Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
India expresses interest in Ukrainian long-range VHF radar
21.02.2019
A successful demonstration of a new version of the deep-upgraded VHF radar for the military attache of foreign countries ignite the interest and big export prospects, Spetstechnoexport reports.All the key radar mechanisms, apart from the antenna, are new and engineered by a Ukrainian private company. Representatives of embassies of foreign countries, who visited the demonstration, highly appreciated the new development of Ukrainian specialists. It was stated that the radar has big export prospects.The interest is confirmed, in particular, by ...Tusk: Politicians, who are ready to sell Ukraine, sell the future of the European Union
20.02.2019
There can be no Europe without just, independent and secure Ukraine, and those politicians, who are ready to sell Ukraine, sell the future of the European Union, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said at a special sitting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ukrinform reports.“When we, the Poles, started our journey into Europe, Pope John Paul II told the world: ‘There can be no just Europe without the independence of Poland marked on its map.’ Here and ...Belgian Counterintelligence Chief Suspected of Spying for russia
15.02.2019
Clement Vandenborre, counterintelligence head in Belgium’s intelligence service, has been placed under house arrest over suspicions that he might have spied for russia, writes European Views.The head of the counterintelligence department within Belgium’s General Information and Security Service (ADIV) has been temporarily removed from office for the duration of an internal investigation, according to Belgian newspaper De Morgen, which cites several sources.Vandenborre, who has been with the Belgian counterintelligence service for 40 years, has denied the accusations. He, whose office ...Sanctions have cut russia’s GDP by 6 percent
15.02.2019
Prosecuting war in eastern Ukraine and sustaining Crimea has taken an economic toll on russia, directly and through Western sanctions, writes Newsweek.Bloomberg Economics estimates sanctions have cut russia’s gross domestic product by 6 percent over the past four years. And nonmilitary russian spending in those areas may burden russian GDP by 0.3 percent per year.russian-occupied separatist areas in Georgia and Moldova also require subsidies.Ukraine can produce a new generation tank?
14.02.2019
“Nota” – the main battle tank could in the coming years become a prominent project of the Ukrainian defense industry, says Serhiy Berezutsky, an expert on armored vehicles at Science Technology Company, who once took part in the development of the tank on 5.uaThis project remains classified despite earlier plans to showcase the new machine sample at an Independence Day military parade. According to Berezutsky, Saudi Arabia has been interested in this armored vehicle for the last 10 years.The ...U.S. in UN: We will never accept anything less than the full restoration of Ukraine’s control over its territory
14.02.2019
russia’s withdrawal of its military troops from eastern Ukraine and Crimea is the only acceptable outcome and the only one to be accepted, Acting Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations, Ambassador Jonathan Cohen told a UN Security Council briefing on the situation on Ukraine convened by russia on Tuesday, Feb 12.“The United States underscores our unequivocal position on Ukraine. We do not, and will not, recognize the kremlin’s purported annexation of Crimea. We will never accept anything ...Google is bending to russia’s pressure
13.02.2019
Amid threats of being suspended in russia, Google has become embroiled in a series of disputes with the kremlin that may be causing the international technology company to bend to moscow’s pressure and adhere to its growing demands, rferl reports.On February 7, russian media reported that Google has begun to censor search results in russia after a protracted standoff with the country’s powerful communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor. One anonymous official at the agency claimed the U.S.-based company was blocking some 70 ...Ukraine’s famine film warns Europe
12.02.2019
Fading memories of 20th century horrors are leaving European society less resilient to similar evils that could lie ahead, Polish director Agnieszka Holland said at the premiere of “Mr Jones”, her film about the 1930s Ukrainian famine.Holland, who during a decades-long career has made films about the Nazi Holocaust and Communist tyranny in Eastern Europe, pointed to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union as a sign that lessons from the past were being forgotten.“I think that the experience of ...Entrepreneurs point out revival of business activity in Ukraine
12.02.2019
The representatives of leading Ukrainian and foreign companies point out the revival of business activity in Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.“The economy has been growing for 12 quarters in a row. The representatives of leading Ukrainian and foreign companies point out the revival of business activity in Ukraine. The more stable the situation in the country is, the stronger these trends are,” Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said at the 15th Dragon Capital’s Annual Ukraine Investor Conference in Kyiv, an Ukrinform ...Ukrainian invention produces drinking water from air in Dubai’s smart park
11.02.2019
Ukrainian innovative project Smart Oasis has installed a construction, which produces drinking water from the air, in the Al Mamzar Smart Park in Dubai, Ukrinform reports.“Ukrainians contributed to opening of a new smart park in Dubai. Here the water is taken from the air. The construction gives water to anybody who wants to drink,” says the video posted on Facebook page of the Public Eye project.The invention is called Smart Oasis, it works on solar energy. The Smart Oasis was developed ...Rada secures Ukraine’s course for EU, NATO in Constitution
07.02.2019
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the law introducing amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine (regarding the strategic course of the state for acquiring full-fledged membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Ukrinform reports.A total of 334 MPs voted for a respective decision, with at least 300 votes required, an Ukrinform correspondent said.President Petro Poroshenko, who initiated the adoption of such a law, delivered a speech before the vote in the Verkhovna Rada.France to oppose russian Nord Stream 2
07.02.2019
France supports the amendment of EU legislation that would complicate construction of the russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, UNIAN reports.Paris plans to support the review of the so-called gas directive during the vote in the EU, scheduled for this Friday, the European Pravda media outlet wrote with reference to Süddeutsche Zeitung.According to French authorities, they do not want to increase their dependence on russia and thus harm the interests of EU countries such as Poland and Slovakia.
