All news for 6.05.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX

The new commander of the Joint Forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Syrsky, appointed today by decree of Petro Poroshenko, “is a worthy person and a professional general, but it is not entirely clear why this personnel appointment had to be made right now, after the completion of the presidential elections,” reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This is how the adviser to the newly elected President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on security issues commented on the appointment of the new JFO commander...

Current President Petro Poroshenko appointed Lieutenant General Alexander Syrsky as the new commander of the Joint Forces Operation, dismissing Sergei Naev from this position, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He reported this on his Facebook page. According to him, a year has passed since the ATO format was changed to JFO and management of the Armed Forces and other military formations and law enforcement agencies involved...

The leading Ukrainian TV channel “Inter” celebrates Victory Day most widely among all Ukrainian TV channels. This year will not be an exception, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. The head of Inter Media Group, Anna Bezlyudnaya, stated this in an interview with the publication “Strana”. “Millions of spectators are waiting for May 9 at Inter. We know about this because they are already writing to us. Projects are underway...

The panel of the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv satisfied the recuse of the presiding judge in the case of the murder of journalist and publicist Oles Buzina, Evgeniy Sidorov, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. The corresponding decision was read out by the judge himself on Monday, May 6, the Kiev publication “Strana” reports. Taking this into account, the case of Buzina’s murder is sent to the court apparatus for the formation of a new court composition. According to Buzina’s lawyer...

The disclosure by a Ukrainian parliamentarian of his vacation in Crimea is a demarche towards the Ukrainian authorities and an example for normalizing relations with the bygone peninsula. This opinion was expressed on his Facebook page by Odessa blogger and activist Vyacheslav Azarov, commenting on the information that Verkhovna Rada deputy Nestor Shufrich visited Crimea for the May holidays, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports...

In Kyiv they continue to blame all the sins of uncontrollable Ukrainian nationalists and radicals on the Russian special services. Corresponding statements were made during the Kyiv Jewish Forum by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, according to him, the Russian FSB deliberately sponsors groups of vandals who defame religious institutions and various kinds of monuments in order to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the world community. "How…

Ukrainian statesmen have never spoken out against Israel, because this is a fraternal country, for which Ukrainians worry as if they were their own. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko announced this progress of the Kyiv Jewish Forum, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Honestly, I don’t remember a single Ukrainian statesman who would allow himself to make statements of an anti-Semitic or xenophobic nature. If such...

On the eve of the May 9 holiday, the State Border Service of Ukraine released a propaganda video warning those entering from abroad about the ban on wearing the St. George ribbon, violation of which could result in a ban on entry into the country, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In the video, the man approaches the control desk and hands the State Border Guard Service employee his passport, saying “Hello” in response to the Ukrainian greeting “Good afternoon.” IN…

In the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, local authorities imposed a ban on the “Immortal Regiment” action, inviting its initiators to join the official events held on May 9 under the motto “Belarus Remembers,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Radio Liberty reports this. According to the TV channel, one of the organizers of the action, Vadim Kuzmin, said that the Vitebsk City Executive Committee “does not consider it possible” to hold a march on 9...

Former US Vice President and potential rival of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden, speaking to donors in the state of South Carolina, called current President Donald Trump a “clown,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Bloomberg reports this. “There are many nicknames I would like to give him. We could just start with a clown,” he said. Biden...