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Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
April 24, 2018
The data he gave on the militarization of the occupied Crimea was reported by Iryna Friz, the Chairperson of the National Information Systems Security Subcommittee of the Verkhovna Rada's Committee on National Security and Defense, on her Facebook page. In particular, Russia's military personnel inÃâà...
Xinhua
April 24, 2018
KIEV, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Kiev is counting on the deployment of up to 40,000 UN peacekeeping troops in Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Tuesday in a statement. "If we are talking about keeping the peace, then, according to our calculations, the force can consist ofÃâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
April 24, 2018
When asked whether the Defense Ministry has already developed a plan for cooperation between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and peacekeepers, he said that Ukraine has vast experience in this matter, as many officers, generals and servicemen participated in peacekeeping missions, starting with theÃâà...
UNIAN
April 24, 2018
Russia amasses 32,000 troops, Iskander and S400 systems – Ukraine Defense Ministry ... Anatoly Petrenko, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine on European Integration, spoke at an international conference "Ukraine-Georgia-NATO: Modern challenges to the Security of the Black Sea Region," accordingÃâà...
TASS
April 23, 2018
Ukraine may go for a 'use of force' game plan to resolve the conflict in Donbass if this goal is set, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said in an interview with ... Poltorak said earlier that the ministry had gotten the military authorities ready to carry out missions in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Kyiv Post
April 22, 2018
... friends in Congress, has women and farming … 136 Ukraine ranks as world's 29th military power 105 Ukrainian citizenship value grows in ranking 101. The Security Service of Ukraine detained an employee of one of the strategic enterprises of the Ministry of Defense in Kyiv, who was spying for Russia.
DefenseNews.com
April 17, 2018
Russia's reduced presence in India — resulting in part from Ukrainian defense competition — has generated a vacuum that will inevitably be replaced by U.S. ... of Defense Jim Mattis emphasized the readiness of the United States to build on this cooperation, which was echoed by Indian Defence MinisterÃâà...
Kyiv Post
April 8, 2018
Robert Portman about Ukraine's achievements in pursuing a defense reform and about a bill on national security passed by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada ... the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada passed a bill on Ukraine's national security at the first reading today,” the ministry website quoted Poltorak as saying.
UNIAN
April 5, 2018
Russia's hybrid military forces shelled the Ukrainian army's positions in Donbas more than 15,000 times in 2017. Stepan Poltorak / Photo from UNIAN. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak says Russia has massed over 77,000 troops on the border with Ukraine. "On our border, it has massed 19Ãâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 28, 2018
... an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “No Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded in enemy attacks over the past day,” he said. At the same time, Hutsuliak noted that over the past day Russian-backed militants launched 32 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 30 targetedÃâà...
WSOC Charlotte
March 28, 2018
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said the Patriot system will increase security in Poland and the surrounding region in an "unprecedented way." On NATO's eastern flank, Poland is upgrading its defense systems and modernizing its military to reach the highest Western standards after Russia's 2014Ãâà...
UNIAN-Economy
March 28, 2018
Officials at Ukrainian companies dealing with repair and modernization of aviation equipment in the foreign markets complain about the increasing pressure on the part of their ... This was a result of an open lobbying of the Russian company "MiG" by Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov.
UNIAN
March 27, 2018
Press secretary of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Dmytro Hutsuliak has said the Russian occupation command in Donbas is building up the fighting ... their number by recruiting persons with a criminal record," he said at a briefing in Kyiv, citing information from Ukraine's Main Intelligence Department,Ãâà...
Kyiv Post
March 26, 2018
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov and Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman have congratulated the soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine and thanked them for their work. PoroshenkoÃâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 26, 2018
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area in eastern Ukraine over the past day. Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Spokesman for ATO issues Dmytro Hutsuliak said this at a briefing on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "Unfortunaly, oneÃâà...
News & Observer
March 26, 2018
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his nation is expelling 13 Russian diplomats, acting in sync with the U.S. and the EU nations. Poroshenko says on Facebook that Ukraine is acting in the "spirit of solidarity" with its "British partners and trans-Atlantic allies." The U.S. is kicking out 60 RussianÃâà...
Interfax-Ukraine
March 26, 2018
The Ukrainian delegation was led by the head of the Interdepartmental Commission for Ukraine's military industrial complex, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Brovchenko. Also attending were representatives of private manufacturers from the League of Defense EnterprisesÃâà...
UNIAN
March 26, 2018
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Department confirmed that Sharoiko had headed the department's media liaison office but he resigned in ... Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze told journalists, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
UNIAN
March 25, 2018
French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian visited the capital of Ukraine, confirming his country's commitment to strive for the implementation of Minsk agreements. Together with Ukrainian and German colleagues, the chief of French diplomacy will visit Donbas in the near future. While in Kyiv, heÃâà...
Kyiv Post
March 25, 2018
112.ua: Ukraine's defense ministry brings to justice those behind Shyroky Lan incident. By 112.ua. Published March 25 at 10:30 am. Dirt and mud flood ... Defense ministry of Ukraine brought to justice officials responsible for the poor conditions at Shyroky Lan firing range. Dmytro Hutsulyak, the authority's spokesman saidÃâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 24, 2018
Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Spokesman for ATO issues Dmytro Hutsuliak said this at a briefing on Saturday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "Russian-backed militants continued to violate the ceasefire regime. Two attacks on our position were defined as targeted. The Ukrainian defenders wereÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 24, 2018
Kharkiv, Ukraine - A mannequin in a Ukrainian border guard uniform and a green beret low on its forehead is tied to the side rail of a 17-metre-high watchtower, facing Russia. Strong wind rocks the structure. On the ground, border guards patrol the area along a two-metre-high green fence crowned with aÃâà...
UNIAN
March 24, 2018
"In France we understand which country is the aggressor and which country is exposed to the aggression," Le Drian said at a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said. The French official confirmed France's firm and unchanged position on supporting theÃâà...
Kyiv Post
March 24, 2018
During the meeting with Ukrainian lawmakers, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said the ministry is making every effort to create normal conditions for holding exercises at military training grounds. “Eleven improved barracks (including one for female servicemen), have already been built at theÃâà...
Citizens for Legitimate Government
March 23, 2018
Massive DDoS attack on Russia's Defense Ministry website during vote on new arms names | 22 March 2018 | Russia's Defense Ministry website suffered ... from the territory of Western Europe -- the country is established, the North American continent and Ukraine," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
RT
March 23, 2018
“Attempts to attack the website were performed from the territory of Western Europe – the country is established, the North American continent and Ukraine," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. There was a total of seven attacks during the final day of voting on Thursday, with two of the most intensive ofÃâà...
UNIAN
March 23, 2018
Poroshenko expressed gratitude for France's continued support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, as well as for its clear position regarding the non-recognition of the Russian presidential elections in the territory of the Ukrainian Crimea, according to the presidential press service.
UNIAN
March 23, 2018
The Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France will be on a working visit to Ukraine on March 22-23, according to the Ukrainian foreign ministry's ... negotiator, to "give him" Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov following the overthrow of government in Kyiv.
Atlantic Council (blog)
March 22, 2018
Ukraine remains vulnerable to threats of amphibious landings on its coast by Russian troops, naval shelling of land targets, or even a naval blockade. Inexplicably the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, which in many ways remains a Soviet-type institution, has refused to allocate funding for a real naval defenseÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
March 22, 2018
Fourth, Article 15 of the Draft Law “On National Security” will finally prevent the military from controlling the Ministry of Defense. The statute dictates that, as of January 1, 2019, the posts of minister of defense and both deputy defense ministers can only be held by civilians. Thus, when the law is finallyÃâà...
Army Recognition
March 22, 2018
Doha is interested in the Ukrainian equipment, especially anti-tank armament,” the Ukrainian Defense ministry claimed. According to the ministry, ... defense of Ukraine. Therefore, this agreement will significantly raise the defense capabilities of our country," Defense Minister of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak said.
UNIAN
March 21, 2018
Prior to that, Kondratyuk headed the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Department. ... All threats to journalists in Ukraine must be duly investigated, according to Harlem Desir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, who spoke with journalists at the National Union of Journalists ofÃâà...
UNIAN
March 21, 2018
He added that even more worrying is the reason given by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, according to which the measure is necessary in view of threats to Ukraine's territorial integrity. "This means that Kyiv regards the Hungarian national community as a threat factor, which is outrageous, and isÃâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 21, 2018
Russian-backed militants launched one attack on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk direction in the ATO area over the past day, as a ... Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Spokesman for ATO issues Dmytro Hutsuliak said this at a briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 21, 2018
... in the Ukrainian equipment, especially anti-tank armament,” reads the report. According to the ministry, this agreement provides an opportunity for Qatar to invest in Ukraine, to develop joint production of armaments, equipment and ammunition. "To jointly produce equipment, work for the defense of Qatar,Ãâà...
UNIAN
March 20, 2018
He added that even more worrying is the reason given by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, according to which the measure is necessary in view of threats to Ukraine's territorial integrity. "This means that Kyiv regards the Hungarian national community as a threat factor, which is outrageous, and isÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 19, 2018
With all Ukrainian politics being just a smokescreen for the real problems in the country, its Defense Ministry obviously decided that a smoke mixture for ... for Southern Ukraine reported that instead of buying the DS-56 smokescreen, the procurement department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry had spentÃâà...
TASS
March 4, 2018
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the ATO area (the so-called anti-terrorist operation - TASS) in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are ready to all events to implement and support ceasefire along the entire line of engagement in Ukraine's east", the press service said. Earlier on Sunday, the self-proclaimed Donetsk andÃâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 3, 2018
"Within the framework of the official visit of a delegation of the Defense Ministry of the Kingdom of Sweden to Ukraine, Defense Minister of Ukraine Army General of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak will hold a meeting with Defense Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden Peter Hultqvist on March 5," the report reads.
