Contents tagged with Ukraine
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US advises Ukraine not to propose its own resolution on peacekeepers in Donbas, but instead to reach agreement with Russia
The US advised Ukraine not to introduce a competing resolution on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas in response to the Russian resolution, but rather to attempt to reach an agreement, as expressed by US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker.
“Several years ago Ukraine introduced the idea of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in Eastern Ukraine. At the time Russia was not willing to look into it. When Russia put forward its own idea in September, Ukraine was …
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IMF: Ukraine lost 2 percent of its GDP due to corruption
In a speech at the 8th Annual Ukrainian Investment Forum on Friday, the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ukraine, Gösta Ljungman, said that Ukraine's losses due to corruption amount to 2% of GDP.
"In Ukraine, there is no genuine fight against corruption. Corruption costs Ukraine 2% of its economic growth, so the fight against it is an issue of economic prosperity," Ljungman said.
He stated that the next important step in this direction should be the creation …
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Ukraine: 22 foreign ships illegally entered Crimean ports in October
22 cargo ships illegally entered the ports of the annexed Crimea in October, reports the press service of the Ministry for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine.
"Between October 1 and November 1 of this year, 22 calls of cargo vessels were recorded trespassing at ports in the occupied Crimea. In general, these vessels carried out 64 calls to the ports of Kerch, Sevastopol and Feodosia," the ministry said.Of these vessels, 18 sailed under the Russian flag, …
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UN: There are 35,000 people in Ukraine without citizenship
In Ukraine, as of 2017, there are 35,000 people without citizenship, as stated in a report by the United Nations Refugee Agency.
According to the report, at least 10 million people across the world do not have citizenship and a third of them are children.
It was also reported that during the census in 2001 in Ukraine, 82,000 people said that they do not have citizenship. Most of these people lived in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and the Odessa, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs: There are no anti-Polish sentiments in Ukraine
There are no anti-Polish sentiments in Ukraine and the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians see Poland as a friend, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said on Friday, November 3rd, in response to a statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, in which he threatened to deny entry to Ukrainians who are against Poland.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, though acknowledging certain differences between Ukraine and Poland concerning their perception of the …
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IMF lists conditions for Ukraine to receive the next tranche
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making the next tranche allocation to Ukraine contingent on adoption of a law on privatization, the creation of an anti-corruption court, and an increase in gas prices, Ukrainski Novyny reports citing the IMF representative in Ukraine, Goesta Ljungman.
"The conditions for the fourth revision of the program are the adoption of a law on privatization that will ensure the transparent sale of state assets, as well as a requirement on pension reform, which …
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Media: Russia and Ukraine conduct closed-door talks on the maintenance of An-124 Ruslan aircraft
The Russian cargo airline, Volga-Dnepr, and the state enterprise, Antonov, are conducting closed-door negotiations to extend the airworthiness of the An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft, Kommersant reports, citing sources in the aviation industry.
Due to the aggravation of relations between Russia and Ukraine, Antonov, under the order of the Ukrainian government, withdrew from the Ukrainian-Russian joint venture between the United Aircraft Corporation and Antonov and stopped servicing the aircraft of …
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Ukraine to begin production at its new ammunition plant
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported on Facebook that Ukraine will soon establish its own ammunition production thanks to a recently purchased production line.
The Ministry carried out the procedure for purchasing the production line for shells and cartridge cases of 100-155 mm caliber within the framework of the program of the development of ammunition production.
"In addition, we are planning to transition to 155 mm shells, the main caliber used by NATO countries. All …
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US representative to OSCE: Russia’s ‘humanitarian convoys' to Donbas confirm its involvement in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Last week, Russia brought a convoy of trucks, transporting unknown cargo into Ukraine, providing strong evidence of Moscow's involvement in the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, as stated by the US Chargé d'Affaires at the US Mission to the OSCE, Harry Kamian, on Thursday at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ukrinform reports.
"Considerable evidence of Russia’s involvement in the conflict remains. On October 26th, a 17-truck convoy crossed the internationally-recognized border …
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Poland threatens to deny entry to Ukrainians for anti-Polish interpretation of history
In a national television broadcast, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said that the country may deny entry to Ukrainians who have an extremely anti-Polish stance in their interpretation of general history, Polskie Radio reports.
In Waszczykowski’s opinion, Ukraine is exploiting the fact that it is important for Poland in the area of security, and is trying to sideline historical matters.
According to the minister, Poland will never sacrifice historical truth for the sake of …