Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine: Militants in Donbas deliver military conscription notices to local residents
Conscription is underway in the separatist-controlled territories of the Donbas.
“Local residents 18 to 65 years of age received conscription notices requiring them to come to the so-called military commissariats,” the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reports.
After being drafted, the residents undergo military training for two to four weeks in specialized training centers and shooting ranges belonging to the 1st and 2ndArmy Corps of Russian troops.
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Ukraine submits lists of foreign mercenaries who fought in the Donbas to the International Court of Justice
Ukraine handed over the lists of all identified foreigners who were fighting for Russia in the Donbas to the International Court of Justice, as stated by Chief Military Prosecutor Anatolii Matios on 112 Ukraine TV.
"We handed over the lists of all individuals identified during the criminal proceedings regarding the war against Ukraine by the northern neighbor to the International Court of Justice through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We handed over the lists of not only Serbians but all …
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Serbia sentences several mercenaries who fought in Donbas
Serbia sentenced several of its citizens who were fighting for Russia in the Donbas, said Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin.
"We have discussed with Serbian friends the issue of Serbian mercenaries who were fighting in the Donbas for the separatists and openly and fundamentally for Russia. We already have several court sentences here, in Serbia, and I thank Serbia for that.” the Minister of Foreign Affairs posted on Facebook.
Klimkin added that, if it is proven that any of …
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Crimean authorities sell elite Ukrainian resorts
For a price of 1.5 billion rubles ($24 million USD), the Russian authorities in Crimea have sold shares in the Miskhor, Dyulber and Ai-Petri resorts, which were state property.
This was announced on July 3 by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Crimea, Krym.Realii reports.According to Oksana Lakhina, Crimea’s deputy minister of property and land relations, the government decided to sell because “the high level wear and tear of the mentioned health …
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Ukrainian Klikh imprisoned in Russia found in psychiatric hospital in Magnitogorsk
Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klikh, sentenced by a Russian court to 20 years in a penal colony on charges of participating in the Chechen war, was found in Magnitogorsk in the regional psychiatric prison hospital, reported Russian human rights activist Tatyana Shchur. “He was discovered there by Catherine Burian, a lawyer of the Ural Human Rights Group, after Stanislav’s lawyer in Ekaterinburg, Roman Kachanov, reported that he was promised that his client would be sent there …
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Poroshenko confirms Ukraine’s non-recognition of Kosovo during visit to Serbia
At a joint briefing with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić , President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who is on an official visit to Serbia, stated that Ukraine does not recognize Kosovo and hopes that problems in the area can be resolved in favor of the interests of Serbia. “We honor and respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia. We do not recognize Kosovo, and we proceed from the premise that the Kosovo problem should be resolved by compromises being made, taking into account …
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Ukrainian Security Service: Russia to continue using cyberattacks as instrument of hybrid warfare
Russia will continue to use cyberattacks as an instrument of geopolitical influence, said Oleh Frolov, Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), during the first UN High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism in New York.
“A series of powerful and complex cyberattacks, ruthless by design and catastrophic in their possible consequences, on the computer networks of the energy, banking and transport sectors and the communications sector, have once more demonstrated the aggressor’s …
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Belgian investors ready to enter Ukrainian energy market
Despite ongoing military actions in the East of Ukraine and the Russia’s aggression, Belgian investors went through the hot phases of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (Ukrainian Military Operation in the Donbas) and continue to work in Ukraine, stated by Luc Jacobs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to Ukraine.
According to Jacobs, a difficult period with the security situation and lower economic activity in Ukraine did not prevent the Belgian companies from …
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Media: Russia admits possibility of Sentsov exchange
Alexei Kondratyev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, stated on July 2 that the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov could be included in the list for a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
As reported by the Russian Izvestia newspaper, Kondratyev said: “I think Sentsov can get [on the list]. The issue of his exchange has repeatedly been raised by the Ukrainian side, and his name is still relevant [for exchange].”
On July 2, the First Deputy …
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Czech Senators ask Putin to release Sentsov
Czech Senators wrote a letter to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin calling for the release of the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov who was illegally imprisoned in Russia, as reported by the Embassy of Ukraine in the Czech Republic on Twitter.
"Each injustice caused by the State to any person that was later redressed reduces future tension and contributes to recovery of the society. That is why the release of Sentsov will be a sort of cure for your country,” the statement reads.
The …