Ukraine News in brief. Tuesday 29 August. [Ukrainian sources]

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
Trump evaded the question of whether he considers Russia a threat to US security.  "There will be no separate deal over the heads of Ukrainians or behind the backs of Europeans," - Volcker talks with the Russian Federation.  Through Russian-Belarusian studies, the United States sent 7 fighters to Lithuania.  United States and Finland will conduct military exercises in the Baltic at the same time as the Russian-Belarusian maneuvers "West-2017".  In Russia, they reacted to Ukraine's readiness to officially declare it an aggressor country.  "These are our people: here I am an SS man, that's where the Gestapo, Hitler, Mussolini, they are voters,".  A police woman in Moscow was detained for practicing prostitution with an official certificate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.  

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President of the United States Donald Trump evaded the question of whether he considers Russia a threat to the United States.

As informs Censor.NET , UNIAN reports with reference to Radio Liberty.

At a joint press conference in the White House with the President of Finland Sauli Niiniste Trump said that he "considers many countries as a security threat to the United States."

So he answered the question of the journalist of the Finnish broadcaster. Trump expressed the opinion that relations between the United States and Russia sooner or later will normalize.

"This is a big country, it's a nuclear power, this is a country we need to get along with, and I think that ultimately we will get along with Russia," he said.

According to Trump, Russia deeply respects Finland, "and that's good."

"I hope that one day the United States will establish a very good relationship with Russia, it will be good for peace in the world" - said Trump.

The US president called the Baltic region "a very important part" of the world and responded that the US is determined to protect its partners and allies in the Baltic.

"We are going to provide significant protection for this region," the US president noted. "We have wonderful friends there."

Trump paid tribute to Finland's efforts to strengthen its defense, praised it for buying US fighters and recalled that Finland has the largest armed forces on a small scale.

It is noted that the President of Finland made an official visit to the United States for the first time in 15 years.

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Washington supports the peace process in the "Norman format," but does not intend to become part of it or lead it.

This was stated by US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker in an interview with DW , reports Censor . "We fully support the peace process in the" Norman format. "We do not intend to become part of it or lead it," Volcker

, the United States Special Representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volcker, assures that Washington is not going to conclude a separate agreement with Russia to resolve the armed conflict on Donbass, without connecting to the process of Kiev and European countries.

"It will not happen exactly, there are no such things, and there will be no separate deal over the heads of Ukrainians or behind the backs of Europeans," Volcker said.

He said that on the eve of a meeting with Russian Presidential aide Vladislav Surkov, held last week in Minsk, he was in close contact with the representatives of Germany and France on the Ukrainian issue. "The US made it clear that we fully support the peace process in the" Norman format. "We do not intend to become part of it or lead it," Volcker assured.

The diplomat also noted that Ukraine is one of the priority areas of the international policy of the administration of the current US president, Donald Trump.

"There are many other things in bilateral relations between the US and Russia that are important ... There are international problems like Syria and North Korea, they are all important, but Ukraine is the main one," Volcker said. According to him, Washington will consider the policy towards Ukraine successful if its territorial integrity is restored and security for all Ukrainians is guaranteed.

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The light portable rocket complex "Corsair" of Ukrainian development was adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and has similar characteristics to the American Javelin

This is reported by the press center of the Ukroboronprom.

The Design Bureau "Luch", which developed the missile complex, has already manufactured and supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine over 50 missiles to Korsar, along with a designated number of launchers.

"Corsair" allows you to fire at a distance of 2.5 km, as in the American FGM-148 Javelin. The rocket is guided by a laser beam. In this case, the guidance is carried out at a low energy level of radiation, in order to conceal the channel of control of the weapon.

One of the main features of this complex is the dimensions, which allow it to carry and carry fire from the shoulder, without the use of additional devices.



-Recall, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexander Turchinov, in 2016, said that Ukraine could produce an analogue of Javelin rocket systems.

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In the framework of strengthening the security of the Baltic States before the military exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2017", the United States sent almost twice as many fighters to Lithuania as it was planned

This is reported by  Delfi.

So, on Tuesday, seven American F-15C Eagle Fighter aircraft landed at the airbase in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai.

They will take part in patrolling the airspace of the Baltic States in the coming months when the "West-2017" military exercises are expected to begin.

American fighters should replace the Polish contingent, which consisted of four combat aircraft.

Recall that the  military leadership of Poland is concerned about the  possibility of exacerbation through military exercises "West 2017", where Russia and Belarus will participate.

-Commander-in-Chief of the US Army in Europe Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges noted that Russian military  exercises "West 2017" in Belarus could turn out to be a "Trojan horse,"  because the Kremlin could leave imported military equipment there.

-The General Staff of the Armed Forces  prepared a set of measures  to respond to the Ukrainian Army for threats that may arise during the Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2017.

-According to NSDC secretary Oleksandr Turchinov, the real number of participants in the military exercises "West-2017" is estimated at 230-240 thousand people,  which is more than 10 times the officially declared figure.

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A representative of the National Security Council under the US President said that the United States would hold military exercises in the Baltic with Finland in September. He stressed that the maneuvers will be held near the Swedish coast simultaneously with the Russian-Belarussian exercises "West-2017".

As informs Censor.NET, about it informs "КоммерсантЪ" .

According to the President of Finland Sauli Niiniste, these military exercises are not directed against anyone.

"I must say that a couple of weeks ago I met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the media wondered why the Chinese Navy was training with the Russians in the Baltic region, Putin replied that it was not a bloc, it was not against anyone." My answer is: We are also training in the Baltic Sea with the US and Sweden, and this is not a bloc, it's not against someone, "Mr. Niniste said after talks with US President Donald Trump. He also noted that Finland welcomes the resumption of the dialogue between Russia and NATO and is ready to take steps in this direction.

In turn, Mr. Trump said that the US is ready to defend the Baltic region if the situation escalates.

Recall, Donald Trump during his visit to Poland in early July also discussed with the President of Poland Andrzej the forthcoming Belarusian-Russian exercise "West-2017". Presidents of the two countries said then that Russia's actions in Eastern Europe are destabilizing.

Earlier it was reported that after theexercisesTwo representatives of Ukraine and observers from Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Estonia will also observe the invitation of Minsk. The exercise "West-2017" will be held from September 14 to September 20, about 13 thousand military men and up to 680 military equipment will take part in them. Maneuvers are impressive scale - from the Kola direction in the Arctic zone to the territory of Belarus.

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The head of the commission of the Public Chamber (OP) of Russia on the development of public diplomacy, humanitarian cooperation and the preservation of traditional values, Elena Sutormina called "completely wild" the desire of the authorities of Ukraine to officially declare the Russian Federation an "aggressor country".

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to " RIA Novosti."

"A completely wild statement, and so accusations towards Russia are flowing by the river, but this is, of course, the transition of all reasonable borders." If at a legislative level, "I'm afraid, first of all, the situation in Ukraine itself may worsen," Sutormina said.

She wondered how the population of Ukraine, "who has many relatives, friends and relatives in Russia", will react to this, and how people will react to the fact that "for the money's sake, the authorities are, in fact, ready to start a war with their own citizens."

"It is also clear that there is no question of any long-term development of the country at all: many investors will want to invest and build economic systems in a state where the regime is struggling with its own population." I think that the answer lies on the surface. Once again prove that modern Kiev is only interested in a momentary profit, "the public figure is convinced.

Recall that the bill on the reintegration of Donbas by 99.9% is ready for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to be introduced into the Ukrainian parliament . In the new law for the first time at the legislative level will be introduced the concept of Russia, the aggressor.

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The deputy of the Russian State Duma, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, explained the prevalence of Nazi ideas in Russia by the desire of the young people to "patrol".

As reported by Censor.NET, Zhirinovsky refutes his statement in 1993 that Hitler's ideology as a whole "does not contain anything negative in itself" and does not deny that among his associates there are supporters of such an ideology.

"They are our people." "Do you understand?" The prince of Britain once wore the uniform of a German SS man.The young people want something like this to be shrouded in. Here I am an SS man, that's where the Gestapo, that's Hitler, Mussolini, these are their views, they're voters, Said Zhirinovsky.



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A police officer detained in Moscow on suspicion of prostitution is on maternity leave to take care of her child.

As informs Censor.NET with reference to Lenta.ru , about it on Monday, August 28, the agency FreeNews - Volga reported with reference to the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Saratov region.

It turned out that the 32-year-old woman works in the inter-municipal department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Balakovskoe" of the Saratov region.

"Based on the results of the audit, in case of establishing a fault, the employee will be dismissed from the Internal Affairs Directorate for committing an offense discrediting the honor and dignity of the police officer," the press service noted.

The detention of a female policeman suspected of engaging in prostitution in the center of Moscow became known earlier on August 28.

It was reported that with a native of the Saratov region of 1985, "a large number of contraceptives, means of intimacy and identification of a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia" were found.

In the course of the inspection, it turned out that the detainee was indeed an employee of law enforcement agencies.

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According to the source, modern approaches to using military force were taken into account to put together the scenario of the exercise. The scenario draws upon the experience of armed conflicts of the last few years, tactical exercises, forms and ways of using military units as deemed fit by the Belarusian and Russian armies. In view of the events unfolding in the Middle East the core of the scenario stems from a similar crisis situation, which grows into a conflict involving illegal armed groups and international separatist and terrorist organizations with outside support.

According to the scenario, the opposing forces are located within the actual borders of Belarus. The situation deteriorated because of the intentions to destabilize the state of affairs in Belarus and worsen relations in the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

As part of the scenario Belarus is intent on preventing an armed conflict and the destabilization of the regional situation while Russia provides political support, financial, military technology aid, and military assistance to Belarus in accordance with the effective legal base. The exercise is designed to prepare and deploy military forces with a view to ensuring the military security of the Union State of Belarus and Russia..................

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The Czech company refused to supply components for the production of machines required by Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), in connection with economic sanctions.

As transfers Цзензор.НЕТ , referring to the Russian edition of "Vedomosti", this was stated by an official of the Russian antimonopoly committee for the Sverdlovsk region Dmitry Shalabodov.

It is about supplying the Czech Gearspect Group with a complex of gear processing equipment worth 292 million rubles. For the JSC "Plant number 9" (the production of artillery guns, Yekaterinburg, is part of the UVZ) through OOO Prom-Oil (Perm).

Having won an open auction in June this year, Gearspect entered into a preliminary agreement of intent with Prom-Oil, guaranteeing the delivery of equipment. But on July 24, the Czech company refused to sign a contract, "referring to the tightening of economic sanctions against Russian enterprises and the failure to submit a counter-guarantee from the Czech bank in connection with this."

Shalabodov explained that the Czech enterprise refused the delivery, having learned about its scheme: the Perm company bought parts from it for machine tools from it, and later participated in bidding for the delivery of products to Uralvagonzavod.

"A letter was received from the Czech company for a Perm enterprise, saying:" We have to admit that we will not be able to fulfill our preliminary agreement because economic sanctions were imposed and our government did not recommend carrying out the delivery procedures under this contract," - said Shalabodov.

According to him, from participating in the contract of the bank guarantee (490 mln.), "last minute" refused Raiffeisenbank and other bank "Prom-Oil" in the term could not be found.

Shalabodov noted that "The plant number 9 "notified with .. verdlovskoe OFAS about what happened and did not insist on the inclusion of "Prom-Oila" in the register of unfair suppliers "We agree, this force majeure situation", - said the official

UVZ is under European sanctions since autumn 2014. European companies are prohibited from providing financing directly or indirectly to the sanctions companies.

In early August, Europe imposed sanctions against Russian companies and officials involved in the supply of Siemens turbines to the occupied Crimea. The turbines were sold to Siemens for use on the territory of Russia, the EU's decision says: the transfer of turbines to the occupied Crimea was a violation of the terms of the contract.

Companies that fall under the sanctions, were parties to the agreements: a company - the buyer turbines and is responsible for the transportation (of "Tekhnopromexport"), the owner of the turbines (JSC "Tekhnopromexport") and a company specializing in the management and control systems in power plants (ZAO "Interavtomatika" , JV "Technopromexport" and Siemens).

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The Government of Hungary, after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, decided to transfer a significant amount of budgetary funds to the needs of the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Radio Liberty .

As stated in Decree No. 1564/2017, dated Monday, August 28 - the day of Putin's visit to Hungary - the government will provide for the needs of the Hungarian Orthodox Diocese ROC 313.8 million forints (more than 1 million euros) for the purchase of the historical and architectural building 18 - the first century of the former Russian (Ukrainian) Greek-Catholic church, which now does not work - the church of St. Nicholas in the city of Tokaj.

This is not the first time that significant budgetary funds have been allocated to the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary over the past year, the Hungarian media reported.

During the previous visit to Hungary by Putin on February 2, 2017, the Hungarian Orthodox Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church received almost 2 billion forints (about 10 million US dollars) from the state treasury for the restoration of the churches of the Moscow Patriarchate - The Virgin in the capital city of Budapest and St. Trinity in the city of Miskolc.

A separate amount - 192 million forints (about 800 thousand dollars) - was provided for the Russian-Hungarian research theological programs.

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US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker sees no difference in the situation with the occupation of Russia by the Crimea and part of the Donbas.

He said this in an interview with DW, reports Censor.

"I believe that there are no differences between the occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas, but in the case of the Crimea, Russia has made claims to annexation of the territory - that is, Russia not only occupies it, but arbitrarily takes it. To accept or to recognize as legitimate.

On the other hand, the Minsk agreements concern only eastern Ukraine.If we can make progress there , We must try to achieve a Everywhere, but I do not think that progress on one issue should depend on progress in another, "the US diplomat said.

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Special representative of the US State Department Kurt Volker believes that the Russian aggression in Ukraine led to the unification of Ukrainian society.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to UNIAN.

According to the diplomat, when introducing troops, Russia hoped that it would be able to keep Ukraine in its orbit as part of the Russian sphere of influence and identity.

"But in reality their invasion and occupation created a more nationalistic, more united and more pro-Western Ukraine, which in fact did not really benefit Russia's interests, in fact, it probably hurt them" Volcker said.

He believes that it is possible that Russia will worsen the situation and that "this could turn into another frozen conflict."

"I do not think anybody wants this, in my opinion, we must work to prevent and resolve this conflict, so that Ukraine regains its territory and that the security of all citizens of Ukraine is guaranteed," Volcker added.

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New US sanctions against Russia should not lead to a "new ice age" in relations between the West and Moscow.
This was stated by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, reports Censor.NET , citing Radio Liberty .

Speaking after a meeting in Washington with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, he drew attention to possible side effects of the new US law on stricter sanctions against Russia because of its aggression against Ukraine and interference in the US presidential election in 2016.

"We do not want to completely destroy our business relations with Russia," the German minister said.

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This was reported by the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Yuriy Allerov, the press service of the National Guards.

On Tuesday, August 29, he met with US Senior Adviser on National Security Policy Koit Gargus and adviser to the NATO Communications Liaison Office in Ukraine on Security Sector Reform by Colonel Yaroslav Potoy.

"The National Guard of Ukraine continues to evolve, including through US assistance, and this year we received substantial assistance from the United States and some of this assistance is already in the ATO zone, we continue the planned reforms and become more effective, lasting and stronger," Allerov said.

In turn, Gargus noticed significant progress in reforming Ukraine's defense sector and recalled that the United States supported the sovereignty of the country and the right of Ukrainians to choose their own future.

"Today, Ukraine's defense forces have made significant progress and have become more effective and this development continues." The National Guard of Ukraine, as an important component of the defense forces, is becoming stronger every day. We were very impressed by your soldiers during military missions and we think that it is expedient to direct our efforts. For further modernization of the National Guard, "he said.

According to Gargas, the National Guard is in the right direction in the field of public procurement.

"The National Guard of Ukraine has a lot of purchases through Prozorro, which enables the people of Ukraine to see how their taxes are used," he added.

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