Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Kyiv: Russia behind the attacks on the office of the Union of Hungarians in Uzhhorod
Pavlo Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, believes that Russia is behind the attacks on the Society of Hungarian culture in Uzhhorod.
"Thanks to the police for active work in Transcarpathia. Russian traces everywhere. ‘Hello’ to all who speculated on mystical, anti-Hungarian sentiments. I doubt that this is the last destabilization attempt,” Klimkin wrote on Twitter.
On March 4, the police arrested three people involved in the attack on the Society of Hungarian culture on …
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Finnish Foreign Minister confirms his country's readiness to participate in UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has claimed that Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini told him that Finland is ready to participate in a UN peacekeeping mission, in the case of its introduction to the Donbas.
"Our Finnish friends are essentially ready to participate in the upcoming peacekeeping operation, but now they have to put pressure on Russia so that it would be a real peacekeeping operation, not an operation to allow Russia legitimizing its protectorate in the occupied …
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Ukraine urges NATO not to recognize elections in the Crimea
At the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Council, Ukraine called on the representatives of the parliaments of NATO’s member countries not to recognize the results of elections of Russia’s President in annexed Crimea, Iryna Friz, People's Deputy of Ukraine said.
"We called on the parliaments of the country-members of the Alliance not to recognize the results of the ‘elections’ of Vladimir Putin as the President of Russia in annexed Crimea because it is a violation of international law. When …
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Russian State Duma deputy comes under fire in Donbas
A Russian State Duma Deputy, Alexey Zhuravlev (non-factional) came under fire on Monday in the Donbas, as he stated to RIA Novosti.
"I wanted to be assured of today's announced ceasefire. We arrived at the Pyatnashka battalion’s location and came under mortar fire. One of the cars was disabled, we had to turn around and leave," he said.
According to unofficial data, the shelling occurred in the town of Kruta Balka near Yasynuvata.
Zhuravlev is the chairman of the Russian Rodina (Fatherland) …
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Ukraine warns of criminal prosecution of anyone involved in Russian presidential elections in Crimea
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea warns citizens of Ukraine that if they participate in organizing Russian elections in annexed Crimea, they will be charged with high treason under the Criminal Code of Ukraine,stated Deputy Prosecutor of Crimea Oleksandr Udovychenko in his commentary on Krym.Realii TV.
“If Ukrainian citizens are found guilty, then they may face sentences for treason that involve up to 15 years of imprisonment. They will also be held …
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European Commission offers to mediate negotiations between Naftogaz and Gazprom
European Commission (EC) Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič noted that the European Commission is ready to mediate to help settle the gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia. This was mentioned in a statement released on the EC website.
It was specifically noted that Šefčovič had contacted Ukrainian and Russian authorities for telephone-based discussions. Šefčovič spoke with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev, and Russian Energy Minister …
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Ukraine received 26.5 mln cubic meters of gas from Europe since the beginning of March
During the first four days of March, Ukraine received 26.5 million cubic meters of natural gas from European Union countries, as announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry.
The Ministry specified that 17 million cubic metres was obtained from Slovakia, 7 million cubic meters from Hungary, and 2.5 million cubic meters from Poland.
As reported, on March 2nd, the National Joint-Stock company, Naftogaz of Ukraine and the Polish company, PGNiG signed a contract for the urgent …
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A new ceasefire comes into effect in the Donbas
Another ceasefire has been declared in the Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) zone in the Donbas. An “absolute armistice” agreement was reached by the participants in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk (Belarus) on February 28. On March 2, the TCG participants declared comprehensive and indefinite ceasefire in the ATO zone starting on midnight beginning March 5.
The armistice bans any offensives and intelligence operations, firing in direction of or from all population centers, and …
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Head of Ukraine's Naftogaz believes termination of Gazprom’s contract was Kremlin’s decision
Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev expressed the opinion that Gazprom’s decision to terminate its contracts with the Ukrainian company originated in the Kremlin.
“The decision to refuse to perform the contract was not made by Gazprom. I believe that it was made in the Kremlin,” Kobolyev said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
According to Kobolyev, Russia reduced the pressure on the gas pipeline for transit to Europe by 20%. The pressure deficiency forced Ukraine to use electric power to …
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Russia expresses doubt about Volker’s ability to 'contribute to resolving the crisis in the Donbas’ after his statements that LPR and DPR should be disbanded
U.S. Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker’s call to disband the LPR and the DPR “calls into question” his ability to contribute to the resolution of the crisis in the Donbas, said the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, reported RIA Novosti.
“Volker's words, of course, do not fit into any framework of the existing Minsk agreements and, in my opinion, quite seriously call into question his readiness and ability to make a real contribution to …