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Ukrainian SBU detains one of the top managers of supermarket chain for relations with separatist republic
In Kyiv, employees of the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained one of the top managers of a supermarket chain through which the self-proclaimed DPR was financed, as the statement of the SBU press center reads.
“At the end of November, employees of the special service disclosed that merchants in the capital are part of a business which continued to function in the temporarily occupied territory. Law enforcement officers found that part of the income from these shops was being sent …
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Chubarov: Four former Soviet countries are almost ready to recognize Crimea as Russian territory
The Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Refat Chubarov, stated on 112 Ukraine TV that four former members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are almost ready to recognize that the Crimea is no longer the territory of Ukraine.
“It is painful for me that four states of the former USSR—Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Belarus—these four states, judging from the essence of their actions, are allegedly ready to recognize that the Crimea is not the territory of Ukraine. I …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expresses 'disappointment at emotional reaction' of Israeli politicians over UN vote
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry explained to the Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine, Eliab Belotserkovsky, the motives that led to the decision of the Ukrainian delegation to support the UN's anti-settlement resolution. Then, the Ministry reproached Israel for the "emotional reaction" of certain Israeli officials and politicians in connection with the results of the vote in New York, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
"The Ukrainian side has expressed …
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Ukrainian activists and military veterans vow to stop illegal trade with separatist-held areas
According to the second commander of Donbas volunteer battalion, Anatoly Vinogradsky, the veterans of the volunteer battalions have started setting up check points along the contact line in eastern Ukraine to prevent the “illegal flow of goods” into the separatist-held territories.
“There was an ultimatum demanding the return of the prisoners. The separatist leaders have not responded to it. That is why we have started the blockade of the occupied areas in eastern Ukrain,“ Vinogradsky stated …
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The DPR and LPR decided to hand over two prisoners to Savchenko
The leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, decided to hand over two captive Ukrainians to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Nadiya Savchenko, according to a statement published on one of the separatists' websites.
“On New Year’s and Christmas Eve, we handed over two women, Angelica Presnyakova and Olga Svorak, to the representative of the Ukrainian people, Nadiya Savchenko, without any conditions as a gesture of …