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Iran has captured two U.S. Navy vessels and at least 10 Navy personnel, according to multiple news reports. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is tweeting about cheese. The Pentagon and the White House are apparently working to “resolve” the Iranian hostage situation, but have not released any details about what the resolution might look like. NBC News
Read moreDemand for Russian weapons abroad remains consistently high, Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of the Russian state corporation Rostec, said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite the U.S. sanctions against Rosoboronexport, which is a subsidiary of Rostec and serves as an intermediary for Russia’s arms exports and imports, the portfolio of orders for military-technical cooperation remains at $51.1 billion, Chemezov
Read moreBelarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday demanded an explanation from Moscow after Minsk arrested more than 30 allegedly Russian fighters ahead of next month’s tense presidential election. “It is necessary to immediately turn to appropriate Russian structures so that they explain what is going on,” Lukashenko said at an emergency meeting. Earlier in the day Belarus arrested a group of
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It is related to the wave of attacks by national radicals on civilians that swept through Ukraine The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe may send an additional mission to Ukraine to investigate far-right extremism after the Covid-19 pandemic is over. This was stated by an MP of Austria’s Social Democratic Party, a member of the PACE, Professor Stefan
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Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has named Roman Hovda as her first deputy, sparking outrage among judicial watchdogs who say that he was involved in the legal crackdown on protesters in Ukraine’s 2014 revolution. After Hovda’s appointment on July 29, activists pointed to multiple instances of controversial rulings by the prosecutor and people directly subordinate to him in the past. Specifically,
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Hungary supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation and, if necessary, the strengthening of sanctions against the Russian Federation, Ambassador of Hungary to Ukraine István Íjgyártó has said. “As for this conflict over the Crimean Peninsula and Donbas, Hungary is supporting the EU’s position, which is quite open and clear, and
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“When my Motherland is in danger, praying is just not enough”, Afanasiy Shkurupiy said Archbishop of Kharkiv and Poltava (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) Afanasiy Shkurupiy commented on the conditions of ceasefire in Donbas and called President Volodymyr Zelensky a traitor for imposing such conditions. under which Ukrainian troops have no right to use drones for air reconnaissance or use sniper
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Analysis by PMOI/MEK Iran, July 29, 2020—“The French have no right to place this information in the hands of the media,” said Iranian regime Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi on Monday, July 27. This vividly portrays Tehran’s deep concerns about the information of the Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 black boxes being exposed to the public. When asked by a
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Belarussian law enforcement has detained 33 mercenaries from the private Russian military contractor Wagner Group less than two weeks before the country’s presidential election, the Belarus state-run Belta news agency reported Wednesday. The surprise announcement is the latest twist in an extraordinary election campaign that has seen strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko jail his key would-be rivals ahead of the vote.
Read more29.07.2020 09:56 Ukraine expects a reduction in air service by three times by the end of the year compared to last year, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Vladyslav Kryklii has said. “The projected volume of air traffic at the end of the year is 30-35% of the volume of passenger traffic compared to last year,” Kryklii said in a comment to journalists
Read morePHOTOS29.07.2020 17:50 A new building of the National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Okhmatdyt” has six units equipped with the cutting-edge equipment. “Today is a beautiful, fantastic day for us – the opening of a fantastic building in the fantastic ‘Okhmatdyt’ hospital. Six new units have been opened. This will help save lives of Ukrainian children,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said
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According to Oleksii Reznikov, Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for The Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, Moscow spends about $5 billion a year on waging war in the Donbas. He said this in an interview with LB.ua. The Deputy Prime Minister believes that Russia has agreed to a comprehensive truce because the war has been going on for six years
Read more19% of Ukrainians believe that in general, things in Ukraine are going in the right direction, and 68% have the opposite opinion, according to the results of a survey conducted by Rating Sociological Group on July 15-20, 2020. More than 60% of respondents believe that the economic situation in Ukraine has deteriorated over the past six months, a quarter
Read moreOn July 28, the number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases in Ukraine rose by 1,022 over July 27 to 66,597, and the number of deaths rose by 21 over July 27 to 1,650; at the same time, the number of new cases rose by 11.2% and the number of new lethal cases rose by 61.5%. The National Security and Defense
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The president said several candidates were being considered for this position. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said former President Leonid Kravchuk may replace Leonid Kuchma as Ukraine’s representative to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) at the Minsk talks on Donbas. The president told journalists several candidates were being considered for this position, including Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily
Read morePresident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on the temporary introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of the People’s Republic of China who enter Ukraine for tourist purposes. According to the presidential press service’s statement on Tuesday, decree No. 295/2020 was signed “with the purpose of developing friendly relations between Ukraine and China,” as well as enhancing
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Women Are Running a Revolution Against Lukashenka’s Regime Belarus’ election authorities thought that they had got rid of the president’s strongest rivals when they barred the jailed ex-banker Viktar Babaryka and former IT park director Valery Tsapkala from the presidential race. But they made a mistake by letting Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the wife of another candidate, the jailed political vlogger Siarhei
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The channel’s founder, Konstantin Malofeev, is under sanctions over allegations of financing the war in Donbas. Google-owned YouTube video hosting blocked the account of the Russian TV channel Tsargrad on the night of July 28 without the possibility of recovery. This was reported by Google to Russia’s Interfax. The channel’s account was blocked due to violations of the law on sanctions and trade rules. The founder
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, Linas Linkevičius, Jacek Czaputowicz, and Dmytro Kuleba
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The protest near the President’s Office. Photo: Olena Makarenko/Euromaidan Press
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