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Polish general: Putin increasingly fears Ukrainian army
Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly afraid of the Ukrainian army as it is getting stronger. This opinion was expressed by the former Commander of the Polish Land Forces and Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland, Waldemar Skrzypczak, in the commentary section of Ukrinform.
"Ukraine can be afraid of some actions [during the Zapad-2017 exercises], which will in no small part weaken the Ukrainian army. In my opinion, Putin fears the Ukrainian army more than …
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Ukraine to include Russia in the list of countries with migration risk
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree introducing biometric controls for foreign citizens’ entry and exit. The decree also added the Russian Federation onto a list of countries with the migration risk.
According to the president’s decree, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine should work on this issue.
"The government was instructed to take measures in improving legislation on the registration of foreigners’ residence/visitation in Ukraine, including citizens of the Russian …
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Russia expresses concern over cooperation between Ukraine and Croatia on return of occupied territories
Russia is concerned about contact between officials from Ukraine and Croatia regarding the issue of the return of occupied territories, as stated in a commentary by the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding a recent visit to Ukraine by a Croatian delegation headed by Vesna Škare-Ožbolt, who led the process of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region.
"Judging by the information available in the media, the subject of ‘ …
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In 2017, Russian fighter jets scrambled 120 times in the annexed Crimea and along Russia’s southern border
Russian Su-30SM fighters from the 4th Red Banner Army of the Southern Military District’s air force and anti-air defense have escorted reconnaissance flights near annexed Crimea and Russia’s southern border 120 times this year, TASS reported, citing Army Commander General-Lieutenant Viktor Sevostyanov.
“Since Crimea became part of Russia in 2014, on a daily basis in the airspace close to our southern borders we detect in advance and strictly control all unsolicited guests of this kind. Over …
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Ukraine refuses to extradite former Azov fighter Georgy Tsertsvadze to Russia
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine refused to fulfill Russia’s request to extradite former Georgian special forces agent and Azov Regiment fighter Georgy Tsertsvazde, who was earlier detained in Kyiv at Interpol’s request, as announced by his attorney Kseniya Prokonova, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
“Literally this week we received the decision to refuse to extradite. That is, the Prosecutor’s General Office is not handing Georgy over to Russia… We have set a precedent and have not handed …