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Ukraine: supply of weapons by Lithuania is an example for other countries to follow
Lithuania’s provision of lethal weapons to Ukraine should send a signal to other former Soviet Union countries where there is still production of USSR's weapons, as stated by the acting Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Leonid Holopatyuk, Radio Liberty reports.
"Lithuania does not pursue just any security issues that are being discussed at the EU and NATO. This decisive step of Lithuania must be a signal to other post-Soviet countries, where the weapons of …
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Russia to deploy Voronezh radar station in Crimea
Russia plans to deploy the Voronezh radar missile attack warning system in Crimea, the Director of Russian “Radio Technology and Information Systems” company, Sergey Boyev told Russa’s Interfax.
“The main client, the Defense Ministry, has decided to deploy the Voronezh VHF station in Crimea. Work is currently underway to determine the place where it will be installed,” he said.
According to Boyev, the construction will begin in 2019.
On November 7, Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery …
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Saakashvili’s permission to stay in Ukraine extended to March 1
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia, leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl (Movement of New Forces) party, said that the State Migration Service extended his term of stay in Ukraine until March 1, 2018. It was only yesterday that he said he was going to be arrested allegedly by order of the President.
"Very polite employees of the State Migration Service issued me a document on the extension of the term of legal stay in Ukraine for another three months... At the same time, a threat is …
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US general says Ukraine could teach United States how to fight Russia
In a speech at the Lviv Security Forum, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, who commands U.S. land forces in Europe, says that the U.S. Army can learn something from Ukrainian soldiers, reports Evropeyskaya Pravda.
“We have never done battle with Russian troops, and we have never had to deal with Russian electronic warfare. But Ukrainian soldiers have. That's why we can learn something from Ukrainian soldiers, and cooperation with Ukraine is beneficial for us,” said Hodges.
He also said that some …
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Le Figaro: Minsk process is dead
The results of the Eastern Partnership summit, which took place on November 24 in Brussels, show that the Donbas risks becoming a new frozen conflict within the territory of the former Soviet Union, following the examples of Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, due to inaction of Europeans, writes the French publication Le Figaro.
Despite the fact that the EU declared its support for Ukraine, neither the conflict in the Donbas nor the Russian annexation of the Crimea was incorporated …