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Ukrainian plane destroyed by drones in Libya
An Il-76TD aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian company SkyAviaTrans was destroyed by drones while parked at the Misrata Airport in Libya, LIGA.net reports, citing the company’s director Elena Malakhova.
The plane had flown from Ankara to Misrata with humanitarian cargo as part of a cooperation with the International Red Cross organization. Malakhova notes that the company has documents to prove this.
At roughly 3:17 AM (Kyiv time), immediately after arriving in Misrata, while the aircraft’s …
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US representative for Ukraine Volker requests a meeting with Putin’s aide Surkov
The U.S. has requested a bilateral meeting between Putin’s aide Surkov and the US representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker , on the Donbas.
"The Special Representative of the U.S. State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker sent a request for a meeting with Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov," said Aleksey Chesnakov, director of the Center for Current Politics as quoted by Interfax.
Interfax reported, citing an informed source, that the U.S. is proposing to hold the meeting between …
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Four Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas
Four Ukrainian servicemen were killed today, August 6, as a result of shelling in the Donbas, reported the speaker of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Dmytro Gutsulyak.
"We are saddened to report that as a result of enemy shelling, according to the available information, today four of our heroes received injuries incompatible with life," he said.
According to Gutsulyak, the militants carried out shelling near the settlements of Bohdanivka and Pavlopil. The militants initially opened fire at …
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Ukraine asks US for more Javelin anti-tank missile systems
Ukraine has asked the US to sell it more Javelin anti-tank missile systems, William Taylor, US chargé d’affaires in Ukraine, told Radio Liberty in an interview.
He said that Ukraine wishes to acquire more Javelins “for defense purposes” through the US Defense Department’s Foreign Military Sales program.
US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said recently that the US has opened the way for Ukraine to purchase defensive weaponry.
In spring 2018, Ukraine obtained its first batch of …
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Ukrainian President Zelensky to meet with Erdogan and Patriarch Bartholomew in Turkey
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Turkey on August 7-8, reports the website of the Ukrainian President.
During the visit, Zelensky will meet with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan in Ankara, as well as representatives of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities.
Zelensky will also meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul.
In April, the Ukrainian President and his family said that they spent in Turkey "their first weekend in the last four months."