversee defense component imports from Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) should oversee the purchasing of components for military equipment from Russia in order to reduce the level of corruption, said Anna Kovalenko, a Ukrainian MP from the Servant of the People party.
“To this day, there is a large quantity of equipment produced in Russia in the armament of our armed forces. The state budget is not yet able to replace it with western models – it’s expensive. We should support the combat readiness of this armament. In this …
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US-Ukraine Rapid Trident 2019 military exercises to be held near Lviv in September
The US-Ukraine Rapid Trident 2019 military exercise will be held sometime between September 13 and 28 and will involve 3,700 soldiers from 14 NATO states and partners, announced the US Army Europe, reports Ukrinform. The drills will last 25 days.
The drills will be conducted at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy.
The US will be represented at Rapid Trident by personnel from the 101st Airborne Division, the …
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Ukraine to close Black Sea airspace for missile testing
Between Friday and Saturday, Black Sea airspace will be closed to aircraft while the Ukrainian military performs missile tests, Korrespondent reports, citing the Ukrainian Defense Ministry news agency, Army Inform.
“Between August 30-31, 2019, at the Alibi state testing ground of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Odessa province, there will be additional missile launches. The relevant warning regarding the closing of the area to aircraft flights in connection with the danger associated with …