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Russia warned Israel against recognizing Holodomor as genocide
A Russian diplomat warned Israel about approving a proposed bill on the official recognition of the Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide, as indicated in a comment to a local radio station by the Deputy Russian Ambassador to Tel Aviv, Leonid Frolov, Radio Liberty reports.
"This is not the best time to discuss this proposal ... It will be bad, it will be a wrong step," he said.
Earlier, a bill to recognize the Ukrainian Holodomor as genocide was filed for consideration by the Israeli parliament ( …
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Hungary denies reaching agreement with Ukraine over language issue
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary has debunked information that a political dialogue between the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Vasyl Bondar, and the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of Hungary, Levente Magyar, has yielded agreement on issues related to the language norms of the law On Education, as reported by Radio Liberty.
“There has been no agreement on the education law, Ukraine still has not complied with the recommendations issued by the Venice Commission,” said …
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Former head of Ukrainian Armed Forces says Ukrainian authorities asked him to use the army against protesters on the Maidan in 2014
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Volodymyr Zamana testified as a witness in the high treason case against ex-President Viktor Yanukovych before the Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv, Ukrainska Pravda reports. During questioning, Zamana said that in February 2014, the Defense Ministry, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Prosecutor General's office tried to convince him to send the army to suppress the protesters on the Maidan.
"During that week, attempts …
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Media: Germany puts Donbas in coalition agreement
The grand coalition of the German government will continue to support Ukraine on the road to reform and the restoration of its territorial integrity. Such intentions are spelled out in the draft coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union and the Social Democratic Party of Germany, reported Ukrinform with reference to its own sources.
“We will support Ukraine in whatever relates to the full restoration of its territorial integrity, the strengthening of …
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Javelin anti-tank systems will be delivered to Ukraine this year
The Javelin anti-tank systems will be delivered to Ukraine this year, as stated in the comments to 112 Ukraine TV channel by the Minister of Defense, Stepan Poltorak.
"I would like to say that we will receive the Javelin on time, this year for sure," he said.
The Minister also said that during a meeting with US Secretary of Defense James Mattis he received answers to all his questions.
"We discussed many issues, almost all the topics and all the questions that I had, that bothered me - I got …