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Hundreds of anti-Ukraine sites will be shut down
Deputy Minister of Information Policy Dmytro Zolotukhin said during his interview with ZIK channel that there are already hundreds of websites that must be shut down because of the threat they pose to Ukraine’s national interests. According to him, he received lists of sites recommended for closure and lists of sources that are already blocked from volunteers.
“That means that the lists already exist... I will not disclose the number of such sites. There are hundreds of sites, which means they …
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Ukraine will sell electricity to Moldova
Moldovan company Energocom and Ukrainian DTEK Trading signed a contract for the supply of electricity from Ukraine to Moldova. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova.
The contract period covers April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. The press service emphasized that Ukraine’s proposal of $50.2 per MWh was more attractive than Russia’s offer.
The Moldovan TPS (thermal power station), which participated in this tender, is located in Transnistria …
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Media: almost $150 billion has been transferred out of Ukraine into offshore accounts since 1991
According to various estimates, since 1991, 148 billion dollars’ worth of capital was withdrawn from Ukraine to offshore accounts. A leading researcher at the State University Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Inna Shovkun explains in her article for ZN.UA.
The author points out that the reform of the fiscal system aimed at stopping the Ukrainian companies from “offshore” and “shadowy” ways of doing business can become a viable source of …
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Ukraine's new Antonov An-132 made its inaugural flight
The new Ukrainian An-132 transport aircraft took off for the first time on Friday, March 31, reported a correspondent of LB.ua from the Kyiv Svyatoshin airfield.
Later Antonov’s press service reported that the flight lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. It was performed by a crew of Ukrainian pilots, Viktor Goncharov and Bohdan Zagorulko and engineer Volodymyr Nesterenko. Mohammed Ayash from the Arabian Taqnia Aeronautics was also among the crew.
The An-132D aircraft was developed for Saudi Arabia. …
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Chief of General Staff of Ukraine: Russia is planning to intensify military action in the Donbas
Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fears that Russia will intensify military action in the Donbas.
“No jokes. The developments of the last two weeks demonstrate that Russia is preparing to start intensifying military action in the Donbas,” he wrote on Twitter.
Muzhenko also wrote on Facebook: “No jokes. Putin’s next manic threatening of Ukraine is taking place, as voiced at the “Arctic: Territory of Dialogue” forum. I believe that …