Section: International
EU to extend anti-Russian sanctions over Ukraine next week – journalist
The European Union will extend sanctions next week due to Russia`s threat to the territorial integrity of Ukraine, according to RFE/RL correspondent in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak. ”EU will next week extend sanctions on 150 people and 37 entities from Ukraine and Russia who have threatened the territorial integrity of Ukraine,” Jozwiak wrote on...
Ex-British spy who complied unproven Trump dossier surfaces
A former British spy who compiled an explosive and unproven dossier on President Donald Trump`s purported activities in Russia has returned to work, according to the Associated Press. A 52-year-old Christopher Steele said Tuesday he is ”really pleased” to be back in his London office after a prolonged period out of public view. He went into...
3rd day of ICJ hearings in The Hague: Ukraine comments on Russia`s ”arguments”
The International Court of Justice in The Hague is holding the third day of hearings in a Ukraine vs Russia case, where Kyiv insists on introducing provisional measures against the Russian Federation. Today, Ukraine will express its objections to the arguments submitted by Russian agents yesterday, March 7, according to an UaPosition...
Little-known firm acquires Russia license to produce gas in occupied Crimea – media
A little-known privately owned oil and gas company, LLC Novye Proekty (New Projects), has acquired a Russian license for exploration and production of oil and gas on the Black Sea shelf of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. Businessman Anton Dornostup is the company`s chief owner, according to official...
Canada renews military commitments to Ukraine
Canada`s Minister of National Defense Harjit S. Sajjan and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on March 6 announced the extension of Operation UNIFIER, the Canadian Armed Forces military training mission in Ukraine, until the end of March 2019, according to the Canadian government. ”Together with our allies and the Government of...
Talks with Russia possible only from position of strength: Ukraine`s Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin on Tuesday, March 7, during his two-day visit to Washington, told U.S. senators of his vision of conducting negotiations with the Russian Federation. ”The only viable way to negotiate with Russia is from a position of strength and international solidarity,” Pavlo Klimkin said at a hearing ”On...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister tells U.S. senators of Russia`s arms supplies to Donbas
Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin during his two-day Washington visit attended a Tuesday hearing ”On Russian Policies and Intentions Toward Specific European Countries” at the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Klimkin emphasized that Russia`s hybrid war against...
Canada`s Foreign Affairs Minister warns Canadians to beware of Russian disinformation
Canada`s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is being targeted by allegations in pro-Moscow websites that her maternal Ukrainian-born grandfather was a Nazi collaborator, warned Monday that her country should expect to remain in focus of Russian disinformation campaigns similar to what is happening in the EU and U.S., according to The...
Ukraine highlights TOP 5 Russian lies in International Court of Justice hearing
The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine is studying the facts of misinformation and propaganda in the speech of Russia`s representative at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, according to Deputy Minister Dmytro Zolotukhin. The representative of the defendant in the case Ukraine has lodged with the ICJ against Russia says that...
EU Council adopts regulation to reinforce checks at external borders
On March 7, 2017, the EU Council adopted a regulation amending the Schengen borders code to reinforce checks against relevant databases at the external borders. The amendment obliges member states to carry out systematic checks against relevant databases on all persons, including those enjoying the right of free movement under EU law (i.e. EU...
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General Staff operational report August 22, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 18:55 (EEST)
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