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OSCE: troops withdrawal in new areas in Donbas is discussed
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák said that as part of the work of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine negotiations are taking place on potential withdrawal of forces and equipment in new territories along the demarcation line in the Donbas, reports Novosti Donbasa news outlet.
"Negotiations on withdrawal are ongoing within the Trilateral Contact Group. We fully support this. I don't want to say what the result will be. But there is a positive trend," …
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Ukraine tests Neptune cruise missile with 280 kilometer range
Tests of the Neptune cruise missile P-360 have been successfully completed in Ukraine, reports Defense Express. The missile flew more than 250 kilometers.
According to Oleh Korostelev, General Director of the Ukrainian defense company Luch Design Bureau, the Ukrainian rocket flew such a distance along a given route and altitude for the first time.
"Today, the development of the aircraft with the specified characteristics has been completed," he said.
Next, the combat capabilities of the …
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Kyiv demands seizure of Gazprom’s assets in Latvia
According to Gazprom's reports, Naftogaz of Ukraine filed a motion to the Latvian court to enforce the decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) in the case against the Russian gas giant Gazprom. The company is determined to recover $3 billion from the Russian gas giant.
According to Gazprom, the court hearing on this claim is scheduled for the end of April 2020. At the moment, the company is considering ways to protect its interests.
"On November 5, 2019 …
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Naftogaz director on Nord Stream 2: Germany facilitating economic strangulation of Ukraine
Naftogaz group executive director Yuriy Vitrenko believes that by participating in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project, Germany is facilitating the economic strangulation of Ukraine and creating threats to the stability of the gas supply to Eastern Europe.
He explained his view to Deutsche Welle in an interview when asked whether Germany will be taking away Ukraine’s role as the primary transiter of Russian gas to Europe.
“It’s not taking over the role of primary transiter, it’s that there won’t …
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Head of Ukraine's defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm: Russia could be behind purchase of Ukrainian defense company Motor Sich
The deal through which Chinese investors came to hold more than 50% of the shares of the Ukrainian company Motor Sich is concerning with respect to the possibility of technologies leaking to China or even Russia, Aivaras Abromavicius told Economichna Pravda(Economic Truth) in an interview. Abromavicius has been appointed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the director general of the state-owned defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm.
“I think that the state should control the company …