Ukraine News in brief. Thursday 21 September. [Ukrainian sources]

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
American companies see huge potential in Ukraine - Trump.  The UN Security Council approved a reform of peacekeeping operations.  Ukraine and four countries signed a Memorandum on the prosecution of perpetrators of the MN accident17.  Meeting with Trump lasted for about an hour, discussed areas of cooperation in the field of security.  The US backed my proposal on the introduction of peacekeepers to Donbas.  United States wants to bury "North Stream 2" through sanctions - Medvedev.  Ukraine will monitor withdrawal of Russian troops from Belarus after end of Zapad-2017 exercise. "In Eastern Europe, Russia continues to compromise the sovereignty of its neighbors," - Pence. Poroshenko urges UN Security Council to deploy Blue Helmets in Donbas.

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President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that US companies are seeing tremendous potential for doing business in Ukraine.

He said this at the beginning of the meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The video of the beginning of the meeting is posted on the personal page of Trump on Facebook.

The President of the United States reacted to the words of the President of Ukraine on increasing the volume of trade between the countries.

"This is a story that is largely unknown, but I think that you will learn more about it. But companies are now coming to Ukraine very strongly. They see there huge potential", - stressed Trump.

In this regard, he urged Poroshenko to "take care" of the American companies operating in Ukraine.

On September 21, President Petro Poroshenko met with Donald Trump. The United States has supported the idea of ​​introducing peacekeepers to the Donbas.

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The UN Security Council approved a resolution that envisages reforming the mechanism for peacekeeping operations.

The relevant document was unanimously approved by the members of the Council.

It is anticipated that these operations should be conducted "more responsibly, transparently and efficiently." The document also provides for more active participation by the African Union in such missions to achieve "the highest effectiveness and effectiveness". At the moment, the United Nations "blue helmets" are predominantly in Africa and the Middle East.

The UN peacekeeping budget for 2017-2018 is $ 6.8 billion. The resolution adopted by the Security Council provides for the partial financing of African Union operations from United Nations contributions.

In turn, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called on the UN Security Council to place peacekeepers in the Donbas as soon as possible.

Poroshenko also spoke at the UN General Assembly . During the speech, he spoke about the situation in the annexed Crimea, the political prisoners held in Russia, and the war on the Donbas.

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The Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine signed a memorandum on political support for the prosecution of perpetrators of the Malaysian MH-17 flight under Netherlands law.

This was reported at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

By signing a memorandum, countries recognize that the prosecution of perpetrators in the Netherlands will be the most effective mechanism for bringing to justice the highest international standards, as they are confident in the quality, independence and impartiality of the Dutch judiciary.

The signatories will work in a joint investigative group that is conducting an investigation.

Participant of the memorandum may be other countries, whose citizens were on board the aircraft.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Marian Betsa informed that the joint investigation team agreed on a decision to institute criminal proceedings in the case of MN17 in the framework of the legal system of the Netherlands.

"A Memorandum of Understanding is another step towards developing a mechanism for prosecuting the perpetrators of a plane crash in MH-17," she wrote.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York he managed to discuss all security issues.

Tsensor.NET informs about this , citing Interfax-Ukraine.

"It is extremely important that there is a common vision of a new quality of cooperation in the security field. We have discussed in detail all the directions for expanding this cooperation, starting with cooperation with the West-Point Military Academy and ending with the US Defense Department and other institutions," Poroshenko told reporters after the meeting. with Trump on Thursday in New York.

The head of state noted that the meeting lasted about an hour and was very productive.

"We felt the true shoulder of our friend and partner, and I can say that as President, I am extremely pleased with the current level of cooperation that is unprecedented," Poroshenko said.

We remind you that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is currently on a working visit to New York to attend the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly.

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President Petro Poroshenko said that the United States fully supported the proposal for the introduction of Ukraine's peacekeeping mission in the occupied part of Donbas.

This informs Tsenzor.NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.

"The important position that the United States fully supported the proposals Ukraine, my proposals were announced in 2015 for placing in eastern Ukraine, in the occupied territory, peacekeepers from the UN Security Council mandate," - said Poroshenko reporters after meeting with US President Donald Trump on Thursday in New York.

Recall, September 20 Poroshenko, speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, said That Ukraine "need UN peacekeeping shoulder," and urged the secretary general of the organization in Ukraine to send assessment mission.

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The most "pragmatic" position on the North Stream 2 project in the United States who wants to bury this project through sanctions.

This was announced by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the basis of negotiations with his Finnish counterpart Juho Sypile, reports Tsensor. NET with reference to RIA Novosti.

"The most" pragmatic "is the position of the United States of America who wants to bury this project with any kind of legal decisions, instruments, sanctions, having a two-sided influence on the European Union," Medvedev said.

According to him, the American administration, the Congress, who make decisions, "are trying to promote their suppliers and replace the Russian Federation in this market (EU)".

Recall that the Nord Stream 2 project involves the construction of two gas pipelines from the coast of Russia across the Baltic Sea to Germany. The total throughput is planned at 55 billion cubic meters per year. Nord Stream 2 AF, which in April signed project financing agreements with Shell (UK-The Netherlands), OMV (Austria), Engie (France), Uniper and Wintershall (both - Germany), was created to implement the project. In June, the partners enlisted more than a billion euros on the company's accounts. It is planned that the pipeline will be operational in 2019.

At the end of June, the EU Council supported the proposal of the European Commission to obtain a mandate for negotiations with Russia on key issues for the operation of Nord Stream-2. Although any land gas pipeline, including the distances from Nord Stream-2, falls entirely within the scope of EU regulation, including the Third Energy Package, the maritime part of the highway, including a single point of entry, is outside the jurisdiction of the EU. As the basic principles for the negotiations, the EC sets forth the conditions for transparency of management, non-discriminatory tariff setting, "the appropriate level of non-discriminatory access of third parties," the level of differentiation between modes of transport and supply, the European regulator said.''

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On Sept. 20, the Russian Federation completed the active phase of the strategic Zapad-2017 drills with a hypothetical massive nuclear-missile strike involving all three components of the nuclear triad.
This was announced by Ukraine's NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, Censor.NET reports.

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According to him, six long-range aircraft Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 operating in the airspace of the Barents, Baltic and Norwegian seas were engaged in a hypothetical nuclear-missile attack in the last day of the exercise.

"Strategic missile troops were represented by a combat crew of the 14th Missile Division, which carried out a training-combat launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (the Arkhangelsk region) hitting targets at the Kura proving ground (the Kamchatka Peninsula). The strategic missile submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoy of Russia's Northern Fleet conducted an electronic launch of the sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile", - he said.

Moreover, according to Turchynov, an anti-ship missile firing exercise was carried out: in the water area of the Laptev Sea - by combat units of the coastal missile complexes Rubezh, and in the waters of the Barents Sea - by naval units of the Northern Fleet led by Peter the Great heavy missile cruiser and combat units of the coastal missile complex Bastion of the 536th Separate Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade.

"This massive missile and air strike of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation once again proves the aggressiveness and offensive nature of Russia's foreign and security policy, its readiness to escalate tensions with the West up to a full-scale war, and demonstrates Russia's aspiration to dominate in Europe", - Turchynov stressed adding that active measures by the Alliance and the Armed Forces of the United States to monitor Russian military activities attest to "a complete understanding by the Western military of the scale of Russia's military threat."

"After the end of the Zapad-2017 exercise, the relocation of personnel, military equipment and weapons to Russia from the proving grounds in Belarus is planned to be carried out starting from Sept. 21 this year. Ukraine and its partner states will closely monitor the withdrawal of Russian troops from Belarus and their return to places of their permanent basing", - Oleksandr Turchynov summarized.

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence wrapped Russia together with the worst state actors in the world in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 20, naming it among the countries and terror groups "who seek to undermine the sovereignty, prosperity, and security."

Censor.NET reports citing the presidential press office.

"For as President Trump observed yesterday, we are once again confronted, in his words, by 'those who threaten us with chaos, turmoil, and terror,' who seek to undermine the sovereignty, prosperity, and security, all of which the president called the 'pillars of peace.' In Eastern Europe, Russia continues to compromise the sovereignty of its neighbors as it seeks to redraw international borders by force. Radical Islamic Terrorism continues to beset nations with barbarous attacks - in Barcelona, Paris, London. In the Middle East, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism continues to flout the spirit of Iran Deal, destabilizing the region and brazenly threatening the security of sovereign nations. And as the world has seen in just the past few days, the depraved regime in North Korea is relentlessly pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles," Pence said.

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