Section: News & Summaries

      Yanukovych to hold presser Nov 25 following questioning via video conference
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      Yanukovych to hold presser Nov 25 following questioning via video conference

      Russian state-owned news agency TASS has announced a press conference of fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych to be held in Rostov-on-Don November 25. According to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia, the press conference is scheduled for 19:00 Moscow time on Friday. ”A press conference of the fourth president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, will be...

      Ukraine exports over 17 mln tonnes of grain
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      Ukraine exports over 17 mln tonnes of grain

      Ukrainian agrarians from the beginning of 2016-2017 marketing year (July 2016 – June 2017) have already exported more than 17 million tonnes of grain, according to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. In particular, 9.6 million tonnes of wheat, 3.4 million tonnes of corn and about 4 million tonnes of barley were...

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 48 times in last day, used mortars, grenade launchers and infantry fighting vehicles
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      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 48 times in last day, used mortars, grenade launchers and infantry fighting vehicles

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 48 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades on the towns of Maryinka and...

      Ukraine, the Netherlands working on compromise document for ratification of Association deal – media
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      Ukraine, the Netherlands working on compromise document for ratification of Association deal – media

      The authorities of Ukraine and the Netherlands are developing a compromise document (an addendum to the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement), which will allow to complete the process of the deal`s ratification, the Segodnya newspaper reported citing its source in the Presidential Administration. The document will include five key provisions, the...

      Moscow attack on Ukraine Culture Center detailed
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      Moscow attack on Ukraine Culture Center detailed

      A group of hooligans November 22 attacked the cultural center of Ukraine in Moscow, burning the Ukrainian flag and leaving a provocative graffiti on the building`s wall. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it was extremely disturbed over the fact, demanding an immediate investigation into the attack and insisting that all those who had committed...

      Finland reacts to Russia`s deployment of Iskander missiles near Kaliningrad
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      Finland reacts to Russia`s deployment of Iskander missiles near Kaliningrad

      Finland`s Minster of Defense Jussi Niinisto says he sees no direct threat in the recent deployment of Russian missiles in the Baltics, according to the Associated Press. The minister noted that similar movements of missile launchers had already happened before with not so much attention drawn, AP reports. Mr Niinisto also said that a ”negative...

      UN Security Council holds Ukraine-offered meeting on anti-terrorist protection of infrastructure
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      UN Security Council holds Ukraine-offered meeting on anti-terrorist protection of infrastructure

      Ukraine initiated the UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks, which was held November 21, 2016, according to the website of Ukraine`s Mission to the UN. ”Intensification of terrorist activities of organizations such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Shabab, Al-Nusra etc....

      Putin says Ukraine`s detention of Russian servicemen is `perfidy` – media
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      Putin says Ukraine`s detention of Russian servicemen is `perfidy` – media

      Russian President Vladimir Putin says the detention of two Russian servicemen, who previously served in Ukraine`s army, on the administrative border between mainland Ukraine and occupied Crimea was an act of ”perfidy” by the Kyiv authorities, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”I believe this perfidy [detention of Russian military servicemen]...

      FSB detains former Russian military for ”spying for Ukraine” in Crimea`s Sevastopol
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      FSB detains former Russian military for ”spying for Ukraine” in Crimea`s Sevastopol

      A former serviceman of the Black Sea Fleet HQ Leonid Parkhomenko was detained in the strategic port city of Sevastopol on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. FSB argues that man has allegedly been collecting intelligence on fleet operations on the instructions of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported. ”November 22, the...

      Kyiv says further disengagement in Donbas possible after Debaltseve demilitarized
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      Kyiv says further disengagement in Donbas possible after Debaltseve demilitarized

      Representatives of Ukraine at Minsk peace talks on Donbas insist that further disengagement of forces and military hardware in the east of Ukraine is possible after the demilitarization of the militant-held town of Debaltseve, which should be under Ukraine`s control in keeping with the Minsk agreements. ”During the security subgroup`s work...