Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Kyiv: Separatist republics owe Ukraine $96 million for electricity
The separatist-held territories of the Donbas owe about 2.5 billion hryvnia ($96.3 million) to Ukraine for electricity supplied since March 2015, as stated by the Acting Director of Ukrenergo, Vsevolod Kovalchuk, in his commentary on Espreso TV.
He noted that separate accounting records for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were only introduced in May 2015.
"If we are talking about the debt that is guaranteed to be confirmed as of the introduction of separate accounting, it amounts to about 2.5 …
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The President of Finland spoke with Putin about Ukraine and called for the release of the prisoners
President of Finland Sauli Niinistö discussed the situation in Ukraine with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, Helsingin Sanomat reported.
“We also talked about the situation in Ukraine, which is not improving. The ceasefire remains the primary task and the onward progress, at least must be taken in small steps. For example, it is necessary to release the prisoners,” the President Niinistö said.
President Putin arrived on Thursday, July 27 at the Finnish city of Savonlinna for …
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Major blackout hits Crimea
On Friday, 28 July, another blackout hit the annexed Crimea. The blackout was reportedly caused by an accident in Krasnodar Krai in neighboring Russia.
It is reported that there is no power in the cities of Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Kerch, Feodosiya and other places.
The Russia-controlled Ministry of Fuel and energy of the Crimea also confirms the loss of power throughout the peninsula. According to the Minister Vadim Belik, the Crimea was "completely without electricity" due to an …
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Ukraine stopped the supply of electricity to the separatist-held areas of the Donbas
On July 26, the supply of electricity to the territory of the Donetsk region that is not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities was completely suspended, as reported by the head of Ukrenergo, Vsevolod Kovalchuk on his Facebook page.
"Today, the uncontrolled territories no longer consume electricity produced by power plants in the controlled part of Ukraine. The needs of the occupied territories in energy are covered by the Starobeshevska and Zuivska TPPs, by other producers at the …
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Hong Kong considering the possibility of poultry import from Ukraine
A delegation from the Food Safety Center of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) is investigating the possibility of importing poultry from Ukraine, as stated in a message from the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
It was reported that the Hong Kong delegation is in Ukraine on an assessment mission, during which a meeting with the leadership of the State Consumer Protection Service was held.
Ukraine presented the main approaches in state control …
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Ukrainian President has granted citizenship to 55 Russian nationals since the beginning of the year
President Petro Poroshenko granted Ukrainian citizenship to 405 foreign citizens and stateless persons, including 55 Russians and 54 Syrians, and also terminated the Ukrainian citizenship of 1,567 persons in the first half of 2017, as stated in the response of the Administration of the President and the State Migration Service to the request of Ukrainski Novyny.
"From January 1, 2017, to June 30, 2017, 405 persons were granted Ukrainian citizenship," the presidential administration's response …
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Head of SBU: Ukraine provided the UN proof of Russia’s involvement in the conflict in the Donbas
Ukraine has provided thousands of pages of documentary evidence of Russia's participation in the conflict in the Donbas to the International Court of Justice, as stated by the head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Vasyl Hrytsak, at a briefing on Saturday. The suit itself was filed in mid-January, and in April Ukraine failed to achieve the approval of special measures against Russia in time for the suit’s consideration.
"All of you know that in January, Ukraine initiated a suit in the …
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Mother of the Russian soldier captured in the Donbas was allowed to visit him in Ukraine
Pavel Kanygin, a journalist from the Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, published a photo on his Facebook page of Russian serviceman, Victor Ageyev, who has been detained in the Donbas, with his mother. In addition, the correspondent relayed the details of the meeting between Ageyev and his mother.
“Svetlana Ageyeva submitted an application asking to see her son and was able to meet with him. At first, she saw her son in the presence of journalists, along with me were a few colleagues from …
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Ukrainian Minister of Defense: Russia can use the forthcoming Zapad-2017 military exercises to invade any European country
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak claims that the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad 2017 scheduled for September could be used by Russia to stage an actual invasion of any neighboring country.
"Ukraine and the world have a common vision of the prospects for the exercise conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The forthcoming West-2017 exercises will be extremely powerful. They could be used to launch an aggressive action not only against Ukraine but …
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on Russia to stop armed provocations in the Donbas
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a protest statement in response to the increase in Russia's military activity in the Donbas and intensive attacks by pro-Russian forces, including the use of tanks, self-propelled artillery systems, rocket artillery, and mortars, as indicated in a statement posted on the agency’s website on Friday evening.
“We are especially concerned with the damage to an apartment building in the town of Krasnohorivka (Donetsk Oblast), as well as an …