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Macron says Minsk agreements only way to resolving Donbas crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to hold a new round of talks on Ukraine in the Normandy format and warns Russia of possible new sanctions, that`s according to his comments to the reporters during a joint press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Versailles on Monday. ”In terms of the Ukrainian situation, we`ve spoken at...
Nobody will fight for Crimea; sanctions seen as best option – NATO Parliamentary Assembly speaker
Speaker at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly`s 2017 Spring Session Soli Ozel says that nobody is going to fight for Russian-annexed Crimea, and sanctions against Russia remain the best option. See also: Russia deploys six nuclear warheads in Crimea ”All I`m saying is: there is a limited number of instruments that are available to begin with, and...
Ukrainian wheat supplies to Egypt hit high in April
Ukraine exported 1.2 million tonnes of wheat in April 2017 that is down 8% year-on-year (1.3 million tonnes in April 2016), reports UkrAgroConsult. When compared season on season, Ukrainian wheat exports are currently up 11% against July-April 2015/16 (15.8 million tonnes and 14.2 million tonnes, respectively), as reported by UkrAgroConsult....
Rada head invites NATO Parliamentary Assembly session to Ukraine
Chairman of Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy has proposed that one of the next NATO Parliamentary Assembly sessions be held in Kyiv, according to the press service of the Rada`s apparatus. Parubiy asked President of the NATO PA Paolo Alli to ”consider the possibility of holding one of the next sessions of the NATO PA in Kyiv,” the press...
Security Service of Ukraine raiding Yandex offices in Kyiv, Odesa
Head of the Moscow-based Yandex press service Asya Melkumova says that representatives of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine are now raiding Yandex.Ukraine`s Kyiv and Odesa offices, according to the Ukrainian-based IT news portal AIN.UA. ”Representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine are now in our offices in Kyiv and Odesa. We do not yet...
Navalny seeks permits for June 12 protests across Russia – media
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his allies have formally requested permission from the authorities to hold anticorruption rallies in Moscow and several other cities on June 12, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Navalny said on his website on May 29 that activists in 212 cities plan to hold demonstrations. The number of...
Only NATO can stop Putin`s Russia – Ukraine`s parliament speaker
Speaker of Ukraine`s parliament Andriy Parubiy says that only NATO can stop Putin`s Russia, according to live video streaming on his Facebook page. He announced this at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly`s 2017 Spring Session in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, May 29. ”Putin`s Russia can only be stopped by joint, concerted actions,” Parubiy said:...
Almost 100 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas in 2017 – Ukraine`s defense ministry
Spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Andriy Petrenko has reported that 98 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in action in Donbas, the east of Ukraine, since the beginning of 2017, according to First Deputy Chairperson of Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko. See also: Over 2,600 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas war –...
Trump administration plans to restart Ukraine peace process
In their Oval Office meeting in March, President Trump told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Ukraine crisis was Europe`s responsibility and that the United States wouldn`t get heavily involved, according to two officials briefed on the discussion. Only two months later, the Trump administration is reversing course and planning to...
Merkel: Europe can no longer rely on U.S. and Britain – Deutsche Welle
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Europe has to forge its own path forward, as the United States and Britain were no longer reliable partners, according to Deutsche Welle. ”The times when we could fully rely on others have passed us by a little bit, that`s what I`ve experienced in recent days,” she said while speaking at a campaign...