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Volker: U.S. begins preparations to supply Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine
The United States of America has begun preparations to supply the Javelin anti-tank missile system to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said confirms Kurt Volker, the special representative of the U.S. State Department for Ukraine, in an exclusive interview with Radio Liberty.
“I want to point out that this is defensive equipment. It is useful only when there is a tank attack. Then they can be neutralized. So it is a defensive weapon. It is not used to attack and not used on the front line of a …
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Starbucks is not going to open coffee shops in Ukraine
Starbucks Company denied statements made by Vitali Klitschko regarding their plans to enter the Ukrainian market, as stated by InfoResist citing the European office of the company.
“Currently we are not planning to open Starbucks coffee shops in Ukraine,” answered the representatives of Starbucks.
As was stated earlier by the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, Starbucks was considering entering the Ukrainian market.
Starbucks Corporation is an American chain store coffee house company. As of …
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Kyiv begins verifying validity of Ukrainian citizenships received after 1991
The Ukrainian State Migration Service has started verification of all persons who received Ukrainian citizenship during Ukraine's independence, said First Deputy Head of the State Migration Service Maxim Sokolyuk, UNIAN reports.
According to Sokolyuk, there are cases when the courts have made decisions on Ukrainian citizenship based on fake certificates of residency in Ukraine that were issued by migration service officials prior to 1991.
"Work has begun on the full verification of the …
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Interior Ministry of Ukraine to create a patrol police force for Crimea and Sevastopol
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine intends to form a patrol police force in the Crimea and Sevastopol that will work “in other areas” until the peninsula is freed from "Russian occupation", stated the Minister of Interior, Arsen Avakov, at the annual college meeting of the Interior Ministry in Kyiv, the UNN news reports.
After the de-occupation of the Crimea, “the police divisions that will have been formed will be transferred to the Crimea,” the Minister explained.
At the same time, …
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Putin’s aide Surkov welcomes new US proposals on Ukraine
Assistant to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov stated in the follow-up of the meeting with US State Department’s Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker that the new US proposals on the settlement of the situation in the southeast of Ukraine seemed fully attainable to him, TASS reports.
The subject of the talks that took place in Dubai on January 26 was the deployment of the UN mission in the southeast of Ukraine.
"The Americans brought much more constructive proposals this time. …