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Ukraine expels JCCC officer for giving intel to separatists
Colonel Vladimir Cheban informed separatists about the routes of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission
The Security Service of Ukraine expelled the head of the Russian office of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of Cease-fire, Colonel Vladimir Cheban.As was reported on the website of the agency, Russian Colonel supplied the deputy staff commander of the so-called first army corps of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Pepublic called "Yakub" with the monthly schedules and routes …
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Media: Three EU countries are hindering the extension of sanctions against Russia
The European Union is ready to approve the extension of economic sanctions against Russia, but this process is hindered by France, Sweden, and the UK, which haven't yet agreed on this issue in their National Parliaments, Ukrinform reported with reference to a high-ranking EU diplomat.
“This week, Ambassadors approved political decision to extend sanctions against Russia for subsequent years. The EU, presided by the Netherlands, seeks to complete this process on Friday at a meeting of the EU …
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Media: Russia may deploy nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad by 2019
Russia may deploy additional nuclear-capable missiles to its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019 in response to the US’s missile shield in Eastern Europe, Reuters reported, citing sources close to the Russian military.
The sources also noted that such missile installations may be put in the Crimea as well.
According to Mikhail Barabanov, a senior research fellow at the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), which advises the Russian Ministry of Defense, said …
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Chisinau demands that the Russian Army stop recruiting Moldovan citizens
According to Moldavia’s Publika News, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova has sent a note to the Russian Federation with a demand to stop the illegal recruitment of Moldovan citizens.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova has sent a note to the Russian Embassy in Moldova, in which it requires the Russian Federation to stop the illegal recruitment of young people into the Russian army on the territory of the Republic of Moldova,” the statement said.
The …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Russia is preparing for a possible war with Europe
Russia continues to build up forces on its western and south-western borders. The spokesman of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky said on Espresso TV live that the Russian Federation is preparing for a possible war with Europe.
Skibitsky announced that Canadian experts are of the opinion that Russian actions in Ukraine and the Baltic countries are a show of force and that Russia has a desire to defend its interests, most likely through …