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SBU: 103 Ukrainians still remain in captivity in the Donbas
103 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are still held in captivity by the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) separatists. Dozens of Ukrainian citizens are being illegally held in the territory of the Russian Federation, the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported.
According to the statement, 3,215 people in total have been released from captivity since 2014 and 402 persons are still considered missing.
"We know each of them by name. And we …
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Lavrov and Tillerson conduct telephone conversation to discuss Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the situation in the Donbas during a recent telephone conversation. According to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the telephone conversation was initiated by the Americans.
During the conversation, the representatives of the Russian Federation and the US touched upon the Minsk agreements.
"The importance of further engagement of the bilateral channel of consultations was confirmed, in …
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Ukraine praised Volker’s work with Surkov
The framework of negotiations conducted between US State Department Representative Kurt Volker and Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov was one of the most effective this year, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration Olena Zerkal during a broadcast on Channel 5.
"There is no other framework, so everyone supports the Minsk format ... This year the Volker-Surkov format worked more intensively," she said on Channel 5 on Tuesday.
According to Zerkal, …
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Austrian court postpones extradition of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash to United States
Interfax-Ukraine reports that the Austrian Supreme Court has postponed the extradition of the Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash to the United States. The decision of the Austrian Court of Appeals was thus annulled, said Firtash’s lawyer, Lanny J. Davis, on Tuesday, December 26.
"The Supreme Court ordered a stay of Mr. Firtash's extradition pending its review," the lawyer said.
He also added that the case was suspended until the European Court of Justice delivers a preliminary decision on the …
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Kyiv injects $550 million capital into Ukraine’s PrivatBank
Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance has completed the fourth stage of the additional capitalization of Kyiv-based PrivatBank by issuing domestic government bonds worth UAH 16 billion ($570 million USD) covered by the bank’s shares, the Ministry’s website reports.
The Ministry of Finance stated that the recapitalization of the bank to UAH 38.5 ($1.38 billion USD) was in accordance to the Cabinet of Ministers’ decision of June 23, 2017. The decision was based on proposals by Ukraine’s National Bank ( …