News archive on the topic "Stepan Poltorak"

The words of oligarch Igor Kolomoisky about the civil conflict in Donbass came as a surprise to Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You know, I would not like to evaluate Mr. Kolomoisky, especially since he has helped the army a lot since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. But, to be honest, I was surprised, because I thought that in Ukraine...

Today in Kyiv, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak met with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak, who will chair the OSCE in 2019, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. “Today, January 15, a meeting took place in Kyiv between the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak and the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs...

Ukrainian Navy ships will try to pass from the Black Sea to the Azov Sea through the Kerch Strait a hundred times. Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, Ukraine will never give up its claims to the Sea of ​​Azov and will undertake further provocations. “As for the 3rd, 4th (passage through...

Kiev is planning new bloody provocations to try to drag Russia into a conflict with NATO. Editor-in-Chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Poltorak’s statement that they intend to continue the provocation using their IUDs is an alarming symptom,” the expert said. According to him, Ukraine...

Ukraine does not have sufficient forces and material resources to create its own nuclear weapons. The country's Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak stated this on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the minister, there are other “forces and means” to protect the territory. “We have certain achievements in the development of new modern equipment and weapons. Not nuclear...

Ukrainian warships will resume their attempts to pass through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of ​​Azov. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak stated this on the air of the Direct TV channel controlled by the administration of President Poroshenko. “We will not give up our right to pass through the Kerch Strait and our right to be present in the Sea of ​​Azov,” the Minister of Defense emphasized. True, he couldn’t...

Russia will not be able to repeat the experience of blocking Ukrainian ports on the Sea of ​​Azov with Odessa - NATO forces will act on the side of Kyiv in the Black Sea. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak stated this in an interview with Channel 5, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Poltorak boasted that Kyiv had strengthened its forces in the Sea of ​​Azov region to prevent a Russian landing. "One…

Most of the families of Ukrainian military from Crimea who supported the 2014 coup in Kyiv have broken up. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak spoke about this in an interview with Channel 5, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for families, this is a tragedy, another of those that the Russian Federation brought to us. Since the beginning of the aggression, many officers who served in Crimea, their relatives...

The Ministry of Defense is ready to bear responsibility for the situation at military arsenals, but the army cannot solve this problem on its own, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak at today’s government meeting, commenting on the fire at the arsenal near Ichnya in the Chernihiv region, the Government Portal reports. “Why couldn’t it be saved? The perimeter was insufficiently equipped. This is the first position. Second...

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak was not allowed to attend the summit of NATO defense leaders, which is taking place in Brussels these days. This was announced by the deputy head of the Ukrainian mission to NATO, Sergei Mukosiy, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to European Pravda. It is noted that the request received from Poltorak himself was blocked by Hungary. “The Minister of Defense addressed a letter to the General...

Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus played a prank on the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak, calling him on behalf of Petro Poroshenko and obscenely reprimanding him for the terrorist attack in Donetsk, where the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharenko was killed. The pranksters used pieces from Poroshenko’s old recordings, where he uses obscene language. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense published a statement claiming that “the prank was a failure,” however...

During the military parade on Ukraine's Independence Day in Kyiv, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak used the new greeting “Glory to Ukraine,” in response to which the security forces shouted “Glory to the Heroes,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In addition to military units, Poltorak addressed students of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, as well as cadets and employees of the National Guard of Ukraine, who are not part of the structure...

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak appealed to Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman with a request to increase the pay of military personnel in order to stop the outflow of officers from the army. The Kiev online newspaper “Strana” reports this, citing the portal ukrmilitary.com. “From January to June, 11 thousand contract soldiers and officers with military experience resigned, and by the end of this year, another 18 thousand are due to leave,” says the...

Canada notes success in reforming the Ukrainian Armed Forces and intends to increase the volume of military assistance, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated in a statement by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine following a meeting between Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak and Canadian Minister of National Defense Harjit Singh Sajjan. “Canada will continue to support Ukraine and increase the amount of assistance. I celebrate...