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Additional 50 Canadian military instructors arrive in Ukraine
50 Canadian military instructors came to Ukraine as part of the UNIFIER military training mission, as the Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk, wrote on his Twitter page.
"We are strengthening our Canadian presence – 50 additional military servicemen arrived as part of the UNIFIER operation. We support the Defense Ministry of Ukraine in defending Ukraine's sovereignty, security and stability," the diplomat noted.
According to the Head of the Canadian UNIFIER military training mission …
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Polish Sejm votes in favor of ban on 'Bandera Propaganda'
The Polish Sejm voted on Friday to amend a law on the Institute of National Memory to introduce punishment for so-called “Bandera propaganda”. The amendment stipulates a fine or imprisonment for up to 3 years for the denial of crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists, reports Onet.pl.
The amendment refers to actions related to the use of "violence, terror or other forms of human rights violations against individuals or groups of people” that occurred in the time period between 1925 and 1950. …
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Kremlin: Russia will not recognize US sanctions against North Korea
Interfax reports that Igor Morgulov, Deputy Minister for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Russia will not recognize unilateral US sanctions against North Korea, nor will it expel North Korean citizens that fall under the US sanctions from Russian territory.
“We will only comply with sanctions passed by the Security Council of the United Nations. We will not recognize unilateral US sanctions, and we do not have any international obligations to comply with them,” he said.
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Russia: no sanctions will intimidate us
RIA Novosti reports that Leonid Slutsky, Head of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Relations, told journalists on Friday that new US sanctions are another destructive step aggravating the state of Russian-American relations.
"New US sanctions are a destructive step that aggravates relations between Russia and the United States. It is clear that Washington seeks to achieve its own geopolitical goals, unfair competition and to gain an advantage in global markets," Slutsky said.
In turn, …
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Media: Surkov and Volker were unable to agree on Ukrainian ‘law on Donbas’ while in Dubai
Assistant to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov and US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker did not reach a unified position on the Ukrainian bill on the reintegration of the Donbas at the meeting in Dubai, reported Interfax citing a source familiar with the negotiations. "The main issue was the bill on the reintegration of the Donbas, however the parties continue to demonstrate different views to this issue," the source said. According to Interfax’s source, no concrete decisions …