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      Defense Ministry introduces new Ukrainian-made light machine gun
      May18

      Defense Ministry introduces new Ukrainian-made light machine gun

      The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has put a new domestically produced light machine gun (LMG) into service of Ukraine`s Armed Forces, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”A Mayak KM-7.62 LMG has been put into service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, since the beginning of the year five new models of weapons and military hardware have been...

      Poroshenko: Deportation of Crimean Tatars – shared pain
      May18

      Poroshenko: Deportation of Crimean Tatars – shared pain

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the forcible deportation of the Crimean Tatars from Crimea under Joseph Stalin`s rule is a shared pain.”On May 18, 1944, a criminal eviction of the Crimean Tatars from Crimea began. We share this pain,” Poroshenko wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.On May 18, Ukraine commemorates victims of the genocide of the...

      Ten Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
      May18

      Ten Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day

      No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but 10 were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Over the last day, we haven`t lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but 10...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.26 to dollar on interbank market
      May18

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.26 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Wednesday strengthened to UAH 25.23/25.26 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.4160/28.4450, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      Hackers` #opMay18 operation: Aksyonov ”deplores” Crimea deportation, ”thanks” Jamala
      May18

      Hackers` #opMay18 operation: Aksyonov ”deplores” Crimea deportation, ”thanks” Jamala

      An alliance of hacker groups ?#?FalconcFlame and ?#?Trinity has hacked one of the websites of Crimea`s de-facto government, having launched an operation dubbed #opMay18 to commemorate the forced deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 and celebrate Jamala`s victory at the Eurovision song contest in 2016, according to the InformNapalm Ukraine...

      Ukraine liquidates its State Penitentiary Service amid reform
      May18

      Ukraine liquidates its State Penitentiary Service amid reform

      Ukraine`s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the reform of the State Penitentiary Service, according to an UNIAN correspondent.The concept of the reform was presented by First Deputy Minister of Justice Natalia Sevostianova at a government meeting on Wednesday.In particular, two Cabinet resolutions were passed in line with the reform: a resolution...

      Trump: Putin`s good things about me won`t help him in negotiation
      May18

      Trump: Putin`s good things about me won`t help him in negotiation

      Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin`s good things about him will not help him in a negotiation.Commenting on Russian presence in Ukraine, Trump said: ”I don`t like it. I don`t like it at all,” as reported by Reuters.”Putin made very nice statements about me. Very...

      Yanukovych cannot be extradited as Interpol deletes red notice – lawyers
      May18

      Yanukovych cannot be extradited as Interpol deletes red notice – lawyers

      Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych`s lawyers claim that their client cannot be extradited to Ukraine, as there are no Interpol Red Notices for him, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”Regarding the official extradition procedure… As of today, there is no official procedural possibility of, let`s say, the extradition of Yanukovych...

      Ukraine, U.S. to sign agreement on customs interaction
      May18

      Ukraine, U.S. to sign agreement on customs interaction

      Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk announces that Ukraine and the United States plan to sign an agreement on mutual assistance in the customs sphere on May 23 during Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Gil Kerlikowske`s visit to Ukraine.”I`ve just endorsed a draft agreement between the governments of Ukraine and the...

      EU says ban on commemoration of Crimean Tatars` tragedy unacceptable
      May18

      EU says ban on commemoration of Crimean Tatars` tragedy unacceptable

      The Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine says that a prohibition against peaceful, independent public commemorations of the Crimean Tatars` historical tragedy when more than 240,000 people were deported from Crimea under Joseph Stalin`s rule is not acceptable.”Today, 72 years on from the forcible deportation of the Crimean Tatars from...