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Participants of the Donbas blockade threaten to destroy main roads if there are attempts to disperse them
Participants of the railway blockade in the Luhansk region said they will turn to alternative tactics if they are dispersed, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.
"Volunteers’ information about the reassignment of special units towards Bohdan Redoubt for the violent dispersal of Veterans of the War of Independence has been pre-confirmed,” reported the "staff of trade blockade" on Facebook.
"The staff of trade blockade says that in case of scenario of violent dispersal of protesters, it will have to …
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The UN International Court of Justice will begin hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia in March
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, stated on Inter TV on the evening of January 29 that the hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia will begin in March 2017 at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.
“The hearings on our lawsuit that we filed against Russia due to its consistent violations of the International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism and Convention for elimination of racial discrimination are scheduled to begin in …
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Russia is building new railroad to bypass Ukrainian territory
A double-track electrified railroad bypassing Ukraine through the Zhuravka-Millerovo area, once operational, will have the capacity for 240 passenger and freight trains per day in both directions, as was stated by the Vice President of JSC RZD Russian Railways, Oleg Toni, as reported by TASS.
"Once completed according to schedule, this railway will, over the summer, allow for 62 passenger and freight trains in both directions," he said.
According to the Vice President of the RZD, currently, 2, …
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Russia is attempting to recruit employees of Ukraine's Antonov aircraft company
Russia is willing to accept Ukrainian aircraft designers of the Antonov serial production plant and to provide them with jobs and salaries. This was stated by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin during an inspection of the Il-112V plane at the VASO plant in Voronezh, RIA Novosti reports.
"Of course, we would be delighted and look forward to the Ukrainian aircraft designers and builders moving to Russia. They do not have any prospects for work in Kiev particularly and in Ukraine in …
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Ukrainian Minister of Defense: Ukraine's Armed Forces took control of strategic position near Avdiivka
After the separatist attack that occurred on Sunday morning, the Ukrainian armed forces counterattacked and manage to take control of a strategic position in the area of Avdiivka industrial zone, as stated by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense citing the head of the Ministry, Stepan Poltorak.
Poltorak made this statement while visiting wounded servicemen at the Lviv Military hospital.
“Today we have witnessed aggravation of the situation at Avdiivka. In the morning, the separatist have started …