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European Parliament calls for new sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Avdiivka
The European Parliament called for introducing news sanctions against Russia as a result of the aggravated situation in the Donbas and failure to implement the Minsk agreements.
This was stated in the European Parliament by the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Guy Verhofstadt, Ukrinform reports.
"The EU should maintain the existing sanctions and prepare new ones if Russia continues to ignore the international law," he said commenting on the with the escalation of …
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Crimean authorities: 400,000 people suffer from a shortage of water on the peninsula
The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Crimea, Gennady Narayev, states that there are 400,000 Crimeans on the peninsula suffering from a shortage of drinking water, as reported on 1 February by TASS. The overall deficit in drinking water in the Crimea is about 300 million cubic meters per day when 1.2 billion cubic meters are required.
It is noted that the Eastern district of the peninsula is in a difficult situation where three reservoirs have been filled with water from the …
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Head of SBU Counterintelligence says that Russia has changed its strategy
Russia seeks to undermine stability in all regions of Ukraine, now with the involvement of criminals, according to Vitaly Naida, head of counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in response to a question about the main "enemy’s scenarios" during an interview with Liga.net."As of today, these are attempts to undermine the situation in all regions of Ukraine, including through the involvement of criminals: both our local ones and those brought from Russia. Everything will do, …
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Media: Ukraine’s negotiations with the IMF on a new tranche have taken longer than expected
Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have not yet concluded negotiations about granting Kyiv the fourth tranche under the Extended Fund Facility program (EFF) in the amount of $1 billion. This was reported by the Ukrainian News Agency.
According to the interlocutors of the agency, the parties still cannot agree on the time-frame of implementing the land and pension reforms in Ukraine.
"According to the optimistic scenario, if the pension and land reforms issues are agreed this …
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Russian Defense Ministry summons Ukrainian military attache regarding attack on Ukrainian aircraft
On Wednesday evening, Russia's Defense Ministry invited the Ukrainian Defense Attaché in Russia for the delivery of a military-diplomatic note in connection with the Ukrainian aircraft’s flyby near the drill towers in the Black Sea. Interfax-Ukraine reported the details.
"The delivered note emphasized that the actions of the Ukrainian aircraft were regarded as provocative," said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov. According to him, the …