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Kyiv proposes swapping 23 Russian prisoners for Ukrainians held captive in Russia
Kyiv increased the number of Russians offered in exchange for Ukrainian citizens convicted in Russia. The earlier offer was for the release of 20 Russian citizens. Now, Ukraine’s representative in the Humanitarian Subgroup on Donbas [of the Trilateral Contact Group] Iryna Herashchenko voiced the proposal to release 23 Russians, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Those Russians who were detained, in fact, as a result of the war for... participation in the conflict under the guise of so-called "militia" …
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Russian court orders the deportation of a DPR separatist to Ukraine
Russia intends to deport to Ukraine Nikolai Tregub, a separatist who fought for the Donetsk People’s Republic, Radio Free Europe reports, citing a judgment issued by the Moscow District Court.
“Nikolai Tregub was born in 1989 in Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region [of Ukraine]. There is a wealth of information about him on the Myrotvorets website (an online resource of a Ukrainian center that collects and studies evidence of crimes committed against national security of Ukraine—Ed.). In 2014, Tregub …
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President of Lithuania: the situation in Ukraine was discussed at the Baltic Summit in the US
The issue of Ukraine was discussed at the meeting between the US President and the leaders of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia within the framework of the United States-Baltic Summit.
"When we discussed security in the region as a whole, we raised the issue of the situation in Ukraine, we talked about Russia's actions, about Ukraine's security and support for Ukraine," the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, said to the Voice of America.
Grybauskaitė stressed that Trump is aware of the …
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US to sign contract with Ukraine to supply coast guard boats
A group of American Coast Guard specialists will visit Ukraine in May to finalize details and sign a contract for the transfer of two Island-class boats to Ukraine, as announced at a briefing by Ukrainian Head of State Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv."The Ministry of Defense is going through internal procedures for the completion and approval of a draft contract that we received from the American side," he said.
Poroshenko said that, under preliminary terms, the transfer of the boats will be provided …
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Russia objects to Ukraine’s detention of the Nord fishing trawler in Azov Sea
RBC news agency reports that during a press briefing on Wednesday, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ,Maria Zakharova, said that the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires, and handed over a letter of protest in response to the Ukraine’s arrest of the Nord fishing trawler which was detained by Ukrainian border guards in the Sea of Azov on March 25.
According to Zakharova , Russian consular officers are not allowed to visit the crew members …