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Ukraine and Russia could be banned from Eurovision for three years
Ukraine and Russia can be excluded from participating in the Eurovision Song Contest for three years for violating the rules of the contest. This was stated by the Chairman of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group and the event’s steering committee, Frank-Dieter Freiling in the commentary for the German ZDF.
According to him, Ukraine violated the rules of the contest by not allowing a participant from Russia, Yuliya Samoylova into the country. "From the Ukrainian point of view, the legal …
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LPR said that Ukraine has cut water supply by 85%
Ukraine has cut the water supplied by the Zapadnaya Water Treatment Plant to the separatist-held areas of the Luhansk region by 85%, according to the separatist website, Lugansk Media Center, citing reports from the Luganskvoda water supply company.
“On May 4th at two o'clock in the morning, Ukraine reduced the feed from the Zapadnaya Water Treatment Plant by 85%; as usual, no reasons were given,” the report said.
Kyiv supplies water to the Luhansk region from two main water intakes - the …
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Media: Separatists in eastern Ukraine received Osa anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia
For two days in a row, separatists near Novoazovsk in eastern Ukraine have been firing at the Ukrainian military and targeting the Ukrainian observation drones using Osa (wasp) surface-to-air missile systems. This brainchild of the Soviet defense industry is in service in Russia, Ukrainian TSN news reported.
Ukrainian military representatives say that the missiles of this system have flown over their heads several times already. "The day before yesterday there were two shots, yesterday two …
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Ukraine condemned Russian Foreign Ministry representative’s visit to the Crimea
In her post on Twitter, the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mariana Betsa, condemned the visit of the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, to the annexed Crimea.
"Such visits to the occupied Crimea are unlawful and illegal. They grossly violate international and Ukrainian law and we demand accountability," the press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry emphasized.
The Ukrainian foreign policy agency was reacting to …
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U.S. Congress approves $560 million for Ukraine from federal budget
After several weeks of political negotiations, the upper house of the U.S. Congress has approved by a majority vote a consolidated draft federal budget in the total amount of $1.1 trillion for the 2017 financial year, which ends on September 30. Voting took place on Thursday.
79 senators supported the bill, while 18 opposed. The House of Representatives voted on the document the day before. For the budget’s final entry into force, President Trump must sign the document.
It is expected that …