Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Head of Crimea prohibited Crimean officials from accepting foreign awards and titles without permission
The head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov ordered Crimean officials to ask permission to receive foreign titles or awards. A corresponding decree was published on the website of the Russian Government of the Crimea.
"The person who receives a rank or award from a foreign state, international organization, political party or other public institution shall submit to the head of the Crimea within three working days a request for permission to take an honorary or special title," the text of the …
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Muzhenko: Ukraine has sent the list of weapons it needs to US
The Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko stated that Ukraine had agreed with the United States on the list of weapons and expects a corresponding political decision from the US.
"All the lists have been submitted. Everything is agreed on our end. We are waiting for a political decision. The provision of armaments will send a clear signal to all countries, including NATO members, that such supplies can be provided to Ukraine," said Muzhenko in an interview with …
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SBU: mercenaries of Wagner private military company arrived in Luhansk from Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine reported that additional forces from the private military company Wagner arrived at the separatist-controlled territory of the Luhansk region. The website of the SBU states that they came to support the separatist Igor Kornet, after the conflict between him and former head of LPR Igor Plotnitsky which resulted in Plotnitsky fleeing to Russia.
The special service reported that in 2015, Kornet and the head of the Wagner private military company under the …
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President of the Czech Republic complained about ‘rudeness’ of leader of DPR Zakharchenko
President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman said that the attitude of the leader of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko is "rude and uncivil", after he asked Zakharchenko to release the Ukrainian historian and religious scientist Igor Kozlovsky, "convicted for espionage."
According to Zeman, he wrote a letter to Zakharchenko about six months ago. Who, according to Zeman, did not answer the letter, which the Czech president regarded as "rudeness and incivility". Zeman warned that in the future he …
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Budapest: Hungary will not support Ukraine’s course to NATO and the EU
Budapest cannot support Kyiv’s Euro-Atlantic efforts until they abolish the "discriminatory" Ukrainian law "On Education," as stated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó, at the Eastern Partnership summit on the 24th of November in Brussels, Radio Liberty reports.
"We cannot do this and support Euro-Atlantic efforts (of Ukraine), because Kyiv has neglected the rights of ethnic minorities and has flagrantly violated the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, which came …
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Turchynov: Ukrainian Armed Forces are ready to counterattack in the Donbas
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to improve their positions in the Donbas, according to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, as reported on the National Security and Defense Council site.
According to Turchynov, the Russian military was forced to transfer additional forces to the separatist-held part of the Donbass in order to maintain control over the situation due to the confrontation with criminal groups that are part of the separatist …
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Ukrainian journalist: Khodakovsky directly threatens DPR head Zakharchenko and prepares a coup
Former commander of the separatist Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky directly threatens the head of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) Alexander Zakharchenko and prepares a coup following the example of the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR, Igor Kornet, in Luhansk, wrote Journalist Yuri Butusov on his Facebook page.
"The situation in Donetsk is not much better [than in LPR]," Khodakovsky says about Zakharchenko's leadership. If in Luhansk the main opponent of …
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Kyiv bans 1500 people from entering Ukraine due to unauthorized visits to Crimea
More than 1,300 foreign citizens are banned from entering Ukraine due to visits to the annexed Crimea in violation of the law, as reported on the Facebook by the State Border Service of Ukraine.
Among those banned from entering Ukraine, are almost a hundred artists and cultural figures.
Also, according to the tracked data, there are currently more than 800 people who may have entered the Crimea through Russia.
Foreigners can legally enter the Crimea, but only through the territory of Ukraine, …
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Dzhemilev: Russia intends to change demographic situation in Crimea
In an interview with Channel 5, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Representative of the President of Ukraine on Crimean Tatar people, has said that Russia is forcibly changing the demographic situation in the Crimea by bringing 250 thousand people from the LPR and DPR, as well as 300 thousand people from Russia, to the area.
"Russia is grossly violating the Geneva Convention on the inadmissibility of forcibly changing the demographic situation in an occupied territory. They are creating conditions under …
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European Commissioner Hahn calls investment plan for Ukraine 'inexpedient'
The European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, expressed the opinion that a new investment plan for Ukraine is “inexpedient”.
"We have many tools that are already working for Ukraine [and] other countries of the Eastern Partnership," Hahn said, commenting on a question about whether the creation of a trust fund is planned in the European Union.
He also noted that among available tools is an external investment plan by the European Union, created, …