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OSCE discovers Russian radio interference system in the Donbas
According to the OSCE mission’s Twitter feed, a Zhytel R-330ZH radio jamming station was found near Avdiivka, which is located 14 kilometers from Donetsk.
“The Special Monitoring Mission’s (SMM) UAVs continue to record high-tech electronic warfare stations. Obstacles in our work should be removed,” a statement said.
The Zhytel automated jamming station provides automated detection, direction finding and signal analysis of radio sources. It then creates interference of the user terminals for …
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NATO Secretary General: Sanctions against Russia should remain in force
The EU should maintain the sanctions against Russia which were imposed as a result of the Russia’s actions in Ukraine, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
He made these comments the day after German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticized NATO for holding the recent Anakonda-2016 military exercises and “antagonizing Russia”.
“In my opinion the sanctions should not be lifted while Russian does not change its attitude. I believe that the EU has a wide consensus on …
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Austrian Foreign Minister calls for a gradual lifting of sanctions on Russia
The Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Kurz, speaking on June 19th, stated that he believes that the European Union should change its sanctions policy against Russia, Deutsche Welle reports.
“I think that we should gradually arrive at a stage where every move toward fulfilling the Minsk Agreements is met with the progressive removal of sanctions,” Kurz said.
According to him, it would be a "clear demonstration of a step towards" Moscow, the politician believes.
"I hope, it will …
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Ukrainian MP: The return of the Russian delegation to PACE would mean the collapse of the Council of Europe
The Chairman of the Ukrainian Delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Volodymyr Ariev, went on the air on Ukraine TV Channel 112 where he criticized the possible return and participation of the Russian delegation in PACE meetings. Ariev reported that Ukraine sent a serious force of diplomats to the current PACE session because a serious desire for the return of the Russian delegation was expressed during the Bureau meeting in May.
According to Ariev, this decision …
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Peskov: There are no preconditions for another Normandy Quartet meeting
The Russian side believes that Ukraine does not show any will to fulfill the Minsk agreements.
The Press Secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, believes that there are currently no preconditions for a new meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Quartet, as reported by the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
Peskov noted that even though the “Normandy Four” states would like to have this meeting there are not preconditions for it.
“There could be preconditions if the …