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Ukraine to appeal to UNESCO over the damage to Bakhchysarai Khan Palace in the Russian-annexed Crimea
The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine expresses its protest against the actions of Crimean authorities for carrying out illegal restoration work at the Bakhchysarai Museum-Reserve and appealed, in particular, to UNESCO with a request to once again call on the Russian Federation to comply with the norms of international legislation, as reported on the website of the Ministry of Culture.
"The Ministry of Culture is outraged by the large-scale illegal restoration of the Khan Palace National Monument …
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Poroshenko and Tillerson discussed peacekeeping mission in the Donbas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s and United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson conducted a telephone conversation, as reported on the web site of the Ukrainian President.
"Both sides expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the agreements reached between the presidents of Ukraine and the US during their meeting in New York. Poroshenko thanked Tillerson for Ukraine's support during the ongoing Russian aggression," the report says.
The interlocutors coordinated further …
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Polish Foreign Minister refuses to visit Museum-Memorial of Victims of Occupation Regimes in Lviv
Witold Waszczykowski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, who was in Lviv on an official visit, refused to visit the National Museum-Memorial of Victims of the Occupation Regimes “Prison on Lontshoko” because of the museum director’s statement that Poland occupied Western Ukraine in 1918.
Radio Liberty reported that Waszczykowski laid flowers at the monument to the victims of communist crimes near the “Prison on Lontshoko.” The program included a visit to the museum, but the Polish minister, …
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Multinational military exercises involving Ukraine begin in Poland
On 5 November the multinational “Maple Arch 2017” military exercises began in Poland. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian soldiers are participating in the drills.
Overall, the maneuvers will involve more than 460 military personnel from four countries.
“In Poland at the Dęba Land Forces Training Center, involving more than 460 military personnel from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Canada, Poland and Lithuania, the opening ceremony of the Maple Arch 2017 multinational …
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More than 2,000 amendments have been submitted to the draft law on Donbas reintegration
The People's Deputy from Petro Poroshenko Bloc political party and Presidential representative to the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Lutsenko, stated on Inter TV, that to date, more than 2,000 amendments to the draft law on the reintegration of the Donbas have been submitted to the National Security Committee.
"To date, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, headed by Serhiy Pashynsky, has received more than 2,000 amendments to this law," she said.
According to her, a …