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Kyiv willing to pardon two Russians to begin prisoner exchange
During negotiations with Russian representatives in Minsk, Ukraine offered to pardon two Russian citizens and hand them over to the Russian consul in exchange for the simultaneous transfer to Ukraine of Ukrainian soldiers illegally detained in the annexed Donbas territories, as reported by Iryna Herashchenko, Ukraine’s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) and First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada.
“The Ukrainian side is looking for all …
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Ukrainian Ambassador denies the US has reduced aid to Ukraine
At a press conference in Kyiv, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly refuted statements that Washington is reducing support for Kyiv.
“I have heard these claims in Kyiv and Washington that the Americans are reducing aid [to Ukraine]. Do not believe this. Look at the facts, they tell the opposite story. Currently, Ukraine is receiving direct financial assistance in the sum of about $620 million dollars, one of the largest amounts in the whole world,” the ambassador said. …
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Erdogan asks Dzhemilev for the list of Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev to give him the list of Ukrainian prisoners detained in Russia and promised to discuss this issue with Putin, Dzhemilov said in an interview to Radio Svoboda.
“During our recent meetings – it was on July 12 – Poroshenko (Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine) and I were present at the opening of the Trans-Anatolian gas system. We met again with Erdogan. I told him that there are more than 70 …
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Israel and Kyiv in talks on transferring Ukrainian the Embassy to Jerusalem
Israel has suggested to the Ukrainian government that the Embassy of Ukraine be transferred from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,stated the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Minister of Environmental Protection, Ze'ev Elkin in an interview with LB.ua.
“One of the important topics raised at my meeting with the President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and also at an earlier meeting of our Prime Minister with Pavlo Klimkin during his visit to Israel this year was the issue of transferring the …
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Ukraine proposes to Moldova a joint construction of a bridge across the Dniester
The Ukrainian government is going to offer Moldova a joint effort to build a bridge across the Dniester in Yampil, reported the press service of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers.
“Until now, the connection between the two European countries in the area near the borders of Yampil and Cosauti, which is 100 km away from each other, is still a ferry. This has not been meeting the needs of our times and the real needs of our governments for quite some time. Building a modern bridge is reflected …