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Journalists that revealed a secret vacation of Ukrainian President Poroshenko in Maldives being harassed
The President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Thomas Kent, made a statement in defense of the journalists from the Skhemy (Schemes) investigative journalism program, denouncing the attempts to interfere in the job of the journalists by trying to “subvert their reputation or intimidate them, online or in any other way,” Radio Liberty reports.
After the publication of the investigative report called “Mr. Petro Incognito, a Secret Vacation of the President”, in which journalists from …
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Ukrainian president proposes that Europe create a coalition ‘to combat Russia’s aggression’
European countries should create a new coalition to combat “Russia’s aggression,” as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on his Facebook page.
“Today we are in a situation where Russia has launched an undeclared war against all of us. That is why, given this situation, we should think about new coalitions, new programs or approaches,” the Ukrainian President wrote. The question of responding to Russia’s actions in Europe was raised by Poroshenko during the session “Central and Eastern …
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Additional 50 Canadian military instructors arrive in Ukraine
50 Canadian military instructors came to Ukraine as part of the UNIFIER military training mission, as the Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk, wrote on his Twitter page.
"We are strengthening our Canadian presence – 50 additional military servicemen arrived as part of the UNIFIER operation. We support the Defense Ministry of Ukraine in defending Ukraine's sovereignty, security and stability," the diplomat noted.
According to the Head of the Canadian UNIFIER military training mission …
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Polish Sejm votes in favor of ban on 'Bandera Propaganda'
The Polish Sejm voted on Friday to amend a law on the Institute of National Memory to introduce punishment for so-called “Bandera propaganda”. The amendment stipulates a fine or imprisonment for up to 3 years for the denial of crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists, reports Onet.pl.
The amendment refers to actions related to the use of "violence, terror or other forms of human rights violations against individuals or groups of people” that occurred in the time period between 1925 and 1950. …
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Poroshenko: pro-Russian militants more cautious in Donbas fearing American weapons supplies to Ukraine
On January 26, President Petro Poroshenko announced to journalists in Davos that Russian military personnel and separatists in the Donbas have radically changed their behavior since learning of the United States’ intention to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons, UNIAN reports.
"I can say that as soon as it became known that Ukraine had received the latest weapons, the behavior of the Russian troops and militants at the front considerably changed. They are now much more cautious when …