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Kremlin: due to ‘Kyiv’s position' meeting between Putin and Zelensky impossible
The speaker of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, said that the contacts between Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are impossible because of "Kyiv’s position".
Peskov believes that sound logic "dictates the need" for contacts between the presidents of the two countries. At the same time, the Russian president was ready for this "yesterday", but the implementation of the Minsk agreements reached an impasse. The Kremlin blames the Ukrainian side for this.
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Russian warplanes enter Ukrainian military drills area
Russian reconnaissance aircraft violated the boundaries of the zone allocated for the exercises of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported the Command of the Ukrainian Air Forces.
"In the area of combat firing of anti-aircraft missile forces and land air defense forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Black Sea, reconnaissance aircraft of the Russian Federation such as Su-24MR and Il-20 grossly violated the procedure for using airspace," the Ukrainian Military Command said.
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Ukraine passes law to limit oligarchs’ influence
The Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, adopted a "law on oligarchs", submitted to parliament by the President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Parliamentarians approved the law "On Prevention of Threats to National Security Related to the Excessive Influence of Persons who have Significant Economic or Political Weight in Public Life (Oligarchs)” in the second reading. It was supported by 279 out of 450 deputies, 54 opposed, 27 abstained.
"The purpose of this law is to overcome the conflict of …
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Ukrainian military commander: Russia can attack Ukraine in the south at any time
Russia can go on the offensive in the south of Ukraine at any time. But today there are no immediate signs of such an offensive, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Serhiy Nayev in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
"Military threats from the Russian Federation in the south of Ukraine are only growing every year. We cannot say that there are immediate signs that the Russian Federation will begin military aggression in the near future. However, …
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Kremlin: there will be no meeting between Putin and Zelensky if Ukraine insists on discussing Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the implementation of the Minsk agreements and agreements reached at the last summit of the Normandy Four, as well as bilateral relations. And if Ukraine insists on discussing the issue of Crimea, then there will be no meeting between Putin and Zelensky, said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
"Discussion of Crimea is not possible. Therefore, such a formulation actually casts doubt on the …