Ukraine at UN tells about religious oppression in territories temporarily occupied by Russian Federation - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

August 23, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine at UN tells about religious oppression in territories temporarily occupied by Russian Federation - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukraine cannot keep sanctions against Russia forever, Olena Zerkal says - Ukraine cannot keep sanctions against Russia, - Zerkal - 112 International Halya Coynash: No 'G8' until Russia ends occupation of Crimea - Kyiv Post UWC: G7 leaders must bring Russia to account for war against Ukraine - UNIAN A year of ups & downs for Ukraine's defense - Kyiv Post Ukraine at UN tells about religious oppression in territories temporarily occupied by Russian Federation - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The occupation authorities of the Russian Federation flagrantly violate the freedom of conscience and religion in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas, persecuting believers of all denominations except for the Moscow Patriarchate. Read More Ukraine cannot keep sanctions against Russia forever, Olena Zerkal says - Ukraine cannot keep sanctions against Russia, - Zerkal - 112 International 112 International Ukraine will not be able to keep the sanctions against Russia at the rate they are now. Olena Zerkal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs said this as quoted by Interfax-Ukraine. According to the official, however, the sanction pressure managed to suspend Russia's advance in Donbas. Read More Halya Coynash: No 'G8' until Russia ends occupation of Crimea - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: No ‘G8’ until Russia ends occupation of Crimea Published Aug. 23 at 3:00 pm Russian Navy missile launcher ship Naberezhnye Chelny sails during a parade as part of the Navy Day celebration in Sevastopol, Crimea, on July 28, 2019. Read More UWC: G7 leaders must bring Russia to account for war against Ukraine - UNIAN UNIAN UWC: G7 leaders must bring Russia to account for war against UkraineThe UWC is deeply troubled with the recent statements by French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump who expressed their support for the reinstatement of the Russian Federation in the G7. Read More A year of ups & downs for Ukraine's defense - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post As Ukraine turns 28, its defense and security sector has undergone major changes in leadership to meet the daily grind of Russia’s war. As a result of the recent defense corruption scandals and the 2019 elections, protégés of former President Petro Poroshenko lost their patron and the defense and security leadership changed almost completely. Read More

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Deutsche Welle: German foreign minister urges Russia, Ukraine to revive peace talks - Kyiv Post

August 22, 2019

Russia Ukraine Deutsche Welle: German foreign minister urges Russia, Ukraine to revive peace talks - Kyiv Post Situation around media freedom in Ukraine critical, says Russian diplomat - TASS Ukrainians divided over need for Ukraine to join NATO – poll - Interfax Ukraine Russia is reportedly preparing to return five prisoners to Ukraine - Meduza Johnson says case yet to be made for Russia to rejoin G7 - Reuters Deutsche Welle: German foreign minister urges Russia, Ukraine to revive peace talks - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Deutsche Welle: German foreign minister urges Russia, Ukraine to revive peace talks Published Aug. 22 at 3:28 pm French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas leave after their meeting with Ukrainian President in Kyiv on May 30, 2019. Read More Situation around media freedom in Ukraine critical, says Russian diplomat - TASS TASS PYATIGORSK /Stavropol Territory/, August 22. /TASS/. The situation around the freedom of speech and security of journalists in Ukraine is still critical, despite official Kiev’s statements, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Read More Ukrainians divided over need for Ukraine to join NATO – poll - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 13:23 22.08.2019 Ukrainians divided over need for Ukraine to join NATO – poll As many as 40.9% of Ukrainians believe that accession to NATO would be the best security guarantee for their country, while 35.9% see Ukraine's security in its non-aligned status, according to the results of a public opinion survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF) together with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). Read More Russia is reportedly preparing to return five prisoners to Ukraine - Meduza Meduza The wire service Interfax has reported based on conversations with an anonymous source that the Russian government is preparing to return five Ukrainian citizens who are currently held in Russian jails to their home country. Read More Johnson says case yet to be made for Russia to rejoin G7 - Reuters Reuters Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2019. Read More

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UkrInform: Exports of goods to Russia decreased about fourfold over past 6 years - Kyiv Post

August 21, 2019

Russia Ukraine UkrInform: Exports of goods to Russia decreased about fourfold over past 6 years - Kyiv Post Russia releases political prisoner Ternovsky due to end of imprisonment - 112 International Don't worry, Ukraine has Chernobyl under control - 112 International Kyiv's call to replace Normandy format rejected, - Kyiv Post Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia: Mykola Karpyuk - 112 International UkrInform: Exports of goods to Russia decreased about fourfold over past 6 years - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UkrInform: Exports of goods to Russia decreased about fourfold over past 6 years Published Aug. 21. Updated Aug. 21 at 3:22 pm A customer shops in a Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine supermarket on Nov. Read More Russia releases political prisoner Ternovsky due to end of imprisonment - 112 International 112 International Russia releases Ukrainian political prisoner Roman Ternovsky convicted for the participation in the Right Sector organization as Union of relatives of Kremlin’s political prisoner on Facebook. Read More Don't worry, Ukraine has Chernobyl under control - 112 International 112 International Tourists walk around a former preschool building near Chernobyl The words “Chernobyl” and “collapse” in the same sentence pack quite a punch. The story of the worst nuclear accident in history isn’t over yet, but there’s little reason to panic that Ukraine is dismantling the old sarcophagus covering Chernobyl’s exploded reactor. Read More Kyiv's call to replace Normandy format rejected, - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post The Normandy format will not be expanded, according to Center for Current Policy (CCP) Director Alexei Chesnakov. “I think the meeting has yielded concrete results. First of all, the unquestionable importance of the Normandy format for settling the Ukrainian conflict has been affirmed. Read More Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia: Mykola Karpyuk - 112 International 112 International Mykola Karpyuk has participated in most of the major public events in the country since 1991. He was a participant in all more or less significant events that influenced the growth of Ukraine and its national consciousness. Read More

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Russian-led forces mount two attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas since midnight - UNIAN

August 20, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russian-led forces mount two attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas since midnight - UNIAN RFE/RL: Kyiv prepares for potential Russian gas-transit cutoff - Kyiv Post Mysterious military accident none of your business, Russia tells nuclear monitoring group - ABC News Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting - Newsbook Ukraine imports 4.86 bcm of gas since year-start - UNIAN Russian-led forces mount two attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas since midnight - UNIAN UNIAN Russian-led forces mount two attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas since midnight15:29, 20 August 2019 War 2 0 There have been no casualties among the Ukrainian soldiers. Photo from UNIAN Read More RFE/RL: Kyiv prepares for potential Russian gas-transit cutoff - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukraine's Energy Challenge RFE/RL: Kyiv prepares for potential Russian gas-transit cutoff Published Aug. 20 at 3:05 pm A worker walks through UGV pipe infrastructure at Yablunivsky oil and gas condensate field on Oct, 26, 2018 in Poltava Oblast. Read More Mysterious military accident none of your business, Russia tells nuclear monitoring group - ABC News ABC News Mysterious military accident none of your business, Russia tells nuclear monitoring group Posted August 20, 2019 22:01:59 Russia's foreign ministry has told an international organisation set up to verify a ban on nuclear tests that a military testing accident in northern Russia earlier this month is none of its business and handing over radiation data is entirely voluntary. Read More Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting - Newsbook Newsbook FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at Fort Bregancon near the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, France August 19, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File PhotoFILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at Fort Bregancon near the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, France August 19, 2019. Read More Ukraine imports 4.86 bcm of gas since year-start - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine imports 4.86 bcm of gas since year-startThe agency says Swiss-registered companies have supplied the largest volumes, that is 1.7 bcm, worth $372.8 million. REUTERS Ukraine in January-June 2019 imported 4.86 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas totaling $1.06 billion, the State Statistics Service reports.Read alsoUkraine to receive gas from Romania (Scheme) Read More

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Preparing for the US-Ukraine Summit - 112 International

August 19, 2019

Russia Ukraine Preparing for the US-Ukraine Summit - 112 International Court in Ukraine arrests tanker Mriya on suspicion of delivering fuel to Sevastopol - TASS Ukraine’s petroleum-sector challenges: raising domestic output and cutting corruption - 112 International The Moscow Times: 17 countries owe Russia $27 billion - Kyiv Post Netanyahu in Ukraine to mobilise votes of Russia speakers - Middle East Monitor Preparing for the US-Ukraine Summit - 112 International 112 International Preparations are currently underway for a US-Ukraine summit in September. Therefore, it is worthwhile to propose an agenda for Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump when they and their cabinets meet. Read More Court in Ukraine arrests tanker Mriya on suspicion of delivering fuel to Sevastopol - TASS TASS KIEV, August 19. /TASS/. A court in Kherson has sustained the prosecutor’s appeal to order the arrest of the tanker Mriya, suspected of delivering fuel to Sevastopol, the press-service of the so-called prosecutor’s office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea said. Read More Ukraine’s petroleum-sector challenges: raising domestic output and cutting corruption - 112 International 112 International Volodymyr Zelenskyy inherited formidable challenges when he was elected Ukraine’s sixth president this spring, including a Kremlin-backed war with “separatists” in the east, deep-rooted corruption, and an ongoing natural gas dispute with Russia. Read More The Moscow Times: 17 countries owe Russia $27 billion - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post The Moscow Times: 17 countries owe Russia $27 billion Published Aug. 19. Updated Aug. 19 at 1:37 pm US Dollar banknotes are pictured on May 8, 2019, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo by Yelyzaveta Serhiienko/ Press office NBU Read More Netanyahu in Ukraine to mobilise votes of Russia speakers - Middle East Monitor Middle East Monitor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday arrived in Ukraine to mobilise votes of Russian-speaking immigrants who left the former Soviet Union and moved to Israel, Arab48 reported. Read More

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France 24: Russian opposition figure detained upon release from jail - Kyiv Post

August 18, 2019

Russia Ukraine France 24: Russian opposition figure detained upon release from jail - Kyiv Post Guardian: New evidence emerges of Russian role in Donbas war - Kyiv Post New video evidence of Russian tanks in Ukraine revealed - The Guardian Financial Times: Macron to tackle Putin on Ukraine crisis - Kyiv Post Razumkov about recent interview with Russian journalists: I'm ready to communicate with media, which do not harm my country - 112 International France 24: Russian opposition figure detained upon release from jail - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post France 24: Russian opposition figure detained upon release from jail Published Aug. 18 at 3:54 pm Politicians Ilya Yashin and Sergei Mitrokhin, the two of the candidates barred from running for September's elections to the Moscow city legislature, arrive for a meeting with Russia's Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova in Moscow on July 23, 2019. Read More Guardian: New evidence emerges of Russian role in Donbas war - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Guardian: New evidence emerges of Russian role in Donbas war Published Aug. 18 at 3:44 pm A Ukrainian soldier engages the enemy during a combat clash with Russian-backed militants near the town of Novoluhanske, eastern Ukraine, overnight into June 15, 2019. Read More New video evidence of Russian tanks in Ukraine revealed - The Guardian The Guardian Newly collated evidence documenting Russian military involvement in the conflict in Ukraine will be used to bolster legal claims against the Russian state by Ukrainian volunteer fighters. Read More Financial Times: Macron to tackle Putin on Ukraine crisis - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Financial Times: Macron to tackle Putin on Ukraine crisis Published Aug. 18 at 12:59 pm French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting on the second day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8, 2017. Read More Razumkov about recent interview with Russian journalists: I'm ready to communicate with media, which do not harm my country - 112 International 112 International Dmytro Razumkov, the Advisor of Zelensky Head of the party Servant of the People Dmytro Razumkov is ready to communicate with those mass media who do not harm Ukraine. He said this, commenting on his recent interview with Russian journalists, as NV reports. Read More

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