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Ukrainian army to add Islamic military chaplains to their ranks
Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Viktor Muzhenko met with the Mufti of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine, Sheikh Said Ismagilov, and afterwards instructed officials to coordinate the activities of Muslim military chaplains, Krym.Realii reported.
"The problem arose in connection with the imperfection of the regulatory legislation, which does not allow this category of military chaplains to fully carry out their pastoral work... …
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The UN says it has reliable information about Russian troop movements in the Donbas
The UN Representative for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, stated that the organization has reliable information about Russian troop movements in Ukraine, The Voice of America reports.
“We have received credible reports of Russia’s military personnel movements across the border both to and from Ukraine. It contains heavy weapons as well. And the information is reliable,” the UN representative stated.
Moreover, the UN report regarding the human rights situation in the Donbas states that about 2 …
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Ukraine may receive next installment of IMF loan in July
The final decision on granting Ukraine the next loan installment will be made by the IMF Board of Directors after analysis of the reforms and commitments made in June, the IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine, Jerome Vacher, said.
"We will decide on it [whether to grant the tranche] not only according to the promises, but also, more importantly, on the actions taken towards reforms. We look at the policies that will be conducted next month. This is what we will evaluate, and on the basis of …
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Security Service of Ukraine says attempt to transfer factory to Russia was stopped
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that it has foiled an attempt to dismantle and export equipment from the Kharkiv Tractor Plant (KTZ) to Russia.
"According to an order by KTZ’s owners, the new General Director of the company appointed in March 2016 has is preparing to dismantle the foundry’s equipment for export to Russia. The technical and design documentation for the production plant was prepared to be smuggled abroad,” stated the report.
The property of the plant and its …
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Savchenko visits Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was recently released from a Russian prison, met with soldiers in the war zone in eastern Ukraine, as reported on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Armed Forces headquarters.
“During the night the Hero of Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko visited the area of the ATO [Donbas region] and was a real surprise for all. The People’s Deputy of Ukraine was able to talk with a number of military personnel, meet with former comrades in the service, and sit at the helm of a …
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DART-450 aircraft with Ukrainian engine will be exhibited at the Air Show in Farnborough
A DART-450 twin-engine aircraft manufactured by Austrian company Diamond with a Ukrainian AI-450S engine has been successfully tested and will be exhibited at the Air Show in Farnborough. The announcement was made by the press-service of public joint-stock company FED (Kharkiv), a participant of the AI-450S engine project reported.
“The DART-450 aircraft will be exhibited at the International Air Show in Farnborough that will take place in July 2016. The certification procedure will be …
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Head of Crimea: We need to defend the 'Russian World'
“The Crimea is at the forefront of the informational, ideological and economic wars started against ‘the Russian world',” the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said at the forum “Russian World: problems and prospects” held in the Levada Palace in Yalta.
"We need to mobilize our ideology and spirit. We need to unite around the traditional values, around the program of our national leader, Vladimir Putin,” Aksyonov stated.
He explained that spirituality and morality are the basis of the “Russian …
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Mass layoffs expected in Ukraine's Prosecutor General's office
The newly appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Valentyna Telychenko, who is responsible for the office reform, announced that there will be mass lay-offs of the staff, starting with those that have taken bribes.
"We want to have a Prosecutor’s Office of the European standard…Salary is a very important element of the reforms but first of all the Prosecutor’s Offices need to get rid of those who have shamed it in the eyes of society. By that, I mean, non-professionals who are living …
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Ukrainian police to begin training in Turkey
On Sunday, the first group of Ukrainian police officers left for training in Turkey, UNIAN reported with reference to the National Police of Ukraine.
Twenty-two police officers will spend a week in Turkey training with Turkish law enforcement agencies.
The exercises will focus on tactics during mass events.
According to one Ukrainian officer, Olesya Emelyanovich, it is very important that Ukrainian police possess such skills.
Approximately 3,000 Ukrainian police officers will be trained in …
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Ukraine's General Prosecutor says case against Yanukovych should be brought to an end
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yury Lutsenko stated during a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Congress on the 4th of June, that he believes that GPU should bring old cases, especially the case of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, to an end, the press service of regulatory agency reports.
It was stated that Lutsenko fully supports the transfer of all investigative functions of the Prosecutor’s Office to the newly-established National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the State …