Export of oil from Russia to Ukraine banned from today, June 1 - 112 International

June 01, 2019

Russia Ukraine Export of oil from Russia to Ukraine banned from today, June 1 - 112 International RFE/RL: Blasts rock Russian explosives plant - Kyiv Post Baltic Times: Russian opposition hopes war will strop after power change in Kyiv - Kyiv Post US Envoy Volker tells Trump his impressions about Zelenskiy - Kyiv Post Key US lawmakers want to give Ukraine anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles to counter Russia - DefenseNews.com Export of oil from Russia to Ukraine banned from today, June 1 - 112 International 112 International Russian government decree banning the export of oil and oil products to Ukraine has come into force today, June 1. Export of such goods is carried out exclusively on the basis of permits issued by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Read More RFE/RL: Blasts rock Russian explosives plant - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post RFE/RL: Blasts rock Russian explosives plant Published June 1. Updated June 1 at 2:40 pm In this file photo taken on March 26, 2018 the Russian Federation flag. Photo by AFP Blasts at an explosives plant in central Russia have left 15 people injured, Russian news agencies reported, citing local health ministry officials. Read More Baltic Times: Russian opposition hopes war will strop after power change in Kyiv - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Baltic Times: Russian opposition hopes war will strop after power change in Kyiv Published June 1 at 2:57 pm Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the war zone in Donbas on May 27, 2019. Read More US Envoy Volker tells Trump his impressions about Zelenskiy - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Washington, D.C — U.S. President Donald Trump called Kurt Volker, the U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, to a White House meeting for a report on first impressions about President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, after Volker attended the new Ukrainian leader’s inauguration in Kyiv on May 20. Read More Key US lawmakers want to give Ukraine anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles to counter Russia - DefenseNews.com DefenseNews.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. could send Ukraine anti-ship and anti-aircraft weapons for Ukraine to defend against Russia if a bill from the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Democratic chairman and top Republican becomes law. Read More

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UA.TV: Detained Crimean Tatars tortured by Russians (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post

May 31, 2019

Russia Ukraine UA.TV: Detained Crimean Tatars tortured by Russians (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post New Ukraine President Hopes EU Sanctions on Russia Remain - The Moscow Times UNIAN: Ukraine may slap new sanctions for illegal archaeological excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea - Kyiv Post Russia Should Have Made 'Chernobyl' - The Moscow Times Ukraine may slap new sanctions for illegal archaeological excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea - UNIAN UA.TV: Detained Crimean Tatars tortured by Russians (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post All materials, including photographs, contained on this site are protected by copyright law and may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of Businessgroup LLC at Read More New Ukraine President Hopes EU Sanctions on Russia Remain - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he hopes that European Union sanctions on Russia will remain in place until Ukrainian territories are returned, according to a statement released on the presidential website. Read More UNIAN: Ukraine may slap new sanctions for illegal archaeological excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukraine’s Ministry for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons has initiated sanctions against 28 legal entities, scientific and museum institutions whose representatives are engaged in illegal archaeological excavations in the Russia-occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Read More Russia Should Have Made 'Chernobyl' - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times “Chernobyl,” the HBO mini-series that ends Monday in the U.S., isn’t easy to watch as someone who lived in the Soviet Union in 1986 and who has since visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Read More Ukraine may slap new sanctions for illegal archaeological excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine may slap new sanctions for illegal archaeological excavations in Russia-occupied CrimeaRussia's Culture Ministry issued more than 90 orders in 2014-2018 to green-light archaeological excavations in occupied Crimea. Read More

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Reuters: Russia rebuffs Japan's military buildup warning - Kyiv Post

May 30, 2019

Russia Ukraine Reuters: Russia rebuffs Japan's military buildup warning - Kyiv Post Nord Stream 2: The Russian oil pipeline 'salami slicing' through NATO - Sky News Volker: Ukraine to remain subject of talks between Trump and Putin - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Reuters: Transneft, Russian firms agree tainted oil compensation formula - Kyiv Post Patriarch Kirill claims Ukraine victimization - La Croix International Reuters: Russia rebuffs Japan's military buildup warning - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Reuters: Russia rebuffs Japan’s military buildup warning Published May 30 at 2:41 pm This picture taken on Oct. 11, 2018 shows tourists visiting Cape Nosappu, a point on the Nemuro peninsula, Hokkaido prefecture, as the Habomai Islands are seen in the background. Read More Nord Stream 2: The Russian oil pipeline 'salami slicing' through NATO - Sky News Sky News Huddled around a skidoo, the group of locals selling frozen fish to Gazprom employees in northern Russia makes for a forlorn picture. What were once pastures for their reindeer are now a criss-cross of pipes and the paraphernalia of big energy. Read More Volker: Ukraine to remain subject of talks between Trump and Putin - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The issue of Ukraine, including the need to release Ukrainian sailors and ships seized by Russia, remains on the agenda of US-Russia relations, including of the meeting of Trump and Putin scheduled for next month. Read More Reuters: Transneft, Russian firms agree tainted oil compensation formula - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Reuters: Transneft, Russian firms agree tainted oil compensation formula Published May 30 at 12:10 pm A logo of the Russian Transneft oil transporting joint stock company is pictured at the entrance of the management company in Moscow, on Jan. Read More Patriarch Kirill claims Ukraine victimization - La Croix International La Croix International Meeting between Russian Patriarch Kirill and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland. (Photo by Igor Palkin/Press Service of Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia)  Read More

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UA.TV: International Tribunal obliges Russia to release Ukrainian sailors (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post

May 29, 2019

Russia Ukraine UA.TV: International Tribunal obliges Russia to release Ukrainian sailors (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post Exhibition of drawings by Kremlin's Ukrainian prisoner Sushchenko opens in New York City - UNIAN 45000 Ukrainian troops participated in peacekeeping missions globally since 1992 - Kyiv Post Synchronization of Ukraine’s energy system with ENTSO-E among priority tasks - Klympush-Tsyntsadze - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukraine's Occupied Donbas Adopts Russia's Youth Militarization Policies - The Jamestown Foundation UA.TV: International Tribunal obliges Russia to release Ukrainian sailors (VIDEO) - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has made a decision obliging Russia to release the 24 Ukrainian sailors and 3 vessels, captured in the Black Sea in November last year, and allow them to return to Ukraine. Read More Exhibition of drawings by Kremlin's Ukrainian prisoner Sushchenko opens in New York City - UNIAN UNIAN Exhibition of drawings by Kremlin's Ukrainian prisoner Sushchenko opens in New York CityThe event is hosted by the Ukrainian Institute of America. Photo by Roman Tsymbaliuk An exhibition of drawings by Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, who has illegally been jailed in the Russian Federation, has opened in New York City.The event is titled "Ink, Onion Shells, and Beetroot Juice: The Art of Political Prisoner Roman Sushchenko," the Ukrainian Mission to the United States said on Twitter on May 29. Read More 45000 Ukrainian troops participated in peacekeeping missions globally since 1992 - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post As many as 45,000 Ukrainian military and civilian personnel have participated in 27 peace support operations all around the world since 1992 under the auspices of the United Nations and NATO, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Read More Synchronization of Ukraine’s energy system with ENTSO-E among priority tasks - Klympush-Tsyntsadze - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The integration of the Ukrainian energy system with the European network will enable the state to reduce to a minimum its dependence on Russia. Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze stated this at the meeting "Integration of Ukraine to ENTSO-E (the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity): Key Benefits and Challenges,” the Government portal reports. Read More Ukraine's Occupied Donbas Adopts Russia's Youth Militarization Policies - The Jamestown Foundation The Jamestown Foundation On May 9, a newly formed military-patriotic movement, Young Guard–Yunarmia, opened the Victory Day parade in Donetsk, the largest city in de facto occupied eastern Ukraine (Dan-news.info, May 9). Read More

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Russia ready for contacts with Ukraine’s parliament after elections — upper house speaker - TASS

May 28, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russia ready for contacts with Ukraine’s parliament after elections — upper house speaker - TASS Hromadske: What caused a feud in Ukraine's new independent church? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post UN tribunal rules Russia must release detained Ukrainian sailors - CNN Russia-led forces mount five attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas in past day; one Ukrainian soldier wounded – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine Ukrainian sailors detained in Egypt preparing to return home | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Russia ready for contacts with Ukraine’s parliament after elections — upper house speaker - TASS TASS MOSCOW, May 28. /TASS/. Russia is prepared to develop contacts with Ukrainian parliamentarians after the elections to the Verkhovna Rada, but without any unnecessary conditions on their part, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Valentina Matviyenko told TASS on Tuesday. Read More Hromadske: What caused a feud in Ukraine's new independent church? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Hromadske: What caused a feud in Ukraine’s new independent church? Published May 28 at 2:21 pm Filaret, the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, conducts the service of blessing the waters of the Dnipro River on Jan. Read More UN tribunal rules Russia must release detained Ukrainian sailors - CNN CNN The sailors and their three vessels were taken by the Russian navy last November. The incident marked a major escalation in tensions between the two former Soviet Republics. Ukraine said two of its small gunboats and one tugboat were attacked after entering the Kerch Strait en route to the city of Mariupol. Read More Russia-led forces mount five attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas in past day; one Ukrainian soldier wounded – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 10:10 23.05.2019 Russia-led forces mount five attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas in past day; one Ukrainian soldier wounded – JFO HQ Russia-led forces mounted five attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, Ukraine's east, in the past day; one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in action, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters has said. Read More Ukrainian sailors detained in Egypt preparing to return home | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukrainian sailors detained in Egypt preparing to return home Published May 28 at 11:46 am A worker decorates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ukraine on July 2, 2016, in Kyiv. Photo by Volodymyr Petrov Read More

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Russia halts transit of Kazakh LPG and coal to Ukraine: document - Reuters

May 27, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russia halts transit of Kazakh LPG and coal to Ukraine: document - Reuters Russia to change nothing in case of captured Ukrainian sailors despite ITLOS order - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Who are the 8 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Donetsk Oblast? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Lithuania presidential hopefuls: tone down Russia rhetoric - Associated Press Kremlin rejects UN call to release captured Ukrainian sailors - Financial Times Russia halts transit of Kazakh LPG and coal to Ukraine: document - Reuters Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kazakhstan’s state railway company has suspended liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and coal shipments to Ukraine after transit nation Russia banned such shipments from its territory, according to a document seen by Reuters. Read More Russia to change nothing in case of captured Ukrainian sailors despite ITLOS order - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The Kremlin’s stance on the possibility of release of Ukrainian sailors illegally seized by Russian officers remains the same, despite the order of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Read More Who are the 8 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Donetsk Oblast? | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post New details have emerged about the May 22 capture of eight Ukrainian military personnel by Russian-backed militants in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast. According to an earlier report by the Ukrainian army, the eight soldiers were riding in a truck when they took a wrong turn near the town of Novotroitske, some 30 kilometers southwest of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, and were arrested by Russian-backed forces. Read More Lithuania presidential hopefuls: tone down Russia rhetoric - Associated Press Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The two contestants in Lithuania’s runoff election for a new president have one thing in common: They want to maintain the strict tone toward neighboring Russia, while easing sometimes harsh rhetoric. Read More Kremlin rejects UN call to release captured Ukrainian sailors - Financial Times Financial Times Kremlin rejects UN call to release captured Ukrainian sailors Financial TimesThe Kremlin has rejected a UN tribunal's call for Russia to release 24 Ukrainian sailors detained since November last year, and said it would continue to defend ... Read More

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