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More than 500 conscripts from Crimea will serve in the territory of Russia
About 500 conscripts from the annexed Crimea will be sent for military service in the Russian Federation, as stated by the military commissioner of the Crimea controlled by the Kremlin, Oleg Yermilov, as reported by Krym.Realii.
"We will send [for military service] about 500 people who will serve in different types of armed forces," he said.
Yermilov added that the recruits will be sent mainly to the Moscow and Rostov regions of Russia.The transfer of conscripts will take place after November …
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Ukraine asks Poland to stop buying coal from LPR separatists
Poland must stop buying coal from the occupied Donbas, said Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk.
“This is not at all partnership-like, and we hope that the Polish government will react to this situation,” Nasalyk said on Wednesday during a meeting with a Polish business in Warsaw, Ukrinform reports.
According to the minister, the origin of the coal can easily be tested with chemical indicators. Nasalyk reiterated that Ukraine does not use anthracite coal from the …
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Ukrainian Parliament publishes draft bill on integration of Donbas
The main highlights of the new Presidential bill on the Donbas were published on the web site of the Verkhovna Rada.
The purpose of the Bill is stated to be “the liberation of the territory of the Donbas”.
The word "aggression" and its derivatives occur 42 times in the text of the Bill. At the same time, the Bill does not call Russia an "aggressor country." Nevertheless, the authors directly declare that it is the Russian Federation that has been carrying out armed aggression on the territory …
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US Representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s Aide Surkov to meet on October 7 in Serbia
US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will meet with Vladislav Surkov, aide to the Russian president and curator of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), on October 7 in Serbia.
This was reported by Interfax, citing Alexey Chesnakov, director of the Russian Center for Political Conjuncture.
“The second meeting is planned for October 7 in Serbia,” Chesnakov said.
Volker was appointed as the US Special Representative for Ukraine …
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National Security Committee of Ukrainian Parliament demands dismissal of Chief of Staff Muzhenko
The Committee on National Security and Defense of the Verkhovna Rada decided to propose to President Petro Poroshenko that Chief of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko be dismissed. The deputies believe that he made systematic miscalculations connected with safe storage of ammunition, which eventually led to explosions in warehouses in Balakliia, Kalynivka and others.
This decision was made at a meeting of the committee on Wednesday.
The committee also proposed to dismiss the head of the Law …