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Ukraine condemns statement by Italian minister regarding Crimea
Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin has reported that those who justify Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the violations of international law associated with these actions will pay for it.
This statement was made by the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Twitter on July 20th, commenting on the words of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini, who had claimed in an interview with The Washington Post that Russia had the …
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First Ukrainian nuclear power plant unit starts working solely on US fuel
The third power generating unit of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (SUNPP) is the first unit in Ukraine to operate on nuclear fuel assemblies of the Japanese-American company Westinghouse, reported Energoatom’s (Ukraine's state-owned nuclear plants operator) press service on Thursday, July 19.
The reactor used to work on the combine fuel from Russian TVEL Fuel Company. SUNPP plans to transition its second power unit and four other power units from the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant to …
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Putin announces Russian foreign policy change
At a meeting of ambassadors and permanent representatives at the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday, July 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that foreign policy should be more economically-oriented to match the rising tide of protectionism on the world stage, TASS reports.
According to Putin, the principle of competition and openness in global trade is becoming more frequently replaced by protectionism, economic benefit and expediency, by ideological conjuncture and political …
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Ukraine finishes testing new submarine detection system
During the holding of the international Sea Breeze 2018 military exercise in Ukraine, the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Hydrodevices completed the factory tests of the new “Yatran” radio-sonar system which is designed to detect enemy submarines.
This was announced by the press service of Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian defense industry concern which includes the research institute.
The Yatran system consists of sonar buoys with extremely sensitive sensors and a digital information …
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US intelligence chief: Russia cannot and will not influence Iran in Syria
Russia has neither the desire nor the ability to influence Iran’s actions in Syria, stated US National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats at a forum on security in Aspen, Colorado.
Coats was asked whether he thinks Russia “has enough influence” to force the Iran-backed forces to leave Syria. The possibility of such an agreement between Russia and the US has been discussed recently by the American press.
According to Coats, US intelligence considers it “unlikely that Russia has the desire or …