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Russia initiates criminal case against Ukraine’s military prosecutor
The Russian Investigative Committee has filed a criminal case against Vadim Primachok, deputy head of Ukraine’s Main Military Procuratorate, on charges of convicting an innocent person. Other members of Ukraine’s military procuratorate also feature in the case, as announced by the Investigative Committee’s press center.
According to the Russian investigation, the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have initiated criminal proceedings which view the treaty on the Annexation of Crimea and …
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Ukrainian Security Service prevents assassination of judge contracted by Russian intelligence agency
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claims to have prevented the contract killing of a former judge from the Luhansk province ordered by the Russian intelligence agency.
According to the department, the Russian intelligence agency hired a Ukrainian who had served prison time in separatist controlled Donbas territory in order to commit the act of terror. With their assistance, he was released from prison and agreed to engage in sabotage and reconnaissance activity in Ukraine, and to carry out …
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Former Ukrainian Presidents Kravchuk, Kuchma and Yushchenko issue joint statement on independence of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church
Former Ukrainian Presidents Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko believe that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) being granted autocephaly (independence) is an anticipated historic event which is important for the reinforcement of Ukraine’s independence.The former presidents expressed this in a joint address to the citizens of Ukraine which was read by Kravchuk at a press conference.
“We believe that the Constantinople Mother Church’s granting of autocephaly will play an …
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The USA’s defense budget for 2019 allocates $250 million to Ukraine
As stated by the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA on Facebook, the USA’s defense budget for 2019 provides for 250 million dollars’ worth of assistance to Ukraine. "The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives introduced the draft proposal for 2019 defense budget. The amount of funds proposed to provide for “security assistance” to Ukraine, including lethal weapons, is 250 million dollars, which is 100 million more than was proposed …
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Crimean authorities anticipate loss of crops due to a lack of rainfall
The Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Agriculture of the Crimea stated that the winter and summer crops could be lost due to the lack of moisture affecting large agricultural areas.
“The examination of crops in the regions showed that the situation with moisture in most areas is critical and if there is lack of productive rains in the near future, it may result in crop failures of autumn-sown and spring-sown cereals in large areas, as well as a significant decrease in crop yields in preserved …