Contents tagged with crimea
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Kyiv: Four captured Ukrainian sailors are injured, one in serious condition
Iryna Herashchenko, the First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Presidential envoy on a peaceful settlement of the Donbas conflict, reported on Facebook that four Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia have been injured and that one of them is in serious condition.
Herashchenko stressed that during the special meeting with the participation of the Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioned, Lyudmila Denisova, representatives of the Navy, the Ukrainian Ministry of Temporarily …
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Ukrainian President warns of threat of full-scale war with Russia
In an interview with three TV channels, Ukrainian President Poroshenko said that Ukraine is under the threat of a full-scale war with Russia. Therefore, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to impose martial law in border areas for a month. The President said he could substantiate his words with intelligence data, the presidential press service reported.
Poroshenko demonstrated satellite images, which, he said, depicted a Russian military base located near the …
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President Poroshenko tried to talk with Putin after Ukrainian ships were seized by Russia
President Petro Poroshenko stated that after the Russian border guards captured Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, he tried to hold a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, there was no response from the Russian side.
“I requested a conversation with the Russian President Putin at night, but we did not receive an answer,” Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels on Tuesday evening.
The Ukrainian President also said that because of …
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EU prepares new sanctions on Russia after Kerch Strait incident
The EU is considering imposing additional sanctions on Russia due to a recent incident in the Black Sea in which Russian border guards fired on and seized three Ukrainian military boats, injuring three sailors, as announced on Tuesday by Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, following talks with her German colleague Heiko Maas.
“We’ll see about the issue of further sanctions. Everything depends on this examination of the facts,” said Kneissl, as cited by Bloomberg.
Kneissl noted that the …
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Klimkin: Ukraine has no diplomatic ties with Russia
Ukraine does not sever diplomatic ties with Russia because they are "formal", stated Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.
“In fact, there are no diplomatic ties with Russia. This is just a formality since our diplomats in Russia are actually not able to carry out any diplomatic activity in the aggressor country. They are solely focused on helping Ukrainians, including political prisoners. We have always proceeded from this position,” he said.
According to the minister, Ukrainians who are …
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Kyiv: Russia has 500 military planes on Ukrainian border
Russia has amassed roughly 500 tactical military planes and 340 helicopters along its border with Ukraine, Ukrinform reports, citing Vadym Skibitsky, spokesperson for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. He presented this data at a briefing titled “A military and strategic appraisal of the threat of the Russian Armed Forces invading Ukraine”.
According to Skibitsky, since 2013, Russia has been upgrading its airfield network along the border with Ukraine, and has …
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Ukrainian intelligence: DPR and LPR armies have increased their combat readiness
The representative for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky stated that military units of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics have been put in a high readiness state.
“Currently, all units of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps have increased the level of their combat readiness” reports 112 Ukraine, quoting Skibitsky.
The representative for the Main Intelligence Directorate also stated that the Russian Armed Forces moved into …
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Ukrainian bank wins $1.3 billion legal case against Russia
On November 26, the arbitral tribunal in Paris approved the compensation claim of the State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank) for assets losses during Russia's annexation of the Crimea. The press service of Oschadbank reported that the compensation amount is $ 1.3 billion plus interest that will accrue before the actual compensation.
"Today we received an official victory notice! It is difficult to imagine an announcement that now we would need more than this. Given how our relations with …
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Ukrainian Army Commander: Russia used military aircraft to attack Ukrainian ships in Kerch Strait
Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Viktor Muzhenko stated during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada that Russia used combat aircraft and electronic warfare systems against Ukrainian ships.
According to Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (The Weekly Mirror) on Monday, November 26, Muzhenko presented data showing that Ukrainian armored boats were attacked by a Su-30 fighter. The plane launched two missiles. Ukrainian Naval Command lost contact with the other ships because the Russian military …
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Ukraine and NATO consider possibility of joint operations in the Black Sea
At the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission, Kyiv intends to discuss new decisions regarding the cooperation on the security of the Black Sea, including the possibility of a joint presence in the Black Sea, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Monday.
"We must find new solutions in the context of cooperation regarding the Black Sea security. It may be a joint presence. We are talking about such a presence. It may be other measures as well. Today, a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO …