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European Commission gives lame excuse, commenting sanctions breach against russia
24.07.2021
The European Commission responded to a request from Radio Svoboda to comment on the fact that German filtration equipment found its way to two Crimean power plants despite EU sanctions:“The application of EU sanctions is the responsibility of EU member states, although the European Commission may initiate an investigation into their failure to comply with their obligations under EU law.”As reported, despite EU sanctions banning European companies from exporting their goods to the russian-occupied Crimea, German brand Inge GmbH has ...German filters installed at russian power plants in occupied Crimea bypassing sanctions
22.07.2021
Despite EU sanctions banning European companies from exporting their goods to the russian-occupied Crimea, German brand Inge GmbH has installed filtration equipment at two Crimean power plants, Tavria and Balaklava, radiosovobda.org reported.A Lithuanian firm, which has close ties with the top managers of russia’s state oil and gas company Rosneft and, through a number of companies, with putin’s ally in Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk, was involved. This is stated in a joint investigation of the Lithuanian National Broadcaster (LRT), the Scanner ...OSCE pressures members of Ukrainian delegation
09.07.2021
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, wants only representatives of the russian side to be present at the CADLR (certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine) political subgroup, the representative of CADLR from the Ukrainian side in TCG Sergiy Garmash said, prm.ua reported.According to him, Heidi Grau pressured the members of the Ukrainian delegation. “Unfortunately, the work of the political subgroup remains blocked. Yesterday, in ...UK calls putin’s bluff: British warship sails through waters off occupied Crimea
24.06.2021
The russian Defense Ministry said that warning shots were fired at the British air-defense destroyers Defender, while the British Defense Ministry denied this information.At the same time, the British Ministry of Defense commented on the incident with the destroyer off the coast of the occupied Crimea as follows: “No warning shots have been fired at HMS Defender. The Royal Navy ship is conducting innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law.”Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ...Canadian investors plan to set up ammunition factory in Ukraine
16.06.2021
Investors from Canada have started cooperation with state-owned Concern Ukroboronprom on the establishment of an ammunition factory in Ukraine, ukrinform reported.“We have started cooperation with partners from Canada. Currently, the economic justification for the establishment of an ammunition factory in Ukraine is being drafted at investor’s expense,” Director General of Ukroboronprom Yuri Husev said. According to him, the talks with high-tech global companies, which are also interested in deepening cooperation with Ukraine, were held in France the day before.In particular, ...Ukrainian specialists present new military drone ACE ONE
16.06.2021
The new Ukrainian military drone ACE ONE was presented at the International Specialized Exhibition “Weapons and Security – 2021” in Kyiv, ukrinform.ua reported.“We have developed a new state-of-the-art ACE ONE combat drone. There have never been such drones in Ukraine or in the world. In its class, of combat drones that can carry up to 1 ton, ACE ONE is №1. It is designed based on the latest Stealth-technology. Due to this, as well as its flat-wing shape, the drone ...China-Ukraine trade increases by 33.4% to USD 4.2bn in 1Q21
11.06.2021
China-Ukraine trade during the first quarter grew by 33.4% YoY to USD 4.2bn, the Economy Ministry press office reported.Trade Representative Taras Kachka said: “The Chinese side is interested in increasing supplies of Ukrainian soybeans, peas, barley, wheat, poultry and other products.”Ukraine’s State Consumer Service has said it is working to increase the export to China of Ukrainian chicken, flour, fish, eggs, apples, blueberries, and cherries.UEFA submits to russian propaganda, orders Ukraine to remove ‘Glory to Heroes’ line from EURO 2020 jersey
10.06.2021
A couple of days ago Ukraine unveiled a new kit for Ukraine’s football team, showing a map, including the territories occupied by russia, and two lines ‘Glory to Ukraine!’, ‘Glory to the heroes!’russia was immediately outraged and called it a “political provocation” and the “illusion of the impossible”, while trying to appeal to European football’s governing body (UEFA) to ban the new kit.At first, in a statement to bbc.com, UEFA said the “the shirt of the Ukrainian national team for ...US Republicans disagree with Nord Stream 2 sanctions waiver
03.06.2021
House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and 20 committee Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the Biden Administration’s decision to apply a US national interest waiver to forego the imposition of mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2.“The rationale provided to Congress for issuing a waiver is highly problematic. For starters, the assertion that these sanctions would “negatively impact U.S. relations with Germany, the EU, and other European allies and partners” completely ...russia continues to promote false narratives about Ukraine at UN
03.06.2021
russia held its fourth informal Arria-formula meeting since December 2020 at the UN today to once again promote a false narrative about Ukraine. The following is a joint statement by Albania, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Estonia, Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.“We regret russia’s deliberate and repeated misuse of the Arria-formula process to pervert the truth and obfuscate russia’s malign activities. As we saw today, ...Poland has restored only one of ten Ukrainian monuments destroyed by vandals since 2014
01.06.2021
Among 10 Ukrainian monuments and burial sites on Polish territory that have been subjected to at least 19 acts of vandalism since 2014, Poland has fully restored only one site, writes radiosvoboda, citing the Institute of National Remembrance.“Consequences of the vandalism act have been fully removed in the village of Pikulichi, Gmina Przemysl, Przemysl District, Podkarpackie Voivodeship — an insulting inscription plate that unknown persons had affixed to the memorial gravestone of a brotherhood grave of the UPA [Ukrainska Povstanska ...Ukraine calls on international community to recognize deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide
19.05.2021
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has called on the international community to recognize the deportation of Crimean Tatars by Stalin’s regime in 1944 as genocide, ukrinform.net reported.“I’m calling on the international community to condemn this crime and recognize deportation as what it really was – the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people,” Kuleba said.He stressed that today russia continues to suppress the Crimean Tatar people – suspends the Mejlis, ousts independent media from occupied Crimea, continues religious persecution, deprives ...
