Contents tagged with Poroshenko
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Ukrainian ambassador to the US: at the next meeting Poroshenko and Trump will discuss implementation of joint agreements and outline the road ahead
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump will meet during the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, September 21. There they will discuss the results of the agreements reached at the meeting in June, wrote Valery Chaly, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, on his Facebook page.
The two heads of state intend to outline plans for cooperating in global and regional security, defense, and economic and energy ventures. The ambassador thanked his …
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Poroshenko: peacekeepers have to be in all of the Donbas including the areas where Russia stores weapons
The UN peacekeeping mission should be deployed throughout the Donbas, including the territories where the Russian Federation stores weapons, as expressed by President Petro Poroshenko on his Facebook page.
"Peacekeepers should be present everywhere, including the territories where Russia keeps weapons and on the uncontrolled part of the Ukrainian-Russian border," he wrote.
"It would stop the flow of Russian troops, weapons, and ammunition very quickly. The potential for aggression would have …
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Media: Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties make arrangements to unite
For several weeks already, the teams of President Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk have been making arrangements for merging into one party for the elections, writes Ukrayinska Pravda in an article titled “Petro Poroshenko’s people’s front, or the United Ruling Party”.
According to the authors, the core of the new party could include Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy, NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary …
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Poroshenko: Ukraine will buy more than 700 thousand tons of coal from American companies
Ukraine has signed a contract with American coal companies to supply more than 700,000 tons of anthracite coal to replace Russian supplies, President Petro Poroshenko said during his annual address to Parliament.
According to Poroshenko, the first batch of anthracite should be expected in the coming days.
"The first batch of the American anthracite, which will replace the Russian, is already expected in a few day. More than 700,000 tons have been additionally contracted from the USA," …
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Poroshenko urges U.S. Congress to increase aid to Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with a delegation of the U.S. Congress led by Harold Rogers, the head of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, as reported on the web site of the Ukrainian President.
Poroshenko called for considering the possibility of increasing appropriations for assistance programs for Ukraine related to security issues, including the provision of defense-related weapons and the treatment and rehabilitation of Ukrainian servicemen. …
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Poroshenko to residents of Donetsk: We are fighting hard for your return to Ukraine
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko congratulated citizens of Donetsk on City Day and assured that the struggle for the return of Donetsk to Ukraine continues.
"Ukrainian Donetsk celebrates its birthday today. Happy City Day, dear people of Donetsk! We remember you and are fighting hard for your return to Ukraine. I am sure that the Ukrainian anthem will again sound in our Donetsk!” Poroshenko wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday.
He also published a video from the Donbas Arena stadium ( …
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Poroshenko and Mattis discuss shipments of defensive weapons to Ukraine
On August 24 President Petro Poroshenko and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis held discussions in Kyiv, during which they discussed the matter of reinforcing Ukraine’s defensive capabilities, Poroshenko told reporters.
“We continued discussing the matter of defensive aid for Ukraine and enhancing the existing level of military collaboration. I expressed gratitude to our partners, first and foremost for the effective military aid which we have had since the first moments of aggression. We …
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Poroshenko: Ukraine begins technical re-equipment of the army
President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine is launching a program of technical modernization for the army.
"We must bring our weapons to the level of the 21st century," the president said at the opening of an arms show in the center of Kyiv on Wednesday.
"Scientists, instructors, [and] heads of defense enterprises face important tasks in developing and setting up the production of new missile weapons, cruise missile systems, modern artillery systems, precision munitions, unmanned aerial …
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Media: Security Service of Ukraine received information on planned Poroshenko assassination attempt
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) received information from an unknown source regarding a planned attempt to assassinate President Petro Poroshenko, Ukrinform reported with reference to a source in SBU management.
The information regarding the possible attempt on the president’s life arrived, while Poroshenko was on a work visit in the Kharkiv province.
“Yesterday, on August 22, at roughly 12:00, the SBU received an anonymous phone call. The call was not from a stationary telephone, it …
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Poroshenko invites newly elected president of India to visit Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and newly elected President of India Ram Nath Covind discussed the prospect of intensifying the political dialogue between their two countries in a telephone conversation.
"The leaders of the two countries noted their mutual willingness to significantly activate the political dialogue between Ukraine and the Republic of India at all levels," the press office of the Ukrainian Head of State reported after the conversation.
The President’s press service paid …