Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Kiev issues note of protest to Berlin over German politicians’ visit to Crimea
The Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andrey Melnik, wrote on Twitter that Ukraine sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany protesting the visit of the Chairman of the youth wing of the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party, Marcus Frohnmayer, and Alternative for Germany Member of the European Parliament, Marcus Pretzell.
“We sent note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany because of illegal visit of German politicians to Crimea,” Melnik wrote.
“The …
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NATO is ready to strenghen its support for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova
The Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Alexander Vershbow, stated in an interview with BGNES that the Alliance is ready to strengthen its support for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.
"It is essential to strengthen our work of stabilizing the neighboring region by strengthening the support of such countries in the east as Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, which are under pressure from Russia and need help to improve their security and sovereignty," Vershbow stated.
The Deputy Secretary General also …
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Media: Kerch resident angered by Russian anti-terrorist exercises
Kerch media published a video with the commentary by a perturbed local resident, who claimed to be a victim of the anti-terrorist exercises of Russian special services.
Accorting to Kerch.com.ru website, in one of the recreational areas in Kerch on Kirov Street, near the Cherepashka beach, Russian intelligence officers with machine guns carried out military exercises on the 22nd of April. Civilians who passed by, people of different ages, including children, the elderly and anyone who happened …
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Ukraine tests tactical missiles
Tactical missiles have been tested in Ukraine with the participation of the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleg Gladkovsky.
"The Ukrainian defense industry continues to work on the creation of tactical missiles commissioned by the Ministry of Defense. Today one of the main tasks is to improve the performance of the missiles and ensure the complete production cycle in Ukraine," the press service of NSDC cited Gladkovsky on Friday.
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Monument to energy blackouts to be erected in Crimea
It was decided to immortalize the memory of energy cutoffs in Yalta. A sculpture made of two huge bulbs will be mounted in one of the city squares, as reported by the head of city administration, Andrey Rostenko.
"It is the initiative of a local businessman, quite an interesting and creative project," he explained and added that the construction will be an automatic watering system, and the "bulbs" will become an original "monument to the blackouts," tells Kryminform.
According to Rostenko, …
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Obama calls for a resolution to the war in Ukraine
During a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama called for a resolution to the war in Ukraine.
“We have to continue to invest in NATO so that we can meet our overseas commitments, from Afghanistan to the Aegean. We have to resolve the conflict in the Ukraine and reassure allies who are rightly concerned about Russian aggression,” the US President stated.
Obama also stressed that all NATO member states need to work towards contributing more of …
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Scaparotti: The US must provide Ukraine with weapons
The U.S.A. must provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs, including Javelin anti tank missiles, as stated by General Curtis Scaparotti who may become chair of the European NATO and U.S.A. command after Philip Breedlove, Reuters reports.
Scaparotti emphasized that he agrees with other Generals that Russia poses the biggest threat for the U.S.A. and Washington should strongly defend their rights.
Speaking in the Senate, the General emphasized that he believes that the U.S.A. should provide …
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Savchenko could be exchanged for Alexandrov and Yerofeyev before the end of May
It became known to RBC that Moscow and Kiev have agreed on a mechanism for the release of pilot Nadiya Savchenko and two Russians that are considered “GRU soldiers” in Ukraine. They will be transferred to Russia to serve their sentence at home in synchronization before the end of May.According to RBC, and a federal official source close to the leadership of the Federation Council confirmed, Moscow will transfer Nadiya Savchenko to Ukraine to serve her sentence and Kiev will return two convicted …
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Ukrainian authorities present new wall along Russian border
The Zhuravlevka and Goptovka border crossing points along the Ukrainian-Russian border have been modernized as part of ‘The Wall’ project; the new enhancements were presented recently in the Kharkov region.
The First Deputy Chief of the State Border Service, Vasily Servatyuk, showed journalists the new engineering structures, samples of military equipment and the capabilities of the ‘smart border’ which will be used to protect military equipment, as reported by Correspondent.
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Report on Russian crimes in the Donbas was submitted to The Hague
The report on the Russian crimes committed in the Donbas region in 2014 was handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
This was reported by Małgorzata Gosiewska, a Deputy of the Polish Sejm and the Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Lower House of the Polish Parliament on Foreign Affairs on her Facebook page
"Evidence of Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine was presented. Details will follow," Gosiewska wrote.
Earlier Gosiewska stated that this report has an open …