Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 10 March. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
Putin said that Russia is nowhere to be restrained.  Putin called two conditions for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia.  "The ball is now on the Russian side".  Putin's statement on "the newest weapon" is an election campaign.  Putin says he is ready to pardon the opposition leaders if they "co-operate".  Hackers stole documents from Germany's servers in relation to Ukraine, Belarus and Brexit. Britain calls on allies to boycott World Cup 2018 through poisoned violinist. Russian hackers who attacked the German Foreign Ministry stole documents on Ukraine. If Russia wants to bring Ukraine closer to Ukraine, she must leave the Donbas. US Ministry of Finance will continue to press for Russia for the occupation of Crimea. Ukraine became a post-graduate country of NATO. Putin admitted that his press secretary periodically "crap nonsense".

WEATHER:
Kyiv, Ukraine
2c / 36f HI | RealFeel️ 4c / 34f
Clear

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Russia can not be restrained in any of the spheres of human activity.

This was stated by the head of the Russian state in an interview with the American television channel NBC. The interview was published on the Kremlin website.

Responding to a commentary by journalist Megin Kelly regarding sanctions against Russia, Putin said:

"Hear, the sanctions are completely unrelated to some kind of mythical interference in the US election from Russia. Sanctions are related at all to the other - with the desire to stop Russia's development, to restrain Russia. This policy of deterring Russia has been taking place for decades, from time to time. Now they are back to her".

Putin expressed confidence that the US is also trying to contain Russia in the defense industry.

"Has something happened? No, it did not work, Russia could not be restrained and never will be able to, "- said the Russian leader.

To clarify the issue of the journalist, will the United States restrain Russia in cyberspace, Putin replied:

"I think that it is impossible to hold Russia anywhere. It must be understood. Listen, you can not restrain North Korea. What are you talking about? Why do it? "

At the same time, the president of the Russian Federation added that it was not worthwhile to "hold back one another" and said that Russia "offers to cooperate".

Recall that on March 1, during the recourse to the so-called "Federal Assembly", Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had tested a new cruise missile with a nuclear power plant. According to Putin, the new missile has an unlimited radius of action and an unpredictable flight path.

Putin said that "no one possesses such weapons."

hromadske.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian President Vladimir Putin called two conditions for Russia to use nuclear weapons in the event of an attack on the country.

He said this in an interview with an American journalist, published on the Kremlin website.

"You said that Russia will use these systems if an attack on Russia or its allies is carried out, is the nuclear attack or any one?" - asked the journalist.

"We have two responses to answer with our nuclear deterrent: an attack by using nuclear weapons on us, or an attack on the Russian Federation using conventional weapons, but in the event that there is a threat to the existence of the state," Putin said.

At the same time, he firmly responded to the question of whether the current Russian doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons corresponds.

"Absolutely accurate. Two recipe for a nuclear weapon response," the Russian president said.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

US Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker believes that the opportunity to bring peace to the east of Ukraine is now in Russian hands.

Tsensor.NET informs about this, citing Ukrinform.

"The ball is now on the Russian side. We have summarized the appropriate parameters for the peacekeeping forces that we need. We discussed the issue of their deployment, as well as geography and strengthening the mandate, and we received broad support from European partners, members of the UN Security Council. When I first met Mr Surkov in January, we discussed these proposals and are now waiting for a reciprocal reaction, "Volker said.

He stressed that at present the opportunity to bring peace to the east of Ukraine is in the hands of Russia.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

US Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker regards Putin as "nuclear weapon" solely by a campaign-presentation related to the upcoming presidential elections in Russia.

Tsensor.NET informs about this, citing Ukrinform.

Read also: Volker: After meeting with Surkov in January, Russia has heard nothing about proposals on peacekeepers in the Donbas.

"I am considering this (Putin's appeal to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, during which he showed several strategic missile defense projects that" has no analogues in the world" on March 1), mainly in the context of Putin's re-election, which is a campaign-presentation. specific issues in relations with Russia, which are of concern, including Syria, North Korea and Ukraine, including Crimea, and other bilateral military and diplomatic problems with Russia, "Volker said.

He also added that he does not believe that this video campaign will have much added value to the issues mentioned.

As you know, the presidential elections will be held on March 18.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to cooperate with the opposition

At the same time, he did not name the names of Alexei Navvalny, who has an unpaid conviction, on the basis of which he was banned from balancing with the president, or suspected of "terrorism" after the failed "revolution" 11.5.11 Vyacheslav Maltsev, who is hiding in France, but said that any person "can be pardoned."

Asked the correspondent of NBC Kelly Putin answered the second time. She asked whether the president is ready to pardon opposition leader Navalny to allow him to run for president after lifting the conviction.

"I would like to cooperate with these people and are ready to do this to try to make our country a stronger, more competitive, more efficient country, self-sufficient," Putin said.

On the second question about the possibility of pardon, Bulk Putin replied:

"Any person can be abused if he deserves it".



espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

The hackers who attacked the servers of the German government have stolen the EU-UK Consultative Protocol on Brexit, as well as documents on EU-Ukraine negotiations with Belarus.

This is reported by the German edition of Spiegel Online, informs Tsensor.NET with a link to the German wave.

According to the publication, hackers stole six documents. It is specified that Brexit was the first to be abducted, while an attack on servers with documents related to Ukraine and Belarus was already under the control of law enforcement officers who deliberately did not block access to these documents because they did not have secret information.

At the end of February, it became known about the penetration of cyber-espionage into the servers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense. The government network Bonn-Berlin, which is considered to be well protected, suffered. The attack took place at the end of 2016, but revealed it at the end of 2017. It is reported that Germany was helped by the intelligence service of the partner state to identify the problem.

Specialists of the intelligence are suspected of attacking the hacker group Turla, also known as Snake. German law enforcement officers believe that it acts in contact with Russian special services.

Spiegel Online also reports a new hacker attack in Germany. This time at the Federal Administrative Office under the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany. As a result, there on March, 8 were forced to turn off the detailed system of the account of the personal data of air passengers Passenger Name Record System which is at the stage of testing. It should have been implemented in accordance with the EU anti-terrorism directives.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

British authorities are urging their allies to refuse to visit Russia for the 2018 World Cup.

According to the source of The Times, the action can be joined by politicians and officials from countries such as Poland, Australia and Japan, informs Tsensor.NET with reference to Gazeta.ru.

The decision to abandon the trip to Russia was approved after reports of an attack on the ex-colonel of the GRU stock Sergei Skrypala, convicted in 2006 for espionage in favor of British intelligence services. In addition, Britain is afraid of military aggression on the part of Russia, including suggest that the Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to intervene in the work of NATO.

On the eve of the British Interior Minister Ember Rudd told reporters that the British authorities have a plan to react in response to the use of poisonous material against a former employee of the GRU of Russia, who, along with his daughter, suffered on March 5. She noted that this plan could be put in place after all facts are known.

Also on March 8, British media reported that a total of 21 people were injured as a result of an attack on the Violinist.

As reported by Cenzor.NET earlier, former Colonel of the GRU stockpiles, Sergey Skripal, resident in the UK, convicted in 2006 for espionage in favor of British intelligence services, was injured as a result of poisoning with an unknown substance at the Salisbury City Mall.

Colonel of Military Intelligence. Violinist after retirement worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He was arrested in 2004, and in 2006 he was found guilty of espionage in favor of London. He was one of four prisoners released by Moscow in 2010 in exchange for 10 Russian spies arrested in the United States. Later, Violin arrived in the UK.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The hackers associated with Russia, who recently attacked German government websites, stole documents related to Brexit, Ukraine and Belarus.

This is the German edition Spiegel Online.

It is noted that all hackers have stolen six files. Among them was the document dealing with Brexit negotiations between Britain and the EU, as well as negotiations with Ukraine and Belarus.

According to the publication, the leak of documents concerning Ukraine and Belarus occurred after the security service learned about the cyber attack and controlled its course.

Recall that in Germany at the beginning of December, a hacking attack on the network of government agencies - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense began.

Earlier, the country's government confirmed the cyberattack to its agencies and said that the situation is under control.

According to reports from the German media, the Russian hacker group ART 28 made a cyber attack.

Prior to this, the European Parliament called for sanctions against the RF through hacker interference in election campaigns.

hromadske.ua  In Ukrainian/український

US Special Representative, Kurt Volker, said that Russia's desire to strengthen its influence on Ukraine has had the opposite effect, and the young generation of Ukrainians has forever been lost to Russia.

He said this on March 10 at the Brussels Forum, Censor.NET reports, referring to the Ukrainian service "Radio Liberty".

"Having attacked Ukraine, annexing the Crimea and continuing the occupation of its east, the Russians did the opposite and got a more united, more nationalistic, and oriented towards the West and anti-Russian Ukraine. This has never been before," Volker added.

According to him, this tendency is deepening every day, the young generation of Ukrainians for Russia is completely lost because "they perceive it as an aggressor and an invader".

"So if Russia wants to achieve its goals in an effort to influence Ukraine and bring it closer to itself, then it should begin with the withdrawal of its troops from Eastern Ukraine," said Kurt Volker.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The US Treasury Department intends to continue the pressure on Russia, in particular, to impose additional personal sanctions for the occupation of the Crimea and the possible interference of Moscow in the US presidential election.

This was  reported by  Deputy Minister of Finance of the United States Segal Mandelker in a statement to the Atlantic Council, informs Tsensor.NET with reference to the  "Crimea. Real."

"We are concentrating on putting pressure on Russia because of the constant destabilization of the situation in Ukraine, in particular, the occupation of the Crimea and the systematic violation of human rights." The position of the US Treasury Department is also based on Russia's interference with the US election, "she said.

Mandelker also noted that the previously published list of Russian politicians of high rank and oligarchs from the immediate environment of  Vladimir Putin, published by the US Ministry of Finance, will be used in the development of future sanctions restrictions.

The US Treasury Department previously published a list of 114 high-ranking Russian political figures and 96 "oligarchs", who reportedly received power and power through close contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin. There was also a secret add-on to the list, details of which are unknown.

US Treasury Secretary  Stephen Mnucin  said on January 30 that new sanctions are being prepared against Russia and his office will promulgate them in the next few months.

 ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The North Atlantic Alliance recognized Ukraine's aspirations to become a full member of the organization and granted it the status of a post-graduate country.

According to Tsensor.NET, this is stated on the official website of NATO in the section on its expansion.

"NATO's doors remain open to any European country that is able to commit itself to membership and contribute to the security of the Euro-Atlantic area. From 1949, NATO membership increased from 12 to 29 countries after seven enlargements, with four partner countries now saying about their aspirations for joining NATO: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine, "the statement said.

Thus, Ukraine receives the status of "post-graduate country" (aspirant country - English).

"Countries that have declared their commitment to join the Alliance are initially invited to participate in an intensified dialogue with NATO on their desire for membership and related reforms, and subsequently candidate countries may be invited to participate in the NATO Membership Action Plan. does not guarantee membership, but it is a key mechanism for preparing for it, "added the Alliance.

Earlier, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, during a press conference, said that he is considering the possibility to enlist in the Constitution the desire of Ukraine to join the EU and NATO.

The Head of State also said that the decision on Ukraine's accession to the Alliance will be taken on a referendum.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not control all employees of his administration.
He told about this in an interview with the American television channel NBC, reports Tsensor.NET.

"We have two thousand members of the administration, do you think that I am controlling everyone?" He, Peskov sits in front of me, my press secretary, he sometimes has such nonsense: I look at the TV and think what he is saying there?? " - said Putin.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Another new Russian defense weapon is the “Kinjal” (“Dagger”) hypersonic aviation-missile system, which is also the only of its kind in the world.

“An important breakthrough in the development of hypersonic weapons systems was the creation, on the basis of the modernized MiG-31 airplane, of the aviation missile system with a high-precision hypersonic aeroballistic missile, which will be able to strike targets at a distance of more than 2,000 km, without entering the opponent’s air defense zone,” reads a statement by Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Surovikin.

In Surovikin’s words, in just minutes the plane-carrier is capable of bringing the missile to the attack zone, where after the launch in just a fraction of a second it can accelerate to hypersonic speed (eight times faster than the speed of sound) and race to its target.

Also, a self-guided weatherproof warhead is located on the weapon itself. This will help the missile strike the enemy at any time of day or night, during rain or thunderstorms.

According to Putin, the weapon was delivered to the Aerospace Forces on Russia’s southern borders on Dec.1 last year.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not seen any evidence that alleged interference with the US presidential election has violated Russian legislation.

He stated this in an interview with the NBC News channel, informs Tsensor.NET.

"Why did you decide that the Russian authorities, including me, gave someone permission for this?" - Putin remarked on the question of the leader about Russia's interference in the election of the President of the United States in 2016.

The leader clarified the opinion of the head of the Russian Federation about 13 Russians who have been charged with interference in the presidential election in the United States. "So, if they are Russian, there are 146 million Russians, and what, to me, is the same, they do not represent the interests of the Russian state," Putin said.

Putin even said that they could belong to other ethnic groups.

Read also: US will resist Russia's interference in elections, whatever it does, - Trump

"Perhaps they are Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, only Russian citizenship, maybe they have dual citizenship or maybe have a" green card. "Maybe Americans paid them for this job. You know, I do not know," he said. .

When asked if he is concerned that Russian citizens are attacking American democracy, Putin replied that he had not seen any evidence that alleged interference violated Russian legislation. "We in Russia can not persecute anyone if he does not violate Russian legislation. Give us a formal request and we will look at him," he said.

Read also: For Putin, it is very important that the turnout in the Crimea is much higher than in Russia, including among the Crimean Tatars - Chubarov

American secret services and many Western analysts said that Russia's intervention was carried out on the order of the Kremlin, but Putin denies it.

"Can anyone really believe that Russia, which for thousands of kilometers ... influenced the outcome of the election? Is not it funny even for you? We do not see what the goal would have been achieved by interfering. There is no goal," - said he .

Let's remind, the Ministry of Justice of the United States has published a document according to which the 13 citizens of Russia have been charged with interference in the American presidential election. As for the former head of Donald Trump's Paul Manaforth headquarters, he has already been charged with a second incident in Russia's interference with the US presidential election. He did not plead guilty.



ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український