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May 2012 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

  • Ukraine Parliament Allows Foreign Military Exercises RIA Novosti 24 May 2012 -- The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday approved the participation of foreign troops, including U.S. and Russian, in a series of international drills later this year.
  • Defects Spotted in Ukrainian Armored Vehicles for Iraq RIA Novosti 21 May 2012 -- Baghdad experts have discovered serious defects in the armored vehicles Ukraine has manufactured for Iraq, Ukraine's Segondya daily reported on Monday.
  • U.S. Calls For Ukraine To Release Opposition Leaders RFE/RL 17 May 2012 -- The United States has urged Ukraine to free imprisoned opposition leaders and allow them to run in the October 28 parliamentary elections.
  • Ukraine Accepts EU Legal, Medical Experts In Tymoshenko Case RFE/RL 16 May 2012 -- Ukraine's PM Azarov says the European Union can send experts to assess both the medical state of his jailed predecessor Yulia Tymoshenko and the legal process that led to her conviction and seven-year sentence.
  • Tymoshenko May Only be Released by Court - PM RIA Novosti 16 May 2012 -- Jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, may only be released after consideration of her appeal but not at “the command of the [executive] authorities”, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.
  • EU Takes Stock Of Its Near Neighbors RFE/RL 15 May 2012 -- The European Commission has issued a progress report on the European Neighborhood Policy and its implementation, noting particular challenges and concerns among the bloc's most immediate neighbors.
  • Ukraine's Prime Minister Fends Off EU Criticism Over Judiciary RFE/RL 15 May 2012 -- Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has rejected EU criticism of Ukraine's judiciary and the prosecution of its opposition figures.
  • Ukraine’s Top Court Shelves Tymoshenko Appeal RIA Novosti 15 May 2012 -- Ukraine’s civil and criminal high court delayed consideration of an appeal on former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s “gas case” until June 26.
  • Tymoshenko Refuses Medical Treatment over 'Media Leaks’ RIA Novosti 15 May 2012 -- Ukrainian ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year jail term over her role in the signing of a 2009 gas deal with Russia, has refused to continue medial treatment for spinal disk herniation.
  • Taiwan should cooperate with China on South China Sea: experts CNA 13 May 2012 -- Taiwan should develop a long-term strategic plan to deal with ongoing territorial disputes over the South China Sea and cooperate with China to share natural resources in the area, Taiwanese scholars argued Saturday.
  • Lithuanian President Says Ukraine Must Guarantee Opposition Rights RFE/RL 12 May 2012 -- Lithuania's president has warned Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych that his government needs to guarantee the rights of all opposition prisoners or risk isolation from the rest of Europe over jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
  • Tymoshenko Ends Hunger Strike After Move To Hospital RFE/RL 09 May 2012 -- A German specialist who traveled to Ukraine to treat Yulia Tymoshenko says the jailed former prime minister has halted her hunger strike after nearly three weeks.
  • Tymoshenko Stops Hunger Strike RIA Novosti 09 May 2012 -- Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has stopped the hunger strike, which she announced in protest against the cruel treatment in prison, Ukrainian Unian news agency reported on Wednesday.
  • Ukraine Forced to Cancel European Summit over Tymoshenko RIA Novosti 08 May 2012 -- Ukraine had to call off a Central European summit in Yalta after some European leaders refused to attend the event over alleged ill-treatment of jailed West-leaning ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko, a diplomatic spokesman said.



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