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Soldier arrested in Ukraine for joining Russian Armed Forces during the annexation of Crimea
A former serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who joined the Russian army after the annexation of the Crimea annexation was arrested in the Kirovohrad region, reported the press service of the Military Procurator's Office of the Central Region of Ukraine.
According to the report, the detainee has been wanted since 2014. He used to be a senior soldier of a Ukrainian military unit in the Crimea. In early March 2014, after the Russian annexation of the peninsula, the soldier did not arrive …
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Kyiv considers banning Hungarian Commissioner for Transcarpathia from entering Ukraine
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to deny the Hungarian ministerial commissioner for the development of Transcarpathia entry to Ukraine, as reported by the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasyl Bodnar.
“Interference of the neighboring state in our internal affairs is an impermissible thing. We will take all possible steps involving diplomatic influence. But first, we are waiting for Hungary’s reaction, acceptable explanations and changes,” he explained. There have been no …
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Commander of the Ukrainian Forces in Donbas: All commanding military positions in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are held by Russian officers
All military positions in the DPR (Luhansk People's Republic) and the LPR (Luhansk People's Republic) in the uncontrolled territories of Ukraine are held by Russian officers, reported Lieutenant-General Serhiy Naiev, commander of the Ukrainian Joint Forces, in his interview to Tyzhden.ua news outlet.
According to Naiev, the 1st and 2nd army corps, created by Russia in the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, are in fact subordinate to the Southern Military District of the Russian …
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Kyiv expresses protest against Hungarian Prime Minister's anti-Ukrainian statements
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed its protest to Laszlo Pap, the Chargé d’affaires of Hungary to Ukraine against Budapest’s “unfriendly steps” towards Ukraine, as reported on the Ministry’s website.
"Despite Ukraine’s constructive approach to resolve existing issues, Hungary's recent actions indicate a choice of confrontation instead of cooperation, and direct interference in Ukraine's internal affairs,” the statement reads.
The unacceptability of recent statements by the …
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Three Russian biathletes join Ukraine’s national team
Three Russian biathletes, Ekaterina Bekh, Anasitaia Rasskazova and Oksana Moskalenko will represent the national team of Ukraine,as stated on the website of the Biathlon Federation of Ukraine.
“These three girls were invited by the Belarussian Federation. They quit in Moscow and had a meeting with the Belarussian team, but something did not work out there and they called me. The girls’ parents are Ukrainian citizens. The documents to acquire citizenship are only now being processed, which is …