Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Kyiv considers disallowing Ukrainian government officials from traveling to Russia
Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proposed a draft bill which proposes the introduction of a temporary restriction on Ukrainians travelling to Russia, as published on the parliament's website.
"Departure from Ukraine into the aggressor state is temporarily restricted to citizens who are civil servants (except for employees of diplomatic services, or in cases of departure with the purpose of urgent medical assistance or participation in the burial of a close relative)," the document …
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Kremlin: participants of Normandy talks will not change situation in Ukraine
The Kremlin said that members of the Normandy format and the US cannot provide a change in the situation in eastern Ukraine, as stated on October 9th at a briefing held by the Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.
"Changes ‘on the ground’ cannot be achieved by the efforts of the countries participating in the Normandy process or other countries, in particular the United States," Peskov said.
At the same time, the representative of the Kremlin said that the changes "on the …
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Ukrainian MP: NATO launches preparation process for Ukraine's accession to the Alliance
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly has adopted a resolution that de jure provides Ukraine with grounds for searching for an algorithm to prepare for joining the North Atlantic Alliance, wrote Ukrainian MP Iryna Friz (Petro Poroshenko Bloc) on her Facebook page. Friz heads the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
According to Friz, the resolution "Strengthening Stability and Security in the Black Sea region", taking into account an amendment by …
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Ukrainian President Proroshenko and Turkish President Erdogan met in Kyiv
Ukraine and Turkey intend to increase the trade turnover between the two countries to $10 billion. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a statement to this effect at a joint briefing with President Poroshenko in Kyiv on Monday.
“Today, having noted recent developments, we have decided to increase our trade turnover to $10 billion as quickly as possible,” he said.
The Turkish president noted that, as early as 2015, the leaders of the two countries declared their goal of doubling or …
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Military expert: Ukrainian army is three times stronger that its opponent in the Donbas
A statement made by the General Staff Chief, Viktor Muzhenko, about the numerous losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should the Donbas be liberated by force is more political than military. Its goal is to confirm the opinion in the minds and souls of Ukrainians that there is no alternative to Poroshenko's peaceful plan, military expert Oleg Zhdanov stated in an interview with 24 TV.
According to the expert, Muzhenko can’t make comments about the other option since he supports Poroshenko's …
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Ukraine seizes property of the former Head of Yanukovych's administration
The property and bank accounts belonging to Andriy Klyuyev and his brother Serhiy were seized during a criminal investigation, as stated in the response of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to the inquery of the UNN agency. Klyuyev is the former Head of the Administration of the Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
"To ensure criminal proceedings on the property, the arrest is imposed on the bank accounts of the suspects [Andrey and Sergey Klyuyev], both on the territory of …
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New US ambassador to Russia: restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty is the priority
Jon Huntsman, the new US ambassador to Russia, says that his primary goal is to improve relations between the two states. According to him, the first step towards this must be the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
As the news outlet KSL reports, Huntsman made statements to this effect at a formal swearing-in ceremony in Salt Lake City. Huntsman was officially sworn in on September 29 in Washington, but he visited Salt Lake City since he had previously been the governor of Utah.
Huntsman …
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Herashchenko: the issues of the reintegration of the Crimea and the Donbas should be considered separately
The First Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Herashchenko, has said that the bill on the reintegration of the Crimea and the Donbas is divided, "as the methodology for the return of these territories will be different."
"Why is the issue of the Crimea and Donbas divided within the bill? We are still fighting for the return of the Donbas and Crimea, but even in international law the situations with these stolen Ukrainian territories has been determined by different …
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Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova sign cooperation agreement in Tbilisi
The Foreign Ministers of the GUAM countries (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) have signed a joint communiqué on their readiness to continue close cooperation, Interfax reports.
The signing took place on Sunday, October 8, in Tbilisi. The special meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (CMFA) of GUAM was devoted to the 20th anniversary of the founding of the organization. According to Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze, they discussed prospects for further …
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Media: Armed Forces of Ukraine gained control over the runway and the ruins of the Donetsk airport
The Ukrainian military took full control of the runway and the outskirts of the Donetsk airport along the demarcation line in eastern Ukraine. They also installed the Ukrainian flag a few meters from the destroyed terminal, TSN news program reports.
"The Ukrainian language on this side is heard everywhere, in commands, orders and conversations. And this annoys the separatists, who are positioned some hundreds of meters away, a lot, “ the report says.
The Ukrainian military know when to open …