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Yelchenko insists Israeli settlements in the occupied territories contradict international law
Referring to the EU Security Council's resolution that called for the abandonment of the construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, stated on December 25 that such construction violates international law.
“The Israeli settlements in the occupied territories contradict international law like Russia’s occupation of the Crimea,” the permanent representative said.
It was previously reported …
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Japanese media say that G-7 leaders will discuss sanctions against Russia at the summit in Italy
The leaders of the Group of Seven will probably discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia at the next G-7 Summit that will take place in May 2017 in Italy, TASS reported, citing Kyodo Japanese Agency. According to the agency, the Japanese government intends to continue extending sanctions against the Russian Federation while, at the same time, working on bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
In this way, Tokyo hopes to make progress in negotiations for a peace agreement. …
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Ukraine summons Israel's ambassador over Israel's anti-Ukraine rhetoric
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Israel’s ambassador in Kyiv to clarify Israel’s position over Ukraine's vote on the UN resolution condemning Israel’s settlement in the West Bank.
Ukraine also intends to ask the ambassador for explanations over the cancelled visit of the Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Grosyman to Israel, as reported by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency citing a source in the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign affairs
According to the source, during the meeting …
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Former SBU chief has not ruled out an explosion aboard the Tu-154
The former Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine, Yevhen Marchuk suggested that there was an explosion aboard the Tu-154 that crashed near Sochi. Marchuk posted this conclusion on Facebook.
“If contact with crew was lost simultaneously with the disappearance of the aircraft from radar, it could mean that the entire crew was instantly and simultaneously killed. And this could mean that an explosion took place in or near the nose of the aircraft and the entire crew was suddenly killed or that …
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Ukraine and separatists exchange bodies of soldiers killed in Svitlodarsk salient
The bodies of two soldiers killed in the Svitlodarsk salient area near Debaltseve were returned to Ukraine five days after the engagement, the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced.
"On December 25, in the town of Shchastya (Luhansk region), Ukraine received the bodies of two Ukrainian soldiers killed in the Svitlodarsk salient area on December 18th. This occurred as part of the "Evacuation 200" humanitarian project of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after five days of negotiations …