Contents tagged with crimea
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Russia promises to escort all American reconnaissance planes flying near Crimea
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that all US reconnaissance planes flying near to Crimea will be escorted by Russian fighters.
This was Russia’s response to the United States’ accusation that there was a reckless interception of their EP-3 Aries II over the neutral waters on the border of annexed Crimea.
“I would like to remind Commander Bill Ellis of the 67th tactical aviation group of the US 6th Fleet that Crimea is an integral part of Russia. By directing their pilots to carry out …
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Mejlis: 248 Crimean Tatars were detained in the annexed Crimea over the past year
The Russian security services in the annexed Crimea detained 248 Crimean Tatars in the last year, 99 were fined, and another 42 were arrested, said Eskender Bariev, a member of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, at a press conference on January 31st, according to Ukrainian News.
Bariev noted that the representatives of the indigenous population of the Crimea are subjected to massive pressure from the law enforcement.
Bariev said, "For 2017, our compatriots were fined more than 5 million rubles ($90,000 …
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School atlases with 'Russian Crimea' withdrawn from lists of recommended textbooks in the Czech Republic
Atlases containing controversial maps that showed “Russian Crimea” were approved for distribution in accordance with the internal documents of the Czech Ministry of Education in the summer of 2017. Later, the Ambassador of Ukraine protested the incorrect marking of the peninsula.
The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic stated that the school atlas in which the Crimea was marked as Russian territory is now out of circulation in the country.
"The Ministry of Education studied the …
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Ukrainian military intelligence: Russia supplies weapons to Donbas from Crimea
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skybytsky claimed on Radio Liberty’s Donbas.Realii that two routes are used by the Russian military to supply to the Donbas Ukrainian weapons seized in annexed Crimea.
"Two routes were used to deliver weapons seized by the Russian army from occupied Crimea to the separate areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions: through the waters of the Sea of Azov and through the territory of Russia. The arms supply is …
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Aksyonov: Crimea has become an unassailable fortress after its reunification with Russia
In an interview with National Public Radio, the Head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, stated that after the Crimea’s accession to Russia, the peninsula became “an unassailable fortress”.
“The Crimea will never return to Ukraine and it is useless to impose any conditions to achieve this,” Aksyonov said.
He noted that the Crimea has become “an unassailable fortress” and faces no military threats.
The Crimea peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation in March 2014 by the deployment of …
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Interior Ministry of Ukraine to create a patrol police force for Crimea and Sevastopol
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine intends to form a patrol police force in the Crimea and Sevastopol that will work “in other areas” until the peninsula is freed from "Russian occupation", stated the Minister of Interior, Arsen Avakov, at the annual college meeting of the Interior Ministry in Kyiv, the UNN news reports.
After the de-occupation of the Crimea, “the police divisions that will have been formed will be transferred to the Crimea,” the Minister explained.
At the same time, …
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Putin promises that Crimea will experience growth in the future
During a teleconference with universities, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that "the situation around the Crimea is not dramatic," and that the peninsula will experience growth in a variety of areas in the future.
"To date I do not think that the situation around the Crimea has been dramatic; on the contrary, I am confident that everything will gradually stabilize," the Russian agency TASS quoted Putin as saying.
As Interfax reports, the Russian president noted that "after solving a …
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Ukrainian President thanks Croatia for sharing its experience in reintegration of uncontrolled territories
Ukrainian President and Croatian Prime Minister satisfied with the work of the working group on Zagreb’s experience with the reintegration of occupied territories
President Petro Poroshenko and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković are satisfied with the work of the bilateral working group studying Croatia’s experience in the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, as reported on the Ukrainian President’s website, following a meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of …
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Ukraine expresses concern regarding Euronews report on Crimean schoolchildren
The Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the EU, Mykola Tochytskyi, said that he is concerned about a report by the television channel Euronews on children in the Crimea.
"I'm more than concerned, not to say shocked, by the Euronews report ... I really hope that the above-mentioned news broadcast by Euronews is a terrible editorial error, and has not been made with the goal of acting in favor of Russian propaganda. It would be a big mistake to allow Russia to use Euronews, a leading European …
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Russia conducts artillery exercises in Crimea
On January 24, army corps of the Black Sea Fleet’s artillery units began conducting exercises at the Angarskyi training site in the Crimea, as reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
"Howitzer artillery crews, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortar units will conduct training actions on preparing units for combat and complete testing of engineering equipment and masking and retargeting maneuvers," the report said.
According to the department, the exercises are …