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Mingarelli: Russian aggression and ineffective governance are main threats to Ukraine's security
During a round table discussion entitled "Threats to the Security of Ukraine and Other Countries of the Eastern Partnership Region: Possible Responses" in Kyiv, the Head of the EU delegation to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli, has named two main sources of threats to Ukraine's security: external and internal, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"In the EU, we see two sources of threats to the security of Ukraine and its neighbors. First, obviously, is the conflict with Russia. The second is a combination of …
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Ukrainian President thanks U.S. for the decision to provide lethal weapons
President Petro Poroshenko thanked the U.S. for its support of Ukraine in "the face of Russian aggression", reported the head of government’s press service.
“Last year, our American partners confirmed their leadership in opposing Russian revanchism. From the very first meeting with President Trump, we coordinated the strengthening of our strategic partnership on the basis of the great peace treaty and the great success plan,” said Poroshenko on Tuesday evening in Kyiv during a meeting with the …
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Ukrainian Parliament refuses to recognize separatist DPR and LPR as ‘terrorist organizations’
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine refused to recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk [DPR] and Luhansk People's Republics [LPR] as "terrorist organizations" without collecting sufficient votes during the consideration of amendments to the bill on the reintegration of the Donbas, as NewsOne reports.
76 out of the 340 present in the hall deputies voted for the adoption of the amendments.
On January 16th, the Parliament of Ukraine discussed in the second reading a bill “On the peculiarities of state …
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The World Bank threatens to deprive Ukraine of $800 million loan guarantees
The World Bank has decided that the draft bill on an Anticorruption Court submitted by President Petro Poroshenko does not conform to Ukraine’s international obligations.
Satu Kahkonen, the World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine sent a letter to the Verkhovna Rada and the Presidential administration in which she warned against the adoption of the President’s version of the Law on Anticorruption Court. A copy of the letter was published by Evropeiska Pravda.
The World …
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US ambassador: Ukraine to get Javelin anti-tank systems for free
US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch reported that the US government will provide Ukraine with weapons, including Javelin anti-tank systems, free of charge.
“Last year the [US Presidential] Administration decided to provide Ukraine with additional defensive capabilities. So far, there are no details on how this will be done. We, like Ukraine, have a certain procedure for implementing these decisions, we must inform Congress of how it will be done. And only once we go through this …
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Ukraine tests new air defense missile system
The Ukrainian scientific-production company, Radionix, and state-run Luch Design Bureau, both of which are part of the Oboronprom military industrial concern, have conducted test missile launches from the upgraded S-125M Pechora surface-to-air defense system, according to a Facebook statement published by Luch.
The tests were run with an upgraded 5V27D-М2 missile equipped with a dynamic radar self-guidance module. According to the statement, “on the first segment of the route after the launch …
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Ukraine ranked second in butter supply to the EU
Ukraine became the second-ranked country after New Zealand to supply butter to the European Union, reported Trade Representative of Ukraine Nataliya Mykolska.
"Ukraine ranked second after New Zealand in terms of butter supplies to the EU. In January-November 2017, the EU imported 2,300 tons of relevant products while annual supplies increased almost sevenfold compared to 2016," she wrote on Facebook.
According to Mykolska, similar trends are being observed in the world market as well.
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Kyiv lifts sanctions against Russian coal supplier
Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has lifted sanctions against the Russian coal supplier Yuzhtrans. The decision is stipulated in the Ministry's order number 1905 dated December 29, 2017.
The sanctions against Yuzhtrans in the form of prohibition of foreign economic relations with this company were introduced by the Ministry's order number 1583 of October 30, 2017. They came into force on December 9, 2017.
In 2015, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) suspected Yuzhtrans …
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Ukrainian official: Lavrov is lying blatantly about Budapest memorandum
According to the text of the Budapest memorandum, its signatories undertake not to use nuclear weaponry or any other kind of weaponry against Ukraine, said Yevhen Marchuk, Ukraine’s representative in the Trilateral Contact Group, who has previously held the positions of prime minister, defense minister and NSDC secretary, in a comment on statements made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“Take a look at the text of the Budapest memorandum and just read article No. 2 of this document, …
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Head of DPR Zakharchenko bans state officials from travelling to Ukraine
Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has banned the DPR’s state officials from travelling to territory controlled by Kyiv. According to the website of the Ministry of State Security, this decree was signed on December 15 in 2017.
According to the decree, the restriction was implemented due to “massive recruitment by Ukrainian special services of the DPR’s residents who cross the demarcation line with Ukraine” including government and local …