Defense Ministry: Russian warships block Ukrainian maritime economic zones - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

May 11, 2019

Russia Ukraine Defense Ministry: Russian warships block Ukrainian maritime economic zones - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Referendums on Donbass took place in response to rise of neo-Nazism - Boris Gryzlov - TASS RFE/RL: Belarusian president says damages from contaminated Russian oil 'enormous' | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Zerkal asks ITLOS to take measures that will make Russia return Ukrainian seamen - MENAFN.COM One Ukrainian serviceman wounded in Donbas over 24 hours - 112 International Defense Ministry: Russian warships block Ukrainian maritime economic zones - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The stay of foreign ships in Ukrainian ports deters Russia's naval presence in the Black Sea. "Growing intensity of stay of foreign ships in Ukrainian ports and in the Black Sea is significant for the naval activity of Ukraine. Read More Referendums on Donbass took place in response to rise of neo-Nazism - Boris Gryzlov - TASS TASS MOSCOW, May 11. /TASS/. The 2014 referendums on the creation of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR) took place in response to aggression, Russian Envoy to the Contact Group for resolving the situation in eastern Ukraine Boris Gryzlov told reporters, commenting on the fifth anniversary of the referendums. Read More RFE/RL: Belarusian president says damages from contaminated Russian oil 'enormous' | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post RFE/RL: Belarusian president says damages from contaminated Russian oil ‘enormous’ Published May 11 at 2:58 pm Belarus' workers open the discharge valve of the "Gomel" oil-pump station, part of the "Druzhba" pipeline in Bobovichi, some 330 km south-east of Minsk, Jan. Read More Zerkal asks ITLOS to take measures that will make Russia return Ukrainian seamen - MENAFN.COM MENAFN.COM (MENAFN - UkrinForm) Ukraine asks the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) to apply interim measures demanding that Russia immediately free Ukrainian naval vessels and their crew members. Read More One Ukrainian serviceman wounded in Donbas over 24 hours - 112 International 112 International Ukrainian soldier in Donbas conflict area On May 9, Russian occupants attacked the emplacements of Ukrainian government troops 14 times. Ukraine's Defense Ministry reported that, specifying that the enemy used Minsk-banned 120 mm mortars twice. Read More

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UN begins hearing case of Ukraine sailors held by Russia - Washington Post

May 10, 2019

Russia Ukraine UN begins hearing case of Ukraine sailors held by Russia - Washington Post Implacable Adversity: Moscow's Response to Zelensky's Election in Ukraine (Part One) - The Jamestown Foundation Zelensky playing on Putin’s fears Ukraine could be an alternative Russia, Kirillova says - StopFake.org Why ‘Blood Coal’ is Critical for Russian Success in Ukraine - International Policy Digest RFE/RL: Kyiv - UN Tribunal should order Russia to release seized sailors, ships | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post UN begins hearing case of Ukraine sailors held by Russia - Washington Post Washington Post BERLIN — A U.N. court is considering a legal case brought by Ukraine over the capture of 24 sailors and three naval vessels held by Russia since November. The Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea began its two-day hearing Friday. Read More Implacable Adversity: Moscow's Response to Zelensky's Election in Ukraine (Part One) - The Jamestown Foundation The Jamestown Foundation Moscow is treating Ukraine and its newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, with the same implacable hostility as it did during Petro Poroshenko’s presidency. The Kremlin has not taken even a brief time-out that would have allowed it to assess Zelensky’s first decisions and the staffing of his administration in the wake of the April 21 presidential election (see EDM, April 25). Read More Zelensky playing on Putin’s fears Ukraine could be an alternative Russia, Kirillova says - StopFake.org StopFake.org By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Even before his inauguration, incoming Ukrainian president has launched an information war against Moscow, calling on others in the post-Soviet countries to see what is “possible” if one does what Ukraine is doing and offering Ukrainian citizenship to those, including Russians, who are struggling against authoritarian regimes. Read More Why ‘Blood Coal’ is Critical for Russian Success in Ukraine - International Policy Digest International Policy Digest World News /10 May 2019 Why ‘Blood Coal’ is Critical for Russian Success in Ukraine The Russian decision to invade and divide Ukraine in 2014 plunged eastern Ukraine and the Crimea into a dangerous and unpredictable future. Read More RFE/RL: Kyiv - UN Tribunal should order Russia to release seized sailors, ships | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine RFE/RL: Kyiv – UN Tribunal should order Russia to release seized sailors, ships Published May 10 at 2:25 pm Captured Ukrainian sailors Yury Budzilo, Sergey Chuliba, Yury Bezyazychny and Bogdan Nebylitsa in the courtroom, in Moscow, Feb. Read More

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Reuters: Trading houses caught in crossfire of Russian oil contamination | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post

May 09, 2019

Russia Ukraine Reuters: Trading houses caught in crossfire of Russian oil contamination | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Poroshenko: War lessons give Ukraine grounds for fight against Russian aggression | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post COLCHIS: Zelenskiy faces tough choices amidst high expectations - bne IntelliNews Ukraine after the presidential elections: Sailing through stormy waters? - EUROPP - European Politics and Policy With new president on the way, what's next for Viktor Medvedchuk? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Reuters: Trading houses caught in crossfire of Russian oil contamination | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Reuters: Trading houses caught in crossfire of Russian oil contamination Published May 9 at 2:54 pm Belarus' workers open the discharge valve of the "Gomel" oil-pump station, part of the "Druzhba" pipeline in Bobovichi, some 330 km south-east of Minsk, Jan. Read More Poroshenko: War lessons give Ukraine grounds for fight against Russian aggression | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post The lessons of the Second World War give Ukraine the ground for the fight against the Russian annexation of the Crimea and the occupation of part of Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. Read More COLCHIS: Zelenskiy faces tough choices amidst high expectations - bne IntelliNews bne IntelliNews On April 21, Ukraine held the second round of presidential elections where Ukrainian citizens had to choose between the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko and the popular comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Read More Ukraine after the presidential elections: Sailing through stormy waters? - EUROPP - European Politics and Policy EUROPP - European Politics and Policy Ukraine after the presidential elections: Sailing through stormy waters? EUROPP - European Politics and PolicyFollowing his victory in Ukraine's presidential election on 21 April, Volodymyr Zelensky must now turn to the challenges facing him in office. Read More With new president on the way, what's next for Viktor Medvedchuk? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Over the course of multiple presidential administrations, oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk built a business empire in Ukraine and capitalized on his role of an unofficial intermediary with the Kremlin. Read More

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North Korea's Newest Missile Appears Similar To Advanced Russian Design - NPR

May 08, 2019

Russia Ukraine North Korea's Newest Missile Appears Similar To Advanced Russian Design - NPR No Ukrainians among avalanche victims in Altai - Interfax Ukraine UNIAN: 1 Ukrainian soldier killed, 2 injured in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Biden’s Ukraine Problem Has Nothing to Do With His Son - Bloomberg Ukraine Officials Discuss Russia Sanctions With US Senator Collins in Washington- Embassy - UrduPoint News North Korea's Newest Missile Appears Similar To Advanced Russian Design - NPR NPR North Korea's latest short-range missile, tested on May 4, looks similar to Russia's Iskander missile. North Korea describes it as a "tactical guided weapon." KCNA/Reuters hide caption Read More No Ukrainians among avalanche victims in Altai - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 14:00 08.05.2019 No Ukrainians among avalanche victims in Altai There are no Ukrainian citizens among those killed in an avalanche in Russia's Altai Mountains, official representative of the Consular Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasyl Kyrylych has said. Read More UNIAN: 1 Ukrainian soldier killed, 2 injured in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: 1 Ukrainian soldier killed, 2 injured in Donbas Published May 8 at 9:39 am A soldier stands on top of an APC during military drills near Urzuf village not far from the city of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine on Nov. Read More Biden’s Ukraine Problem Has Nothing to Do With His Son - Bloomberg Bloomberg Biden’s Ukraine Problem Has Nothing to Do With His Son BloombergThe former vice president showed poor foreign policy judgment in his bungling, boastful dealings with Kiev. Read More Ukraine Officials Discuss Russia Sanctions With US Senator Collins in Washington- Embassy - UrduPoint News UrduPoint News WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th May, 2019) Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze and Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly have discussed with US Republican Senator Susan Collins, during their meeting in Washington, the possibility to impose new sanctions on Russia, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States has said in a statement. Read More

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Ukraine sues Gazprom over ‘anticompetitive practices’ to retain earnings from transit of Russian gas - RT

May 07, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine sues Gazprom over ‘anticompetitive practices’ to retain earnings from transit of Russian gas - RT Warning, NATO: Why Is Russia Showing Off Its Su-27 Fighters and Supersonic Bombers? - The National Interest Online Ukraine sees 16% drop in sales of new commercial vehicles in Jan-April - UNIAN Ukraine's antigraft bureau opens case against Parliament Speaker Parubiy - UNIAN Poroshenko appoints new top military commander in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Ukraine sues Gazprom over ‘anticompetitive practices’ to retain earnings from transit of Russian gas - RT RT Ukrainian national oil and gas firm Naftogaz said it filed a complaint to the European Commission accusing Russian energy giant Gazprom of anticompetitive practices in relation to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline which bypasses Ukraine. Read More Warning, NATO: Why Is Russia Showing Off Its Su-27 Fighters and Supersonic Bombers? - The National Interest Online The National Interest Online This type of military tit-for-tat is not, in of itself, out of the ordinary; to the contrary, it characterizes the sweep of the Russia-NATO security relationship of the past decade. Read More Ukraine sees 16% drop in sales of new commercial vehicles in Jan-April - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine sees 16% drop in sales of new commercial vehicles in Jan-AprilSome 858 new commercial vehicles were sold in April 2019 alone. REUTERS Sales of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine in January-April 2019 dropped by 16% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 3,398 vehicles.Some 858 new commercial vehicles were sold in April 2019 alone, which was 28% down y-o-y, the Ukrautoprom association's press service said. Read More Ukraine's antigraft bureau opens case against Parliament Speaker Parubiy - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine's antigraft bureau opens case against Parliament Speaker ParubiyA pretrial investigation is underway. Photo from UNIAN The National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has opened proceedings against Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, Andriy Parubiy on suspicion of misuse of budget funds.Read alsoKyiv court orders anti-corruption probe of Rada Speaker Parubiy Read More Poroshenko appoints new top military commander in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Lieutenant General Oleksandr Syrskiy to be the new leader of the Joint Forces Operation in the Donbas, replacing the previous commander, Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev, after a year of the latter’s service on the post. Read More

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Reuters: Ukraine says Russian gas transit rises 6 percent in Jan-April | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post

May 06, 2019

Russia Ukraine Reuters: Ukraine says Russian gas transit rises 6 percent in Jan-April | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Poroshenko: More than 2970 Ukrainian servicemen killed amid Russian aggression in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post 2,973 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas since start of Russian aggression - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Euronews: What we know about flight SU1492? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Ukrainian president-elect expresses condolences over Russian plane crash - TASS Reuters: Ukraine says Russian gas transit rises 6 percent in Jan-April | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Reuters: Ukraine says Russian gas transit rises 6 percent in Jan-April Published May 6 at 4:47 pm A worker walks through UGV pipe infrastructure at Yablunivsky oil and gas condensate field on Oct, 26, 2018 in Poltava Oblast. Read More Poroshenko: More than 2970 Ukrainian servicemen killed amid Russian aggression in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Some 2,973 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed amid Russian aggression in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. “In total, during Russia’s aggression in Donbas, we’ve lost 2,973 Ukrainian soldiers,” he said at a meeting with servicemen of the Joint Forces Operation in Donetsk region on Monday. Read More 2,973 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas since start of Russian aggression - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news A total of 2,973 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during the Russian aggression against Ukraine in Donbas. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stated this while speaking to the servicemen of the Joint Forces on the occasion of Infantry Day during his working visit to Donetsk region, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Read More Euronews: What we know about flight SU1492? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Euronews: What we know about flight SU1492? Published May 6 at 3:13 pm An Airbus A320 belonging to the Russian company Aeroflot prepares to take off on Sept. 26, 2017 from Toulouse-Blagnac airport in southwestern France. Read More Ukrainian president-elect expresses condolences over Russian plane crash - TASS TASS KIEV, May 6. /TASS/. Ukrainian President-Elect Vladimir Zelensky has expressed condolences over the Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crash at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. "Human life is the supreme value. Read More

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