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Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Ukraine needs to establish special anti-corruption court
Ukraine should create a special anti-corruption court in the near future, as stated during a meeting with the leadership of NABU (National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine) and SAP (Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine) in Lithuania by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius, the website of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry reports.
Linkevičius emphasized that the implementation of reforms and fighting corruption are both important for building a successful …
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Ukrainian Army receives new Ukrainian-made anti-tank missile system
The Corsar light portable, anti-tank missile system was recently added to the Ukrainian army’s arsenal. It was developed by the State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, the press service of Ukroboronprom reports.
Several tests preceded the addition of a new missile system into the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More than 50 missiles for the Corsar were manufactured and delivered ahead of schedule.
The Corsar portable missile system has an effective range of 2.5 km, the same distance as the …
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Belarus: hype around Zapad-2017 military exercises incomprehensible
Belarusian Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Oleg Belokonev called the excitement around the Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 exercises, which will be held in September, incomprehensible. He assured that the Russian group participating in the exercises in the territory of the Republic of Belarus would return to Russia by September 30, BelaPAN news website reports.
"The exercise will allow us in practice to improve infrastructure sharing arrangements in the interest of ensuring the …
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Security Service of Ukraine: Zaporizhya Aluminium Plant deliberately destroyed to serve Russian interests
Investors deliberately destroyed the Zaporizhya Aluminum Plant (ZALK) in the interests of Russian metal producers, the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) press center reported.
During the pretrial investigation, security services agents established that the only producer of primary aluminum in Ukraine had been deliberately destroyed, with this beginning as early as 2006.
“At first, structures affiliated with Russian businessmen acquired a controlling share of ZALK. In order to implement the …
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Ukraine begins large-scale assembly of reserve paratroopers
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have begun to assemble highly mobile paratrooper forces, Ukrinform reported with reference to the AFU General Staff press service.
“In the Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv provinces, large-scale military gatherings have begun with reservists from the rapid first phase reserve of two military command brigades of highly mobile AFU paratrooper forces,” the report states.
The military commissariats have summoned rapid reservists in such numbers as to bring the staff of …