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New Foreign Minister of Poland expressed hope for quick resolution of historical issues with Ukraine
The new head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Jacek Czaputowicz expressed his hope for an early settlement of historical issues with Ukraine, as reported on the website of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Czaputowicz had his first telephone calls with the Foreign Ministers of Hungary (at the request of Hungary) and Ukraine.
"Minister Czaputowicz reaffirmed Poland’s commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and stressed that Poland will continue to support Ukraine’s …
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Non-combat losses of Ukrainian Army in 2017 amount to 98 people
Last year, irreversible non-battle casualties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas amounted to 98 dead servicemen, according to the response of the Ministry of Defense to an inquiry from 112.ua news channel. In addition, 178 servicemen were injured under non-combat circumstances in the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation- acronym used for Ukrainian military operation in the Donbas) zone in 2017.
As of December 18, the irreversible losses of the Ukrainian army since the beginning of 2017 …
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SBU questions Saakashvili for more than two hours
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) questioned former Georgian president and leader of the Movement of New Forces party Mikheil Saakashvili for two and a half hours, said the politician’s lawyer Ruslan Chernolutsky, RBC news agency reports.
“Everything happened as it should during questioning, questions were asked. The questioning lasted nearly two and a half hours, and all questions were answered. Everything was done sensitively, there are no complaints against the SBU investigators. The …
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Ukrainian President signs bill to launch broadcasting to separatist-held territories of Donbas
President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill to issue temporary permits for broadcasting in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone and Ukrainian border regions, according to the President’s website.
On his Facebook page, Poroshenko wrote that the bill will allow broadcasting to be developed three times faster. Until now, according to the President, the development of broadcasting for the territory of the Crimea took 9-12 months due to the procedural complexity of miscalculation, the …
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Ukrainian politician: Canada's chairmanship at the G7 is a unique opportunity to focus attention on Russian aggression against Ukraine
Under the leadership of Canada, which has been chairing the Group of Seven (G7) since the beginning of the year, a new international platform should be launched to discuss the situation in the Russian-annexed Crimea and Donbas territories. Danylo Lubkivsky, former Diplomatic Adviser to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (2015-2016) and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine (2014), stated this an article he wrote for the Kyiv-based Day (Den) newspaper.
Lubkivsky noted that beginning …