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March 2017 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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- UN chief Guterres welcomes announcement of adherence to ceasefire in eastern Ukraine UN News 31 Mar 2017 -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed yesterday's announcement of an agreement on adherence to a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, in accordance with the Minsk Agreements, by 1 April, and on the disengagement of forces and hardware in Stanytsia Luhanska by 6 April.
- NATO and Japan provide Ukraine with rehabilitation pool for wounded soldiers NATO 31 Mar 2017 -- On Friday (31 March 2017), NATO, in collaboration with Japan, officially opened a new rehabilitation pool at the Ukrainian Research Institute for Prosthesis Design, Prosthetic Building and Work Ability Rehabilitation in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Ukraine Conflict Dominates NATO-Russia Council Session RFE/RL 30 Mar 2017 -- NATO representatives have told Russia that the situation in Ukraine is of "deep concern" at the first session of the Russia-NATO Council to be held this year.
- Top U.S. Military Commander in Europe Calls For Lethal Weaponry For Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Mar 2017 -- The top U.S. military commander in Europe again backed sending more advanced weaponry to Ukraine to help it in its fight against Russia-backed separatists.
- US Must Consider Providing Lethal Weapons to Ukraine - European Command Chief Sputnik 28 Mar 2017 -- The United States must consider giving Ukraine lethal defensive weapons to aid Kiev in its fight in the eastern part of the country, US European Command commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti stated on Tuesday.
- Russia to Continue Supporting Donbass Residents in Any Circumstances - Lavrov Sputnik 28 Mar 2017 -- Russia will not leave residents of eastern Ukraine in trouble and will aim to prevent "hotheads" in Kiev from launching a new round of violence, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published Tuesday.
- Symbolic End: Missile Cruiser 'Ukraine' Being Sold Off for Scrap Metal Sputnik 26 Mar 2017 -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to scrap the unfinished Soviet-era missile cruiser 'Ukrayina' ('Ukraine'), which has been sitting for nearly thirty years at the docks of a shipyard in the port city of Mykolaiv, local media reports. Observers suggest that the decision is highly symbolic.
- Eight Donetsk Republic Soldiers Killed in Donbass Over Past Week Sputnik 24 Mar 2017 -- Eight Donetsk People's Republic soldiers lost their lives in the fight against Ukrainian troops over the past week.
- Unknown saboteurs blow up military base in eastern Ukraine : Military Press TV 23 Mar 2017 -- A warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in eastern Ukraine has been blown up by unknown saboteurs.
- Thousands Evacuated As Ukraine Blames Munitions Depot Fire On Sabotage RFE/RL 23 Mar 2017 -- A munitions depot near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv caught fire and was rocked by a series of explosions in a huge conflagration that the authorities have blamed on "sabotage," prompting the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby.
- US Military Calls for Reinforcing Ukraine's Army 'as Much as We Can' Sputnik 23 Mar 2017 -- The United States should do its best to reinforce the Ukrainian military, US European Command head Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti said during Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Wednesday.
- Ukraine Lawmaker Calls On U.S. To Investigate New 'Evidence' Of Secret Payments To Manafort RFE/RL 21 Mar 2017 -- Paul Manafort is under scrutiny again after a Ukrainian lawmaker released documents he says show that U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman went to great lengths to hide $750,000 tied to his work for former President Viktor Yanukovych.
- EU Slams Russia Over Crimea Annexation On Third Anniversary RFE/RL 17 Mar 2017 -- The European Union on March 17 condemned Russia's seizure of Ukraine's Crimea territory, calling Moscow's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula a "direct challenge to international security."
- Crimean Shipyard to Build 3 Missile Corvettes by 2020 - Deputy Defense Minister Sputnik 17 Mar 2017 -- Russian Deputy Defense Minister said that Three Karakurt-class (Project 22800) corvettes for the Russian Navy will be constructed at the More (Sea) Shipyard in the town of Feodosia in Russia's Crimea in 2018-2020.
- European Parliament Calls On Russia To Free Ukrainians RFE/RL 16 Mar 2017 -- The European Parliament is calling on Moscow to free more than 30 Ukrainian citizens who are in prison or other conditions of restricted freedom in Russia, Crimea, and parts of eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia-backed separatists.
- U.S. Denounces Russia's Crimea Annexation On Referendum Anniversary RFE/RL 16 Mar 2017 -- The United States on March 16 issued a sharp condemnation of Russia's seizure of Crimea and the referendum that Moscow staged there and later held up as justification for its annexation of the Black Sea peninsula.
- Ukraine Announces Suspension Of Cargo Traffic With Separatist-Held Areas RFE/RL 15 Mar 2017 -- Ukrainian authorities have announced the suspension of all cargo traffic with areas held by Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, prompting Russia to urge Kyiv to cancel the measure to avoid a "humanitarian catastrophe."
- Full Transport Blockade of East Ukraine 'Pushing Donbass Away' From Kiev Sputnik 15 Mar 2017 -- The full transport blockade of Donbass may result in deterioration of economic situation in Ukraine as well as escalation of the conflict in eastern part of the country, Rodion Miroshnyk, a representative of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic to Minsk talks, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
- DPR Not to Lift Ban on Raw Material Exports to Kiev-Controlled Areas Yet Sputnik 15 Mar 2017 -- The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) will not lift the ban on the export of products and raw materials to territories controlled by Kiev until the Ukrainian authorities comply with the Minsk agreements, DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko told Sputnik while commenting on the introduction of a complete transport blockade by Kiev.
- Yanukovych: Granting Autonomy Status to Donbass Should Be Decided Via Referendum Sputnik 14 Mar 2017 -- The issue of granting Ukraine's eastern Donbass region the status of autonomy and broader powers within the country should be decided through a referendum, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych told Sputnik Tuesday.
- EU Extends Sanctions Over Russia's Crimea Annexation RFE/RL 13 Mar 2017 -- The European Union has extended sanctions against dozens of individuals and entities over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
- With fighting near industrial sites, UN expert warns Ukrainians of chemical disaster risk UN News 10 Mar 2017 -- Unless the fighting in eastern Ukraine is stopped and precautions are taken to secure industrial facilities in the area, the armed conflict could lead to a catastrophic chemical disaster, an independent United Nations human rights expert today warned.
- Gunboat Diplomacy: Donetsk Forces Prep for Amphibious Attacks by Ukraine's Navy Sputnik 08 Mar 2017 -- The Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has announced that it has taken the necessary measures to shore up coastal defenses following an attack on militia positions by Ukrainian Navy patrol boats this past weekend. Observers warn that the attacks could become a regular occurrence, based on a new naval strategy by Kiev.
- Russia rejects Ukraine 'terrorism' claims at UN court Press TV 07 Mar 2017 -- Russia has flatly rejected claims made by Ukraine that Moscow is "sponsoring terrorism" through alleged providing of money and arms for pro-Russia forces in the war-scarred country, describing the allegations as "neither factual nor legal."
- Russia Tells UN Court It Has No Jurisdiction In Ukraine Case RFE/RL 07 Mar 2017 -- Russia says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has no jurisdiction to issue an order Ukraine seeks to halt Moscow's support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
- Ukrainian FM Says Tillerson Pledges U.S. Support Against 'Russian Aggression' RFE/RL 07 Mar 2017 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has assured him that Washington will continue to support Kyiv in its standoff with Russia.
- Courthouse Drama: Jailing Of Ukraine Tax Chief Could Signal Watershed In Fight Against 'Corrupt Untouchables' RFE/RL 07 Mar 2017 -- A ruling by a Kyiv district court to place Ukraine's top tax official under arrest pending trial on embezzlement charges is being heralded as a landmark win for the country's independent anticorruption agency and civil society as a whole in its uphill battle against entrenched graft.
- Kiev Fails to Prove at ICJ Russia Discriminates Against Crimean Tatars Sputnik 07 Mar 2017 -- Ukraine failed to support its allegations that Russia discriminates Crimean Tatars with evidence, a deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, representing Russia at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), said Tuesday.
- UN migration agency seeks $25 million to aid families in Eastern Ukraine UN News 07 Mar 2017 -- To meet the emergency needs of 180,000 people in Eastern Ukraine, the United Nations migration agency today announced plans to provide aid ranging from blankets to money to cover electricity costs and psychological support at a cost of $25 million.
- DPR Declares Blockade on Kiev as Donbass Republics 'Run Out of Patience' Sputnik 05 Mar 2017 -- The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the Ukrainian region of Donbass has declared a trade blockade on Kiev, in response to a previously imposed economic blockade on the part of Ukraine.
- Ukrainian army shells several residential buildings in Donesk Press TV 04 Mar 2017 -- The Ukrainian army has shelled several residential buildings in the self-proclaimed Donetsk region overnight, local officials say.
- Mystery Surrounds Blockade Forcing Kyiv's Hand RFE/RL 03 Mar 2017 -- The grainy, livestreamed video shot on a smartphone from an eastern Ukrainian redoubt shows a ragtag group of a dozen or so middle-aged men in fatigues huddled around a steaming pot of something resembling soup.
- Kiev Sets Up Drinking Water Reservoirs in Avdiivka Amid Shortages Sputnik 03 Mar 2017 -- Pavlo Zhebrivskyi, the governor of the Kiev-loyal Donetsk region administration, said that 63 drinking water reservoirs were set in the eastern town of Avdiivka amid water supply disruptions caused by fighting between Kiev forces and eastern militias.
- U.S. Says Russia's Activities In Ukraine Impair Human Rights At Home RFE/RL 03 Mar 2017 -- A new U.S. State Department report says human rights in Russia continue to be "significantly and negatively" affected by Moscow's "purported annexation" of Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula and its support for separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine.
- EU Ambassadors Agree To Prolong Sanctions On Yanukovych, Associates RFE/RL 02 Mar 2017 -- BRUSSELS -- European Union ambassadors have decided to prolong asset freezes imposed by Brussels against Ukraine's former President Viktor Yanukovych and 14 of his associates.
- Contact Group Agrees to Guaranty Security of Donetsk Filtration Station Sputnik 02 Mar 2017 -- Martin Sajdik, a special representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine stated that the Trilateral Contact Group's (TCG) agreed on the need to halt attacks on the Donetsk water filtration station (DFS).
- Bargain Basement Gunboats: Ukraine Hopes to Rebuild Navy Using Old NATO Ships Sputnik 02 Mar 2017 -- Lacking the financial resources to beef up its Black Sea presence with new, domestically produced ships, the Ukrainian Navy is considering buying decommissioned NATO warships on the cheap instead. The only problem, experts say, is that even if NATO gave Ukraine its old ships for free, it would still cost more money than Kiev has to modernize them.
- Separatists Seize Ukraine Billionaire's Operations As Tensions Rise Over Blockade RFE/RL 01 Mar 2017 -- A telecom firm and a charity controlled by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov were targeted in a wave of seizures by Russia-backed separatists amid an escalating standoff over a blockade hampering commerce between separatist-controlled territory and the rest of Ukraine.
- DPR Nationalizes Some 40 Ukrainian Jurisdiction Enterprises Sputnik 01 Mar 2017 -- Leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko stated that external administration has been introduced at almost 40 Ukrainian-jurisdiction enterprises in Donbass because of the transport blockade in the region.
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