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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources]

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:39 am
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"We are disappointed by the lack of progress on Minsk II" - Tillerson.  Trump sanctions against Russia: "Nothing is done until the problems are resolved Ukraine and Syria".  US and Ukraine intend to begin talks on cyber security.  Tillerson in Kiev: Russia must make the first steps towards a ceasefire in the Donbas.  The journalist described the successful special operation SBU detained on the second Zakharchenko.  "I hope that Mr. Tillerson determination will finally compel Moscow to reach a sustainable peaceful solution,".  US expected of Ukraine effective anti-corruption reforms.  US promises to prevent the construction of the "Nord Stream-2".  "We believe, in particular, agreements that have Ukraine and the United States under the Budapest Memorandum,".  Trump told Putin about the ultimatum through Ukraine on sanctions.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Trump told Putin about the ultimatum through Ukraine on sanctions

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:41 am
Trump told Putin about the ultimatum through Ukraine on sanctions

US President Donald Trump said that during his meeting with the head of Russia Vladimir Putin the issue of sanctions on Russia not discussed.

He said on his page on Twitter.

"Sanctions were not discussed during my meeting with President Putin. Nothing will be done as long as Ukrainian and Syrian problem will not be solved", - said the US president.



Recall Trump and Putin meeting on 7 July at the summit of "Big Twenty" in Hamburg. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the results of the meeting said that the presidents of the US and Russia agreed to establish a "channel" in Ukraine.

As reported by "Apostrophe", during a meeting with Trump Putin raised his voice when talking about American interference in Russia's presidential election.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty In Odesa, NATO aircraft landed, published photos

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:45 am
In Odesa, NATO aircraft landed, published photos

Yesterday, July 8, Odessa airport landed two military transport planes to NATO. The aircraft did land in preparation for the international military exercises "Sea Breeze 2017" to be held from 10 to 23 July.

It is reported "Dumskaya."

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The American C-130J Hercules yesterday afternoon brought a special forces unit, divers, and about 18:30 Hungarian C-17A Globemaster III on board brought a few dozen other NATO troops and equipment training.

It is noted that the discharge did not take long and about two hours later, two transport planes left Odessa airport.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty "I hope that Mr. Tillerson determination will finally compel Moscow to reach a sustainable peaceful solution," - Poroshenko

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:47 am
"I hope that Mr. Tillerson determination will finally compel Moscow to reach a sustainable peaceful solution," - Poroshenko

Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Censor_news_big3

The visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Ukraine - a strong signal of support in the fight against the aggression of Russia.

As Tsenzor.NET, told the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Facebook .

"The visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Kyiv - a strong signal of support Ukrainian state, our common struggle for democratic values and freedom.

I hope that the rich experience of the newly appointed Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Walker and determination of Mr. Tillerson allow finally compel Moscow to reach steady peaceful solution"- he writes.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Tillerson intervention of Russia in US elections: "This issue is an obstacle to improved relations"

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:50 am
Tillerson intervention of Russia in US elections: "This issue is an obstacle to improved relations"

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US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the issue of Russian intervention in the US presidential election in 2016.

As Tsenzor.NET referring to "Interfax-Ukraine", told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in Kiev.

"As the meeting Trump and Putin, concerning elections 2016: President Trump raised this issue with President Putin. And frankly, we do not expect another answer besides that received", - he said.

"This issue is also an obstacle to improving relations between the US and Russia, and this issue must be addressed so that we can assure the American people that he would not we interfering in elections or from Russia or from any other" - said Tillerson.

Recall that in early January, Office of the Director of National Intelligence published the unclassified part of the report on cyber attacks by Russian hackers of the presidential elections in the US. The document states that campaign to help Republicans Donald Trump win the US presidential election ordered the Russian President Vladimir Putin. US intelligence believes that "with high probability" Putin "ordered hackers to influence the elections."

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty US expected of Ukraine effective anti-corruption reforms - Tillerson

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:52 am
US expected of Ukraine effective anti-corruption reforms - Tillerson

The United States expects that Ukraine will conduct important reforms to combat corruption.

As Tsenzor.NET referring to "Interfax-Ukraine" , Said President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a joint briefing with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Sunday.

"We discussed the importance of implementing anti-corruption reforms, because it is also a very important element to attract foreign investment that will create jobs for the citizens of Ukraine and to develop the economy" - said Tillerson

said US Secretary of State, of particular importance in this context is the selection of Supreme court and creating the Anti-Corruption court in Ukraine.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty US promises to prevent the construction of the "Nord Stream-2" - Poroshenko

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:54 am
US promises to prevent the construction of the "Nord Stream-2" - Poroshenko

US assured Ukraine that will not allow the pipeline "Nord Stream 2" bypassing Ukraine.

As Tsenzor.NET referring to "Interfax-Ukraine" , Said President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a joint briefing with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Kiev.

"I would like to thank our cooperation in the energy sector. Its very important area is to prevent the construction of a political project" North Stream-2 ". I am very grateful to our American partners for a clear, effective and consistent position to prevent the implementation of this deeply politicized project", - he said.

Recall that the project "North Stream-2" (Nord Stream 2) provides for the construction of two pipeline strings off the coast of Russia through the Baltic Sea to Germany. The total planned capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year. To implement the project created by Nord Stream 2 AF, which in April signed an agreement on financing the project from Shell (UK - Netherlands), OMV (Austria), Engie (France), Uniper and Wintershall (both - Germany). In June partners enlisted the accounts of over a billion euros. It is expected that the pipeline will earn in 2019.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Journalist described the successful special operation SBU detained on the second to Zakharchenko

Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:59 am
Journalist described the successful special operation SBU detained on the second to Zakharchenko

Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko described the special operation Intelligence Security Service of Ukraine detained by the instructor militants 'DNR's military Valery Hratova.

Details of the operation journalist posted on his page on Facebook.

Colonel GVA Hratov hiding under the name Voitenko. He was detained while trying to cross the border with the unrecognized Transnistria. In the unrecognized republic he intended to take the post of Deputy Minister of State Security."

When a Russian officer had a fake passport Ukraine.

"Hratov Valery. Russian paratrooper officer for seven years guarding the Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov. With the end of" the era Smirnov "his chief bodyguard moved to Moscow. And on the fourteenth, Colonel Hratov the Donbas. Officially - Chairman of the" Union of Donbass paratroopers "- said Tsaplienko details about the arrest. He said that was a close friend Hratov fighters" Givi "," Motorola "and the leader of the so-called" DNR "Alexander Zakharchenko.

Tsaplienko also published information about the active participation of an officer in the war in Donbas.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Tillerson in Kiev: Russia must make the first steps towards a ceasefire in the Donbas

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:08 am
Tillerson in Kiev: Russia must make the first steps towards a ceasefire in the Donbas

Russia has to take the first steps towards de-escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, including the ceasefire in Donbas.

This was stated by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a joint conference with the President of Petro Poroshenko.

"In my discussions with the leadership of Russia, I repeatedly said that it is necessary that Russia made the first step towards de-escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, including the ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons in order to allow OSCE observers to perform their duties" - said Tillerson.

"We are disappointed by the lack of progress in the Minsk agreements. That is why we have appointed a special representative (Walker - Ed.) In order to draw attention to this issue", - said Tillerson.

He also called on Russia to influence the Donbas militants for a ceasefire.

Recall, on Sunday, July 9, US Secretary Rex Tillerson arrived in Kyiv on a working visit for talks with President Petro Poroshenko.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty "We are disappointed by the lack of progress on Minsk II" - Tillerson

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:18 am
"We are disappointed by the lack of progress on Minsk II" - Tillerson

Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Censor_news_big3

US disappointed by the lack of progress in negotiations to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine.

As Tsenzor.NET referring to "Interfax-Ukraine" , it said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in Kiev.

"We are disappointed by the lack of progress in the Minsk agreements. That is why we have appointed a special representative to draw this matter to the attention. Now, will someone to coordinate this activity with the" Norman Quartet "and the government of Russia to see if we can accelerate progress," - said he.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty "We believe, in particular, agreements that have Ukraine and the United States under the Budapest Memorandum," - Poroshenko - Tillerson

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:20 am
"We believe, in particular, agreements that have Ukraine and the United States under the Budapest Memorandum," - Poroshenko - Tillerson

Ukraine expects the US obligations under the Budapest memorandum.

As Tsenzor.NET with reference to UNIAN , it was declared President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a joint briefing with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Kiev.

"We got the support of the Minsk process," - he said. "We fully coordinate our actions in the Minsk process and very welcome active US role in providing and supporting Ukraine in recovering our sovereignty, territorial integrity," - he said.

"One of the key outcomes of today's meeting - that we agreed on interaction algorithm work together to further advance the Minsk process," - said Poroshenko.


"We believe, in particular, agreements that have Ukraine and the United States under the Budapest Memorandum, and confident that we will be able to count on our American partners," - he added.

Read more: Poroshenko: Ministers of Defense and Energy visit Ukraine in August and September

Recall the Budapest Memorandum (official name - Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty nerospovsyudzhennya nuclear weapons) was signed on 5 December 1994 Ukraine leaders US, Russia and Britain.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Trump sanctions against Russia: "Nothing is done until the problems are resolved Ukraine and Syria"

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:21 am
Trump sanctions against Russia: "Nothing is done until the problems are resolved Ukraine and Syria"

US does not abolish sanctions against Russia until they are solved problems in Ukraine and Syria.

As Tsenzor.NET, it said US President Donald Trump on Twitter .

"In my meeting with President Putin sanctions were not discussed. Nothing is done until the problems are resolved Ukraine and Syria," - he writes.

Earlier, the US imposed sanctions in respect of 38 individuals and organizations from Russia due to the aggression of Russia against Ukraine.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty US and Ukraine intend to begin talks on cyber security - Tillerson

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:24 am
US and Ukraine intend to begin talks on cyber security - Tillerson

US and Ukraine agreed to intensify cooperation in cybersecurity.

As Tsenzor.NET referring to "Interfax-Ukraine", it said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in Kiev.

"What we have agreed on the issue kiberfrontu, it's about how to develop a format in which we could begin negotiations on how to solve extremely complex issues cyber threats, cyber security, kiberzlamuvan . This is a threat to all of us global. Russia is the only country with which we need to start talking like the international community to respond to these threats,"- he said.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russia should be deprived of the right of veto in the UN Security Council on issues relating to Ukraine - Paruby

Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:56 pm
Russia should be deprived of the right of veto in the UN Security Council on issues relating to Ukraine - Paruby

Parliament Speaker Andrew Paruby favor of depriving a delegation of UN Security Council veto in matters relating to Ukraine.

He said this at a meeting with Secretary General of the Huterreshem Antonio, said Tsenzor.NET referring to "112 Ukraine".

"Now, when the Russian aggression continues, Ukraine badly needs a strong and effective United Nations. I am convinced that Russia should be deprived of the right of veto on issues concerning Ukraine", - said the head of the parliament.

We remind Guterres is visiting Kiev, which has met with the president and prime minister.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty President of Moldova Dodon opposed joining NATO

Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:32 pm
President of Moldova Dodon opposed joining NATO

President of Moldova Igor Dodon said that opposes NATO membership.

He said in an interview for the program "main stream" on TV channel "Belarus 1".

"Anti-Russian, we just will not, anti-Western - you know, some positions will" - said the president of Moldova.

He said the disagreement on the issue of LGBT tolerance.

"They (Western countries) insist on these gay pride gay pride marches ... it will not work. We Christians, in our country 98 percent (of the population) Orthodox, is one of the highest levels of orthodoxy in all countries", - said Dodon.

Recall that in May, the President of Moldova opposed the march in support of the LGBT community. He was the only foreign leaders who attended the parade in Moscow on May 9.

Before being elected president, he promised that if his reign relations with the EU will not spoil.

We also know that he thinks the Russian Crimea.

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Trump and Putin: "Reset" or final break-up?

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:15 pm
Trump and Putin: "Reset" or final break-up?

On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg July 7, a meeting of the presidents of the United States and Russia has been announced. While the Kremlin is struggling to present the talks as a landmark event, Trump has already sent quite an unpleasant signal to Putin in his appeal to cease Russia’s “destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere."

On the eve of the visit of the U.S. and Russian leaders to Hamburg, where the first meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is scheduled, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that it would be held in the format of a separate conversation - a "full sitting meeting" is planned, rather than a brief contact. According to the Kremlin, the agenda will include the fight against international terrorism, the issues of Syria and Ukraine, as well as disarmament. UNIAN has asked Russian, Ukrainian, and Western experts whether such a "truncated summit" can contribute to the Donbas settlement and whether a "grand deal" between Washington and Moscow is possible.

Different interests and dangerous rapprochement

Despite Putin's administration bravado in their attempts to represent the upcoming meeting as the one at the "peer to peer" level, it works, perhaps, only on Russian information consumers. On the one hand, the very fact of a full-fledged bilateral meeting, where delegations will be sitting before each other, is already deemed as a kind of symbolic victory for Putin. On the other hand, this is also Donald Trump’s personal victory over the U.S. Congress and over the majority of members of his own Cabinet who have recommended that the U.S. president confine himself to some brief hallway meeting, as Obama had with Putin the latest time the leaders of the two powers met in person. "Trump again and again shows his longing to Putin, which can’t be explained rationally, and a desire to somehow meet half-way with him," said Andrei Piontkovsky, a Russian publicist, adding that in terms of content, Trump will fail to continue this line of concessions.

This is due, in particular, the discrepancy between Trump’s personal aspirations and those of the American political elite. "He understands that refusal from sanctions imposed late last year by Obama when the latter drove Russian diplomats (read “intelligence operatives”) from the two mansions in Maryland and New York, or some serious "deals" on Syria and Ukraine in the current political atmosphere that prevails in Washington are simply impossible and will constitute a political suicide for him," the expert says.

Indeed, the political elites of both countries understand and recognize the fact that despite Trump's weird attraction to Putin, the strategic interests of the U.S. and Russia just do not coincide, while it is even difficult to reach compromise on some issues where common interests exist.

Lilia Shevtsova, a Russian political scientist and Doctor of Historical Sciences, shares this opinion. According to her, Trump and Putin will try to go beyond the symbolism of their meeting and pretend they are starting a new chapter in bilateral relations.

Everything is quite simple with Putin. Moscow's intentions and goals are clear: to get out of isolation and resume "bipolarity," because relations with the U.S. are the base of Russia’s foreign policy and confirmation of its "status." But no one dares say for sure what exactly Trump is trying to achieve. "What’s the model of his ‘deal’? Unless something unimaginable happens, they both can say that they have come to an understanding. But predicting Trump’s behavior is always in vain. His is the man driven by impulses and wild ignorance in foreign policy," Shevtsova argues.

According to her, Putin is much more experienced and skillful than Trump, and can even impose on him the course of discussion of some issues to which Trump's team will not be ready (although there are plenty of levers to get the U.S. president back on the right track). "Therefore, any attempt to "normalize relations," which both presidents seek, will soon bring to the surface a deep gap in interests," the expert stresses. Moreover, in her opinion, it may so happen that Putin and Trump during their actual meeting "will not like each other": "It is possible and even most likely to be the case..."

In this regard, the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin cannot become a turning point in the relations between the two states, or change the logic of these relations. Moreover, it is unlikely that the two leaders will raise a number of issues sensitive for both, in particular, the one of the Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.........................

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Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 9 July. [Ukrainian sources] Empty EU energy groups criticise US sanctions threats to Nord Stream pipeline

Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:29 pm
EU energy groups criticize US sanctions threats to Nord Stream pipeline

Interference to highly politicized Gazprom project described as ‘unacceptable’

European energy companies have demanded the US abandon an “unacceptable” threat of sanctions against a proposed Russian gas pipeline to Europe that has become one of the EU’s biggest corporate and political battlegrounds. 

Isabelle Kocher, chief executive of the French utility Engie, told the Financial Times that she hoped EU leaders had used the just concluded G20 summit in Hamburg to “say to the US government and president the extent to which this idea is incomprehensible”. 

Engie, Britain’s Royal Dutch Shell, Austria’s OMV and German companies Uniper and Wintershall have agreed to fund half the cost of the €9.5bn Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built by Gazprom between Russia and Germany. Supporters say the project is critical to safeguarding future gas supplies to the EU. 

However, the project was thrown into uncertainty last month after the US Senate voted to include the pipeline in new sanctions against Moscow, in a move that some European officials said was an attempt to promote US liquefied natural gas exports to Europe by limiting Russian supplies. 

“The principle of American sanctions [being levied] on a project that is not in the US, that does not involve US actors, that is not in dollars — the Europeans are right to mobilise on this subject,” said Ms Kocher. “It is an interference in the affairs of European countries that is unacceptable.” 

The Senate bill still needs the support of the House of Representatives. The proposed opposition to Nord Stream 2 would align the US with some eastern European states opposed to the pipeline. These states say it will increase energy reliance on Russia and be used by the Kremlin as a political tool to hurt Ukraine, which hosts existing gas pipelines between the country and the EU......................

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