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Lithuania donates unused ammunition to Ukraine
The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Lithuania donated ammunition that is no longer in use by the Lithuanian Armed Forces to Ukraine. The transfer took place on the 2nd of September, the Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.
“The ammunition was transferred to Ukraine in accordance with the decision of the Defense Resources Agency in response to Ukraine’s request for support in 2014,” the report says. The ammunition was made available after the Lithuanian Army’s rearmament in …
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Ukraine expects to receive $1.52 billion in aid
The Ukrainian government plans to establish a coordinating council for the program to restore peace in the Donbas. On Saturday, September 3 in an interview with Ukrainian newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli, Vadym Chernysh, the Minister for the Issues of the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine said that the EU, UN and World Bank estimated the amount of financing necessary for the program to be approximately $1.52 billion.
According to Chernysh, “crazy money” …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General: Russian aggression is 'a proven fact'
Ukrainan Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko stated that the Russian aggression against Ukraine today is already a legally proven fact and is the main cause of the loss of the Crimea and the southern Donbas.
He said this at the session of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence on Friday, reporting on the results of the investigation of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine.
"The experts’ conclusion is that the only causal fact resulting in the loss of territorial …
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Ukrainian military says it is ready to adopt Euro-Atlantic principles and standards
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to transition to Euro-Atlantic principles and standards, said Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chernobay, a spokesperson from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, at a briefing on Friday.
“Last year fifteen combat brigades, two regiments and four battalions, as well as one brigade, six regiments and eleven battalions of operational, combat, logistics and technical support, were created,” he said.
According to him, the additional combat units allowed the Armed Forces …
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Ukrainian Chief of Staff: Russia plans to establish third military corps in the Donbas
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko stated that Russia is going to increase its presence in the Donbas and establish their "third Army Corps."
"Russia is going to transfer more soldiers to the Donbas. The Russian Ministry of Defense is preparing to increase the number of troops by one third in eastern Ukraine within the framework of its long-term plan to destroy Ukraine. We are not talking about weak and uncontrolled groups of separatists. There is a …