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Ukraine to start industrial production of new cruise missiles in the end of the year
Ukraine plans to begin testing the new Vilha (Alder) missile system in March and launch the industrial production of this cruise missile in late 2018 - early 2019, as stated by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Oleksandr Turchynov, channel 112 Ukraine reports.
“I hope that at the end of the year or early next year we will conduct tests and it [the cruise missile] will be received by the Army,” Turchynov said. According to him, there is already “a huge demand …
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Ukrainian Armed Forces gain control of another town in the Donbas
The Armed Forces of Ukraine took over the town of Katerynivka in the Luhansk region from the pro-Russian separatists, as stated by a volunteer, Yuriy Mysyagin, on his Facebook page.
“Some time ago, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did everything peacefully and quietly. Residents of the town returned to Ukraine again. There were no violations. This is all ours according to the Minsk Agreements,” he said.
The volunteer specified that earlier, the forefront of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the …
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Ukrainian Minister of Defense meets with US Defense Secretary
The Pentagon press office has reported that US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak held talks on Friday, February 2.
"Today we intend to discuss pragmatic steps to strengthen relations between our armed forces," Mattis told reporters before the meeting.
Ukrinform reports that Poltorak said the military authorities of the United States and Ukraine have started working together at a strategic level.
"We have opened consultations on defense issues at …
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Media: Ex-Minister of Ecology from the Yanukovych administration returned to Ukraine
Mykola Zlochevsky, who served as the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources under the Yanukovych administration and the owner of the largest gas producing company in Ukraine, Burisma Holdings, has returned to Ukraine, as reported by Ekonomichna Pravda citing a source familiar with the situation.
“He came to Kyiv recently and has already held several meetings,” the source informed.
Zlochevsky left Ukraine at the end of 2014 due to the criminal proceedings against him for embezzlement. In …
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IMF advised Ukrainian authorities to resist the 'temptation' to raise salaries
Gosta Ljungman, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Ukraine, warned authorities against a sharp increase in wages, as UNIAN reports.
"There is a temptation to increase wages very quickly, but this will be bad for the growth of the economy ... We are for increasing wages of Ukrainians, but this should be accompanied by an increase in labor productivity," he said.
Ljungman emphasized that the leaders of Ukraine should keep the growth of salaries under control and to …