Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Putin extends ban on transit of goods from Ukraine to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Russian President Vladimir Putin amended the decree of January 1, 2016 regarding measures to ensure the economic security and national interests of the Russian Federation in the implementation of international transport of goods from the territory of Ukraine to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan or the Kyrgyz Republic through the territory of the Russian Federation. Putin extended these measures for another six months, until January 1, 2019, as reported by the Russian government portal …
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Ukraine accuses two Russian MPs of financing terrorism
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (GPU) has drafted reports suspecting two members of Russia’s State Duma of financing terrorism, as announced on the GPU website.
“It has been established that two members of Russia’s State Duma, while located in Moscow, between March and June 2014, for the purpose of providing material support to the LPR and DPR terrorist organizations as part of the criminal group organized by [LDPR party leader Vladimir] Zhirinovsky, which has also been joined by …
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Putin names three Russian regiments after Ukrainian cities
Russian President Vladimir Putin named three Russian regiments Lviv, Zhytomyr, and Nizhyn. The 6th Tank Regiment of the Russian Army is now bearing the honorary title of the Lviv Regiment, the 68th Tank Regiment is the Zhytomyr Regiment, and the 163rd Panzer Regiment is the Nizhyn Regiment.
Putin’s decree is published on Russian government’s portal of legal information. The decree was signed on June 30, 2018, and has already gone into effect.
As noted by RBK, the names of Ukrainian cities are …
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Ukrainian MP: Russian special services planned attacks on Jewish organizations in Lviv
In addition to the attack on the Roma camp near Lviv, the Russian special services planned to use Ukrainian youths to attack Jewish organizations in Lviv, stated People’s Deputy Anton Herashchenko, reported 112 Ukraine.
“The tragedy that occurred in Lviv is not a spontaneous situation; it's a well-planned action involving Russian special services. Today, we know that two leaders of this youth organization were recruited via the Internet.They were convinced to organize attacks not only against …
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Ukrainian Navy receives four new boats
A ceremony was held in Odessa on the occasion of four small armored artillery boats being inducted into the Ukrainian Navy. They are the Vyshgorod, Kremenchug, Lubny and Nikopol, reported the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
“In addition to these boats that were just inducted into the Navy, we expect patrol boats from our partners – from the United States,” Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said.
He also noted that in the near future, the Defense Ministry plans to complete the …
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Gazprom loses in court to Ukraine's Naftogaz once again
The Svea Court of Appeal (Sweden) has dismissed Gazprom’s complaint that there was a serious violation of Swedish law in the drafting of the ruling made by the Stockholm Arbitration Institute to collect $2.6 billion in favor of Naftogaz.
“After studying the arguments presented by Naftogaz, the court dismissed Gazprom’s baseless claims that a significant part of the court ruling’s rationale on transit had allegedly been written by the administrative secretary,” Naftogaz noted in a public post. …
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Ukrainian military liberates another village in the Donbas
Ukrainian military assumed control of the town of Zolote 4 in the Luhansk region at the end of June, said Dmytro Tymchuk, a Member of Parliament of Ukraine and a coordinator of the Information Resistance Group.
"According to current data of the Information Resistance Group, at the end of June this year, a reconnaissance company of one the combined forces reserve units has successfully liberated territory and taken control of another important administrative unit, the village of Zolote 4,” …
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Expert: Ukraine to develop a ‘powerful’ cruise missile by the next year
Kyiv will be able to create a "powerful" anti-ship cruise missile next year, stated Valentin Badrak, Head of the Ukrainian Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies.
According to the Ukrainian expert, the new anti-ship cruise missile will be able to hit "any target" at a distance of 280-300 kilometers.
"This is a powerful mobile surface weapon that can be used by the Coast Guard," said Badrak, adding that the missile will become a "psychological factor" of deterrence against Russia. …
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Ukrainian President: peacekeepers mission in Donbas is a test for the Kremlin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on his Twitter page that the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in the Donbas would not only be a way of restoring peace, it would also serve as a test of Moscow’s genuine intentions.
Poroshenko stressed that a primary task for the restoration of peace in the Donbas is deployment of a multi-national, UN-mandated peacekeeping mission. According to Poroshenko, another more efficient method does not yet exist.
“The proposal for mission in the Donbas …
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Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament: Nord Stream 2 pipeline is Russia’s tool for putting pressure on EU
During the international conference devoted to the discussion of the international security issues, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Andriy Parubiy stated that Russia is promoting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project to put political pressure on the EU, to disseminate corruption schemes and to weaken the European countries.
"Twice, even when it was extremely cold, the Russian Federation stopped supplying gas to Ukraine, demanding political impact on the situation in our country. …