Contents tagged with Ukraine
-
Estonian PM: Putin holds the key to the implementation of the Minsk Agreements
Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas stated in an interview with Die Welt that the key to the implementation of the Minsk Agreements is in Putin’s hands. "The restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity is an integral part of the Minsk agreements. But obviously, this is not happening,” he noted.
Rõivas emphasized that "It is Putin who is holding the key for this [implementation of the Minsk Agreements]. In my view, Russia should take two steps back if they want to continue to sit at the …
-
Media: Security Service of Ukraine has prohibited Gorbachev from entering the country
The former General Secretary of the Sovet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has been banned from entering Ukraine. This was stated by a source in the Security Service of Ukraine, as reported by 112 Ukraine.
According to the information received, the politician is banned from entering the country for five years. This was after Gorbachev, during an interview with The Sunday Times, said that Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol was the right decision.
After the interview was published, the …
-
Moldova deployed military police units to the security zone
Moldova has deployed, without warning, Carabinieri units into the so-called security zone. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the Co-chairman of the Joint Control Commission (JCC), Oleg Belyakov, at a meeting of the Transnistria Security Council.
“On the 1st of May 2016, the Republic of Moldova unilaterally deployed Carabinieri law enforcement units to the security zone. The number of these units is currently being investigated,” Belyakov said.
According to him, these actions …
-
OSCE mission came under fire near Avdiivka
Members of the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine came under fire near Avdiivka, according to a statement released by the mission’s head Alexander Hug.
“OSCE SMM patrol came under small arms fire in the area of Avdiivka/Yasynuvata. Nobody injured,” the Organization wrote on Twitter
Further details on the incident have not yet been released.
Avdiivka has seen heavy fighting over the last several months. Reports suggest that the distance between Ukrainian forces and members of the so- …
-
Security Service of Ukraine: We have the resources to capture separatist leaders
Ukraine has the resources to capture the head of the so-called DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, and the head of the so-called LPR, Igor Plotnitsky. This was said by the former chief of the main investigative department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), Major General Vasily Vovk, in an interview with Obozrevatel.
“We have resources. Not just the SSU but also, for example, the Ministry of Defense. If the task was given, it would be possible to complete it. There was even a moment when …
-
Russian human rights groups support the continuation of prisoner exchanges with Ukraine
Leading Russian human rights advocates welcome the transfer of Nadiya Savchenko to Ukraine and Evgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov to the Russian Federation. They hope to continue the exchange of prisoners.
“I’m very happy for Nadiya Savchenko and our guys. Nadiya Savchenko is going to have a triumphal life. She is a hero. I’m very pleased that common sense has prevailed here. The trial was a failure, as was her conviction to long years behind bars,” said Lyudmila Alexeyeva in her …
-
OSCE Mission opens forward patrol base in Shchastia, Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has opened a new Forward Patrol Base in the government-controlled town of Shchastia in the Luhansk region. According to the OSCE press service, the base was opened on the 25th of May and will improve the Mission’s ability to monitor the security situations in all areas.
“The new Forward Patrol Base is located less than 500 meters from the contact line. Our observers can now be closer to the areas where the most violations take place. They will …
-
European Parliament sees no reason to lift sanctions on Russia following release of Savchenko
The Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, Rebecca Harms, stated in her interview with Deutsche Welle that the European Parliament sees no reason for lifting sanctions against the Russian Federation following the release of Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko. According to Harms, the exchange of prisoners and hostages is only a part of Minsk Agreements and isn’t the most essential part.
Harms noted that the restoration of Ukraine’s control over certain areas of Ukrainian- …
-
John Kerry welcomed the release of Nadiya Savchenko
The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, welcomed the release of the former Army pilot in the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Nadiya Savchenko, and her return from Russia to her homeland. In his statement, he called Savchenko’s release an important element of Russia’s implementation of the Minsk Agreements.
Secretary Kerry called on Moscow to meet its other obligations to these agreements, namely the release of prisoners and hostages, withdrawal of troops and restoration of Ukraine’s control …
-
137 print media entities are subject to de-communization in Ukraine
The State Committee for Television and Radio-broadcasting of Ukraine (SCTRU) has demanded that 137 print media entities be renamed within de-communization process, the press service of SCTRU reported. These include 25 companies in Crimea and on the territory of the so-called DPR and LPR that are subject to de-communization.
56 newspapers and magazines had not responded to the requests of the agencies of the Ministry of Justice on implementation of legal requirements. Four took measures for re- …