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More than 20 people detained in Kyiv for planning armed protest near Polish embassy
The police and the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) detained more than two dozen people who were planning an armed protest at the Polish embassy in the center of Kyiv, as reported by Serhiy Knyazev, the Chief of National Police of Ukraine, on Facebook.
According to him, the detainees were armed.
“More than two dozen irresponsible citizens, who had become an instrument in the hands of the Kremlin propaganda, were detained. Weapons, cartridges, gas cartridges, electric shockers, knives, …
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Muzhenko: Russia is restoring facilities for the storage of nuclear weapons in the Crimea
Russia is restoring facilities for the storage of nuclear weapons in the annexed Crimea, Channel 5 Ukraine quotes Viktor Muzhenko, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying.
At the same time, he noted that there is no information currently available on the movement of nuclear munitions.
"The building of a military presence in the Crimea probably involves the deployment of weapons of mass destruction; [thus] work is being carried out to restore capacity for …
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Poland to supply optics for Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles
The Polish state-owned company PCO S.A. will help modernize the optoelectronic equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to a press release by Ukroboronprom, the contract states that Poland will supply modern optical and electronic equipment to Ukraine – including optical sights, periscopes and night vision devices – in order to re-equip more than 30 armored vehicles, including the BMP-1, BMP-1KSH, and BRM-1K.
The report notes that the signing of the contract was preceded by almost …
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Ukrainian police in the Donbas received metal detectors as a gift from the United States
The National Police of Ukraine in the Donetsk region received 70 mobile metal detectors from the US Embassy, which will be used at the checkpoints, reported by Vyacheslav Abroskin, Chief of the Main Directorate of the Police in the region.
“Yesterday, my friends from the US Embassy handed 70 mobile Garrett metal detectors to the police of the Donetsk region, that in the near future will be handed over to the police for work at the checkpoints, a kind of outpost,” Abroskin wrote on his Facebook …
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Kyiv’s financial guarantees for Eurovision were seized at the request of Euronews
The seizure of financial guarantees for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest was made at the request of the international television channel Euronews, Zurab Alasania, chairman of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC), confirmed to journalists. To ensure the preparation and holding of the Eurovision Song Contest, Kyiv provided the European Broadcasting Union with 15 million euros in financial guarantees. The Debt Enforcement Office of Geneva seized these funds in June. …