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National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to consider bill to reintegrate Donbas
The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) will soon consider a bill on the deoccupation and reintegration of the Donbas, First Deputy Chairperson of Parliament Iryna Herashchenko announced on Facebook.
According to her, work on the bill “On the characteristics of state policy regarding the restoration of Ukraine’s state sovereignty over the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine” is virtually complete, and it will be introduced during the NSDC …
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Media: The Crimea experienced a 40% drop in tourism this season
Recreation in the Crimea is experiencing a new shock. The flow of tourists to the annexed peninsula at the beginning of the tourist season fell by almost 40%, according to Deutsche Welle.
"Among the reasons for the decrease in Russian interest in the peninsula are high prices for air tickets and cold weather," DW notes.
The data provided by tour operators is confirmed by the owners of large and small hotels located on the southern coast of the Crimea.
"In May, there was a drop in the flow of …
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Poll: 48% of Ukrainians communicate in Russian
50.5% of the Ukrainian population use the Ukrainian language as the main language of everyday communication, according to a large poll conducted by the leading sociological centers of the country, KIIS, Rating, SOTSIS, and the Razumkov Center.
The results of the poll are explained in an article for DT.UA by People's Deputy, Ihor Hryniv, and Polish politician, Miroslav Cech.
According to the study results, the majority of Ukrainians speaking mainly in Ukrainian live in the west (97.2%) and in …
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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs: NATO has much to learn from Ukraine
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with Profil that Ukraine could benefit NATO.
"The Western alliance must prepare for new challenges, and with Ukraine it will be easier than without us ... We have shown that we fight for our country. We are no longer an easy target. This applies not only to supplies or our experience with the Russians' hybrid war. Our NATO partners can learn a lot from us: tactics, endurance, and combat readiness. Without these qualities, modern …
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Russia dissatisfied with exchange between Ukraine and Croatia on best practices for the integration of occupied territories
The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that Croatia's plans to share its experience of peaceful reintegration of occupied territories with Ukraine will not contribute to the settlement of the conflict in the Donbas. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Information and Press stated this in comments connected with statements on the revitalization of the Croatian working group on cooperation with Ukraine.
"We have paid attention to the statements made at the level of the heads of …