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UN: 218 children have died in Donbas since the beginning of the armed conflict
Fiona Frazer, the head of the UN Monitoring Mission for Human Rights, said in an interview with ZN.ua that since the beginning of the armed conflict on both sides of the contact line, 138 children (91 boys and 47 girls) have died as well as 80 children in the downed MH17 plane, a total of 218 dead children.
She said that "In 2017, we recorded 7 deaths, 1 due to shelling and 6 as a result of careless handling of explosive materials. 95 out of 138 child deaths related to the conflict were …
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Ukrainian President negotiates weapons supply agreement while visiting Kuwait
The Ukrainian Presidential Press Service has reported that President Petro Poroshenko signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the military and other spheres during his visit to Kuwait.
The conclusion of the agreement will create a legal framework for the implementation of cooperation between the two states in the defense sphere.
The parties agreed in particular on the mutual exchange of intelligence and other specialized information; cooperation between the countries’ defense- …
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Ukraine calls on Germany to ban MPs' visits to Crimea
Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk has called on the Federal Government of Germany to impose a ban on visits by German MPs to the Russia-annexed Crimea, as he posted on his Twitter page.
The said statement was made after another visit to Crimea by a member of the Alternative for Germany faction, Ulrich Oehme.
"Another German political adventurer, Ulrich Oehme, has illegally visited the Russia-annexed Crimea. We call on the Federal Government to finally ban such trips of German …
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Ukrainian President: Kuwait supports the initiative on peacemakers for Donbas
Kuwait supports Ukraine's initiative on a peacekeeping mission to restore peace in the Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated, the press service of the Head of State reports. According to him, Kuwait is a powerful supporter of Ukraine in international organizations."We feel Kuwait’s very strong and powerful support in international organizations. Kuwait is now a member of the UN Security Council together with Sweden," the President noted.
He said that, on March 18, 2018, during …
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UN, OSCE, Council of Europe ignore Russia’s appeal about the ban on the election in Ukraine
According to Tatyana Moskalkova, the human rights commissioner for Russia, the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe did not respond to the appeal in connection with the decision of the Ukrainian authorities to prevent Russian citizens who are not diplomats from voting in Russia’s diplomatic institutions in the country, reports TASS.
“I still have not received a reply from anyone. There has been no official reaction,” she said.
Earlier, the OSCE refused to comment on Ukraine’s March 18 …