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New emblem of Ukrainian intelligence shows owl piercing map of Russia with a sword
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has presented the new head of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Major General Vasily Bourbeau, to the relevant staff members. The ceremony was held against a backdrop of the new emblem of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence.
A new emblem of the Ukrainian intelligence was also presented at the presentation.
The image on the emblem is set against a background of the colors of the Ukrainian flag and depicts an …
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Ukraine demands that Russia provide documents confirming Russian citizenship of Crimeans Sentsov and Kolchenko
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine demands that Russia provide copies of documents confirming Russian citizenship for Ukrainians Oleg Sentsov and Olexander Kolchenko, who were jailed in Russia. The Deputy Minister of Justice, Sergiy Petukhov, posted a photo of the said request on his Facebook page.
“The Moscow kingdom resumed serfdom. Crimeans were captured with land like serfs. When a neighbor’s head is filled with a medieval mindset, it is difficult to talk about European values. We believe …
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Ukraine completes disposal of Soviet-era intercontinental ballistic missiles
The routine disposal of outdated, Soviet manufactured PC-22 (SS-24) intercontinental ballistic missiles has been completed in Ukraine by the State enterprise SPA (Scientific Production Association). The Pavlograd Chemical Plant (PCP) has fully completed the disposal of the second stages of the rockets, as was reported on 28 October during a press conference by the Director General of the enterprise, Leonid Shyman.
According to him, the enterprise has disposed of 108, or 67% of the stages of …
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Ukrainian court to consider lawsuit over Russian aggression
The Supreme Specialized Court of Ukraine has opened proceedings on the issue of establishing the fact of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine. The proceeding was opened on the application of the Director of the Open Court project, Stanislav Batryn, Zn.ua reported.
According to the edition, the Court has evoked the case from the Shevchenkivskiy District Court of Kyiv, where the case was initially reviewed. Batryn first filed his claim two years ago. The Ukrainian activist stated that he …
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Reporter: Ideologists behind creation of DPR and LPR prefer to live outside the separatist republics
The ideologists that conceptualized the self-proclaimed republics of the Donbas do not live within the so-called DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People's Republic). This was reported by journalist Denis Kazansky on his website while commenting on the presentation of a book by Donetsk political analyst Vladimir Kornilov called "Donetsk Republic: the shot down dream.”
Kazansky noted that Kornilov is "one of the ideologists of Donetsk separatism and creator of the DPR." According …