Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine to build four new military ships
Ukraine is restarting the program to construct corvette class ships, with a budget allocation of 32 billion hryvnia ($1.20 billion USD). The decision was made by the Cabinet of Ministers.
The program will entail the construction of four ships of the Vladimir Velikiy class. The construction of the first ship will resume as early as 2018, and 1.4 billion hryvnia ($50 million USD) has been allocated to this. It is expected to join Ukraine’s naval forces in 2022. The second, third and fourth …
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Russian human rights commissioner investigating cases of citizenship revocation of Crimean residents
The problem of revoking Russian citizenship of many people in the Crimea and Sevastopol can be solved within the framework of passport amnesty, as stated to journalists in Sevastopol by Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova, Kryminform reports.
"We have cases where the citizenship of people who live in Sevastopol and the Crimea has been revoked and I have received these appeals. I, in turn, appealed to the Russian government to conduct a comprehensive verification of these …
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New leader of LPR promised not to disrupt prisoner exchange with Ukraine
The successor of the former head of LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), Igor Plotnitsky’s, Leonid Pasechnik said that he will not prevent the exchange of prisoners.
"Of course, the resignation of Igor Venediktovich will not impact the exchange of prisoners, the process continues. The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the People's Militia verified our people who are detained, who are on our territory, and are subject for an exchange. I will be given a list on Monday and will …
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Lithuania to provide Ukraine with €2 million of weapons
The Lithuanian government has decided to give Ukraine €1.93 million of weapons, including 7,000 Kalashnikov automatic rifles and 2 million bullets, and 80 machine guns, mortars and antitank weapons. This was reported on Sunday November 26 by RIA Novosti with reference to the Lithuanian government’s draft resolution, drawn up by the Defense Ministry of the Baltic republic and published on its official page.
“The Lithuanian government has decided to transfer material property worth €1.93 million …
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Ukrainian military command: Ukrainian soldier captured during a fight near Krymske
A soldier from the 16th Motorized Infantry Battalion (MIB) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was taken prisoner during the fighting on November 23 near Krymske in the Luhansk province, as reported by the 16th MIB on Facebook.
“In connection with the spread of distorted information on the soldiers killed in the fighting of November 23 near Krymske in the Luhansk province, we present an explanation. It was officially reported that four Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the mentioned territory. It …
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Military expert: change of power in separatist LPR is a result of internal struggle between Russian special services and Russian military
The removal of so-called head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnisky, from his position is the result of internecine power struggles between Russian proxies in the separatist-controlled Donbas. Recent events in the LPR indicate that Russian military won in a confrontation with Russian security services, military expert Oleg Zhdanov told Apostrof news agency.
The events in Luhansk are actually inner fight among the Russian special services. Most likely, Russia wants to create …
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Ukrainian official: Leaflets calling for unification with DPR appeared in separatist-held Luhansk
In the separatist-controlled Luhansk, leaflets were distributed with appeals to unite with the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) into a single republic, as reported by the Deputy Chairman of the Luhansk civil-military administration, Yuriy Klimenko, on 112 Ukraine.
"The people are slowly being prepared for such unification, the next step will be the dissemination of these appeals in the media in the occupied territories," Klimenko said.
He is convinced that Russia will benefit from this, …
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Media: A leak on social media by a military volunteer disrupted an operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas
The Ukrainian army offensive in the Donbas failed because one of the volunteers disclosed the military’s plans, as reported by TSN news, citing a source in the headquarters of the 54th Brigade.
According to him, Kyiv initially planned to capture a significant amount of territory and move to the outskirts of Horlivka, which is under the control of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
"The result was planned to be much more ambitious. They planned to seize a much larger territory, but …
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Ukrainian President calls on Russia to ‘repent’ for the Holodomor
President Petro Poroshenko called on Russia to repent for the Holodomor, a man-made famine in Ukraine that took place from 1932-1933, during which at least 4 million Ukrainians were killed.
“I wish that at least our children (though better if it were we) witness the incredible. I wish there would be such changes in Russia that its new elite will also recognize the Holodomor as a genocide. Or at least repent for it," said Poroshenko at a commemorative event at the Kyiv National Museum " …
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New head of separatist LPR speaks about Republic’s political course
The political course of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) will remain unchanged despite the resignation of Igor Plotnitsky, says acting head of the Republic Leonid Pasechnik. The Luhansk Information Center has reported this. According to Pasechnik, the LPR will continue to move towards an alliance with Russia, ensuring the Minsk agreement, and establishing economic and political development, as well as maintaining security and "normal life." "We will adhere to the course that we …