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January 2019 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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- Volker: Russia May Face More Action Over Detention Of Ukrainian Sailors RFE/RL 31 Jan 2019 -- The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine says Washington and Europe are considering measures against Russia for its detention of 24 Ukrainian crew members captured in the Kerch Strait.
- Putin Blasts Kyiv For 'Blatant Interference' In Orthodox Church RFE/RL 31 Jan 2019 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine's government of "blatant interference" in the Orthodox Church in Ukraine after a new national institution split from Moscow's patronage.
- Lie-Detector Loyalty Tests Proposed For Ukrainians In Separatist-Controlled East RFE/RL 31 Jan 2019 -- Ukraine's chief military prosecutor has called for lie-detector tests to determine the loyalty of residents in the parts of eastern Ukraine that are under the control of Russia-backed separatists.
- EU Again Urges Moscow To Release Ukrainian Sailors RFE/RL 30 Jan 2019 -- The European Union has again called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally release the 24 Ukrainian Navy sailors seized along with their three naval vessels last year near the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Ukrainian President Announces Reelection Bid, Aims For EU Membership RFE/RL 29 Jan 2019 -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced he will seek reelection in the March presidential election, and vowed to press for European Union and NATO membership.
- Desperately Seeking A Postwar President In Ukraine RFE/RL 25 Jan 2019 -- Ukrainians say the biggest problem facing their country ahead of a crucial presidential election in March is the same one that ushered in the current head of state in the first place: war.
- Ukraine Sentences Ex-President Yanukovych In Absentia To 13 Years In Prison RFE/RL 24 Jan 2019 -- A Ukrainian court has found former President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison over attempts to quash a 2014 pro-Western uprising.
- Ex-Ukrainian President Yanukovich Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison in Absentia Sputnik 24 Jan 2019 -- The court ruled that the former Ukrainian head of state, who was overthrown in a coup in 2014, was not guilty of a violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity, but had committed high treason.
- Ex-PM Tymoshenko Launches Bid For Ukrainian Presidency RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has officially announced she will run for president, with polls showing her as the front-runner in the March presidential election.
- EU's Sefcovic Says Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Possible End Of 2019 RFE/RL 21 Jan 2019 -- Ukraine and Russia should be able to reach an agreement by the end of 2019 on the transportation of natural gas to the European Union, a top EU official has said.
- Stay away from our coast, Russia warns US warship in Black Sea Press TV 21 Jan 2019 -- Russia has warned the American destroyer USS Donald Cook deployed in the Black Sea against approaching Russian coasts, stressing that Moscow is closely watching and monitoring the warship's actions.
- U.S. Warship Donald Cook Heads To Black Sea For 'Security Operations' RFE/RL 20 Jan 2019 -- The U.S. Navy says the USS Donald Cook is heading to the Black Sea to conduct maritime security operations and enhance maritime stability with NATO allies in the region.
- Prospective Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Linked To Russian Film, TV Companies RFE/RL 18 Jan 2019 -- A popular Ukrainian actor and prospective presidential candidate appears to have links with several entertainment businesses in Russia, although he denied having any ongoing interests there.
- Ukrainian Parliament Adopts Law On Religious Communities' Affiliation RFE/RL 17 Jan 2019 -- The Ukrainian parliament has adopted a bill setting the procedure for changing the affiliation of religious communities in the country.
- Russian Court Leaves Jailed Ukrainian Sailors In Pretrial Detention RFE/RL 16 Jan 2019 -- A Moscow court has prolonged the pretrial detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces who attacked three Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Black Sea in November.
- Russia's FSB Says It Deported Ukrainian Spy RFE/RL 16 Jan 2019 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has deported a man it it says is an agent of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) who planned to collect information about Russian military forces in Crimea.
- Russian Court Leaves Jailed Ukrainian Sailors In Pretrial Detention RFE/RL 15 Jan 2019 -- A Moscow court has prolonged the pretrial detention for 12 of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces who attacked three Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Black Sea in November.
- OSCE Monitoring Drone Shot Down Over Eastern Ukraine RFE/RL 12 Jan 2019 -- A surveillance drone operated by monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine has been shot down near the government-controlled village of Popasna in the Luhansk region.
- Poland, Ukraine Consider Creating Joint Air Defence System - Report Sputnik 10 Jan 2019 -- The anti-aircraft system is expected to be equipped with a modernised version of the Soviet-made Vympel R-27 air-to-air guided missile, and production of the system is due to begin in Poland before the end of 2020.
- Declaration of Ukrainian Autocephaly US Dept. of State 10 Jan 2019 -- "The January 6th announcement of autocephaly for an independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine marks a historic achievement as Ukraine seeks to chart its own future. On this momentous occasion, the United States reiterates its unwavering support for a sovereign, independent Ukraine."
- Orthodox Christians Celebrate Christmas Amid Internal Divisions RFE/RL 07 Jan 2019 -- Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas as believers gathered in Moscow, Kyiv, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Cairo, and cities throughout the world to mark in the holy day.
- Constantinople Patriarch Legalises Schism as Ukraine Gets Autocephaly Sputnik 07 Jan 2019 -- Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has completed the process of creation of a new schismatic religious structure in Ukraine by granting the tomos of autocephaly to the newly-established church that the Ukrainian political leadership has been striving for.
- Creation of New Church in Ukraine 'Political Put-Up Job' - Russian Patriarch Sputnik 07 Jan 2019 -- The absence of any reaction from the West to Ukrainian authorities' unprecedented interference in church's affairs indicates obvious political motives behind the creation of a new religious structure in Ukraine, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said.
- Decree On Independence Handed Over To New Orthodox Church In Ukraine RFE/RL 06 Jan 2019 -- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has handed over a "tomos" of autocephaly to Metropolitan Epifaniy of the new Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
- Ukraine Has No Platform for Dialogue Between UOC-MP, 'New Church' - Archbishop Sputnik 06 Jan 2019 -- There is currently no platform for dialogue between the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) and the unrecognized "new Ukrainian Orthodox church," UOC-MP Archbishop Clement told Sputnik on Sunday.
- Bartholomew Signs 'Tomos' Granting Independence To New Orthodox Church In Ukraine RFE/RL 05 Jan 2019 -- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has signed a decree granting autocephaly, or independence, to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, ending more than 330 years of Russian religious control in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian Navy to Engage Intl Observers for Next Kerch Strait Passage - Official Sputnik 03 Jan 2019 -- The Ukrainian Navy will take international observers onboard during passage through the Kerch Strait, Yury Biryukov, an adviser to the Ukrainian president and the Ukrainian defense minister, said on Wednesday.
- Soldier Killed, Two Wounded In Eastern Ukraine Clashes, Despite Truce RFE/RL 02 Jan 2019 -- Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed and two others wounded in clashes in the country's east despite a fresh cease-fire agreement between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists.
- Actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy Says He'll Run For Ukrainian Presidency RFE/RL 01 Jan 2019 -- Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a leading Ukrainian actor and comedian, has ended months of speculation by announcing he will run in the country's upcoming presidential election.
- Ukraine Fears Breakout Offensive as Russia Breaks 'New Year's Truce' VOA 01 Jan 2019 -- Ukrainian officials are warning that Russia may be about to escalate its conflict with Ukraine, including possibly launching a breakout offensive from Crimea.
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