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A Russian citizen with three children last night at the border asked to be granted refugee status due to persecution in Russia on religious grounds, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a message from the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine. “During border control at the Senkovka checkpoint, a woman who arrived with children born in 2005, 2007 and 2009 turned to...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg can help resolve the dispute between Kiev and Budapest, as a result of which Hungary is trying to block Ukraine’s cooperation with the Alliance, a PolitNavigatogra correspondent reports. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, Polsatnews reports. “This is a family dispute. We need to study the problem and propose a solution that will dispel all doubts. Perhaps it would be advisable...
Reports about the pushing back of the LDPR positions, which have appeared in the Ukrainian media in recent days, are a bluff that hides large losses of Ukrainians. The representative of the LPR at the Minsk negotiations, Rodion Miroshnik, stated this on Channel One, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our positions have not decreased by a meter. The corps of Donetsk and Lugansk did not retreat a single step.…
In the village of Semyanovka, Sumy region, a car hit a two-year-old boy, as a result of which the latter died on the spot, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. This was reported by the communications department of the State Directorate of National Police in the Sumy region. “The incident occurred last night in the village. Semyanovka, Konotop district. The driver of a Daewoo Lanos, who was moving towards Konotop, lost control, drove into the oncoming lane and...
Kyiv, having successfully held the Champions League final, proved that it can organize world-class events, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitaliy Klitschko, commenting on how well the city coped with hosting a major football festival, the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration reports. “Today I can say that everything went very well. Yes, we were worried, because events of a similar level in Kyiv...
Russia is threatening to close the Kerch Strait, which will block the work of the largest metallurgical plants, so Ukraine could build a canal that would connect the Azov and Black Seas. Ukrainian economist Oleg Soskin told PolitNavigator about this. “Of course, companies using the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol will suffer losses. I think that in the near future the Russians will completely block the Kerch Strait under the pretext of protecting the Kerch Bridge...
The US State Department's Special Envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, does not see any significant opposition in the European Union to helping Ukraine to “increase its ability to defend itself,” reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. He told international journalists about this in London, answering a question about alleged disagreements between the United States and the EU on the issue of providing Ukraine with American lethal weapons, in particular...
In the near future, an aggravation of the situation in the Azov Sea is very likely. Ukrainian economist Alexander Okhrimenko told PolitNavigator about this, commenting on information from the Maidan of Foreign Affairs organization, which claims that the Russian Federation stops and inspects ships going to the ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk or from there. “Problems in the Sea of Azov will continue. Ukraine filed a lawsuit over the bridge, Russia will block the passage...
The level of illumination in Crimea decreased by 26%, which may indicate an economic decline on the peninsula, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry for the so-called “occupied territories” and internally displaced persons. “In general, on the territory of the temporarily occupied peninsula, the level of illumination decreased by 26%. The most visible decrease in illumination levels can be observed for the central...
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andrey Parubiy will be on an official visit to Israel on May 29-31, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a message on the website of the Ukrainian parliament. It is reported that Parubiy will hold a meeting with Knesset Speaker Yoel Edelstein, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, head of the Israel-Ukraine parliamentary friendship group Talya Ploskov, as well as with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Besides,…
