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Panetta: The time has come for the US to send weapons to Ukraine
The former U.S. Secretary of Defense from Obama’s administration (2011-2013) and the former head of the CIA (2009-2011), Leon Panetta, said that the U.S. should provide weapons to Ukraine to deter Russia. He made this statement in his speech at the plenary session of the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting.
In his opinion, the provision of arms to Ukraine would be a symbolic step, and would be a sign to Russia that its continued pressure on Ukraine is not acceptable. "I consider it …
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Poroshenko says his negotiations with Putin ensured the release of Ukrainian POWs
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met with Ukrainians Volodymyr Zhemchugov and Yuriy Suprun, who were newly released from captivity. Channel 112 Ukraine broadcasted the event. Poroshenko announced that it was his negotiations with Russian President Putin that got them released.
"Today after many months of an amazing amount of work, including my own negotiations with Putin, two very significant Ukrainian heroes have returned, Volodymyr Zhemchugov and Yuriy Suprun. Volodymyr Zhemchugov is a …
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UK to provide Ukraine with 2 million pounds for demining in the Donbas
During a visit to Kyiv, Boris Johnson said that Britain would support further sanctions against Russia and help Ukraine to carry out reforms.
Britain intends to allocate two million pounds sterling for demining in the Donbas, as was announced by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Klimkin, in Kyiv on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. As specified on the website of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( …
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Kirby: The US will not recognize the results of the Russian election in Crimea
Washington will not recognize the results of the Russian Duma elections in the Crimea, according to State Department spokesman John Kirby. "The United States does not recognize the legitimacy… [and will not] recognize the results of the elections of the Russian State Duma, which are planned on the occupied territory of the Crimea on the 18th of September," Kirby said.
According to Kirby, the US position on the Crimea is clear, "the peninsula remains an integral part of Ukraine."
The …
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Rocket powered by Ukrainian engine launches Google satellite
The Vega rocket, which has a Ukrainian engine, has successfully put five satellites into orbit, as was reported on the website of the European Space Agency. The rocket was launched at 00:43 Kyiv time from Kourou Cosmodrome, French Guiana, containing four SkySat terra bella satellites owned by Google. Moreover, it also put the first Peruvian satellite PeruSAT-1 into orbit.
The launch of the Vega rocket was the seventh in its history. On 23 June 2015, the European satellite Sentinel-2A, which …