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Poroshenko: pro-Russian militants more cautious in Donbas fearing American weapons supplies to Ukraine
On January 26, President Petro Poroshenko announced to journalists in Davos that Russian military personnel and separatists in the Donbas have radically changed their behavior since learning of the United States’ intention to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons, UNIAN reports.
"I can say that as soon as it became known that Ukraine had received the latest weapons, the behavior of the Russian troops and militants at the front considerably changed. They are now much more cautious when …
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Kremlin suspects Ukraine of importing cheese through Belarus ignoring Russian sanctions
The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) suspects that 25% of all cheese in the Russian market was produced in Ukraine, repacked in Belarus, and imported into the Russian Federation as produced from third party countries, as stated by RBC news agency citing the official representative of Rosselkhoznadzor, Julia Melano.
According to her, cheese-like products produced mostly from vegetable fat, but presented as milk cheese, are repacked in …
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Ukrainian ambassador to Belarus: Ukrainian Donbas talks participants go to Minsk at own expense and are humiliated
The participants representing Ukraine in the Minsk talks have traveled and still travel to Belarus at their own expense, said former Ukrainian deputy prime minister and current Ambassador to Belarus Roman Bezsmertnyi, as reported by Gordon news website.However, the ambassador noted that the Ukrainian diplomats work on a volunteer basis and experience great humiliation because the government does not care about the people who are negotiating on its behalf.
“You work, but you have no documents …
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Ukrainian journalist reveals classified information of the Defense Ministry
Commenting on the information provided by journalist Yury Butusov that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry plans to purchase modern anti-tank weapons and drones, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that any information on the planned supply of weapons to the Ukrainian army is classified, as reported by LIGA.net.
The press service of the General Staff stated that the procurement procedures of the weapons and equipment are determined by the state defense program, which is in force …
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New cyber security center opens in Kyiv
The Situation Center for Cyber Security, created to complement the Department for Counterintelligence Protection of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), opened in the Kyiv, as reported on the website of the SBU.
"The key responsibilities of the center will be a system for detecting and responding to cyber incidents and a computer forensics lab that will prevent cyber-attacks, establish their origin, and analyze them to improve the countermeasures," the report said.
The Situation Center is …