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US State Department approves $141.5 million to Ukraine for rifles and grenade launchers
On September 12, the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Clarke Cooper said that the US State Department approved the allocation of 141.5 million dollars to strengthen Ukraine's security and defense, reports the Voice of America citing the Defense News publication. The money will be used to buy sniper rifles and grenade launchers.
It is noted that this amount is provided additionally to $250 million assistance for the defense, that was granted earlier by the US …
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Ukrainian MP calls coal reserve situation a ‘catastrophe’
Mikhail Volynets, a Ukrainian MP from the Fatherland party and head of the Independent Union of Miners, called the situation surrounding the country’s coal reserves a “catastrophe”.
“We currently have 54% less coal in storage at the thermal power stations than for the corresponding period last year. Last year we had problems stockpiling coal, and now it’s simply a catastrophe,” Volynets said in a video on the Zik YouTube channel.
In the MP’s opinion, unless Ukraine’s new leaders join forces …