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January 2021 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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- COVID-19: Ukraine, Georgia, And Iran Make Progress In Acquiring Vaccines RFE/RL 31 Jan 2021 -- COVID-19 vaccination programs in Ukraine, Georgia, and Iran were given a boost over the weekend as health officials announced progress in getting their populations inoculated.
- Ukrainian Security Service Raids Aeronautics Firm's Board Meeting After Kyiv Sanctions Potential Investors RFE/RL 31 Jan 2021 -- Ukraine's state security service (SBU) is investigating a shareholder meeting of Motor Sich, the maker of jet engines for the defense industry, after the government imposed sanctions against Chinese investors seeking to purchase a stake in the company.
- Ukrainian Parliament Bans Approval Of Russian COVID-19 Vaccines RFE/RL 29 Jan 2021 -- Lawmakers in Ukraine's parliament have overwhelmingly voted to ban the approval of vaccines made in Russia.
- Ukraine Launches Criminal Probe Into Meddling In 2020 U.S. Election RFE/RL 28 Jan 2021 -- Ukraine has launched a criminal investigation into attempts to interfere in the November 2020 U.S. presidential election.
- Ukraine Says Group Of Banking Hackers Exposed After Causing $2.5 Billion In Losses RFE/RL 27 Jan 2021 -- Ukrainian authorities say they have exposed a group of hackers who interfered with the computer network servers of several European and U.S. banks, causing losses of $2.5 billion.
- Ukrainian Ex-National-Security Chief Says Biden Victory "Excellent News," Corruption Needs To Be Tackled RFE/RL 27 Jan 2021 -- Ukraine's former national-security chief, Oleksandr Danylyuk, has called the election of Joe Biden "excellent news" for Kyiv but said the new U.S. administration will lay down strict preconditions for cooperation, including pushing out corrupt officials.
- Europe Rights Court Finds Numerous Abuses During Ukraine's Maidan Protests RFE/RL 21 Jan 2021 -- The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has concluded that Ukrainian authorities committed a series of human rights violations during the pro-European Maidan protests in late 2013 and early 2014 that ousted Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych.
- Ukraine's cooperation with Sinovac allows starting mass COVID-19 vaccination in first half of 2021 People's Daily 14 Jan 2021 -- The cooperation with Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech will help Ukraine start vaccination in the first half of 2021 with safe vaccines, the development director of Lekhim Group Mikhail Rensky said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Wednesday.
- European Human Rights Court Accepts Ukraine Complaint Against Russia In Crimea RFE/RL 14 Jan 2021 -- The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that a complaint brought by Ukraine against Russia alleging human rights violations in the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 is "partly admissible."
- Kyiv Vows To 'Hold Responsible' Ukrainians Sanctioned For U.S. Election Meddling RFE/RL 13 Jan 2021 -- The head of the Ukrainian president's office says that Volodymyr Zelenskiy's administration will do "everything in its power to hold...responsible" Ukrainians who meddled in the November U.S. election after Washington imposed sanctions on nearly a dozen Ukrainian nationals and entities.
- Ukrainian Leader And New Moldovan President Develop Strategic Ties With One Eye On Russia RFE/RL 13 Jan 2021 -- The leaders of Moldova and Ukraine have called for rebooting ties as the two neighbors pursue a pro-EU agenda and fend off territorial disputes with Russia-backed forces.
- Sanctioning Russia-linked Disinformation Network for its Involvement in Attempts to Influence U.S. Election US Dept. of State 11 Jan 2021 -- Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach, who was designated on September 10, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848 for his attempt to influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
- Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors US Treasury 11 Jan 2021 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach. Russian agent Derkach was designated on September 10, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848, for his attempt to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
- US Treasury Sanctions Alleged Russian Disinformation Network VOA 11 Jan 2021 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions Monday against associates and entities affiliated with Ukrainian politician Andrii Derkach, who they say operates a Russian-backed foreign influence network that attempted to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
- U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Ukrainians Accused Of Meddling In 2020 Presidential Vote RFE/RL 11 Jan 2021 -- The United States says it has imposed sanctions on seven Ukrainians and four Ukrainian entities for attempting to interfere in the November U.S. presidential election.
- Remembering the Victims of PS752 US Dept. of State 09 Jan 2021 -- The American people honor the memory of the passengers and crew of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, whose lives were abruptly and senselessly taken one year ago by an unjustified Iranian shootdown.
- Iran Urged To Deliver Justice One Year After Downing Of Ukrainian Airliner RFE/RL 08 Jan 2021 -- One year after the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iranian airspace, Ukraine and four other countries whose citizens were killed in the crash are "urgently" calling on Tehran to fully disclose how the tragedy occurred, deliver justice, and make reparations, as the families of the victims seek justice and answers to a tragedy that killed 176 people.
- Iran Should Name Commanders Responsible For Downing Ukrainian Plane Radio Farda 07 Jan 2021 -- Speaking to Radio Farda, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister, Yevhen Yenin, said on Wednesday, January 6, that Kyiv is waiting for the identification and punishment of the "real" Iranian officials responsible for shooting down Ukraine International Airline's passenger plane last January.
- A Year After Iran Downed Ukrainian Airliner, Families Still Seeking Justice RFE/RL 07 Jan 2021 -- A year after the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the families of the victims are still looking for answers to the tragedy and seeking justice.
- IRGC says US' terrorist adventurism led to Ukrainian plane crash, pledges harsh revenge Press TV 06 Jan 2021 -- On the anniversary of a crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iran, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US adventurism in the region led to the tragic incident, pledging a harsh revenge against enemies.
- Iran's IRGC Links Downing of Ukraine Airlines Jet With US Activity in Middle East Sputnik 06 Jan 2021 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday blamed the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines flight on US activity in the Middle East as the tragedy's first anniversary approaches.
- Ukrainian marines to receive 10-week training in U.S. People's Daily 05 Jan 2021 -- Ukrainian marines from the Island-class patrol boats' crews will undergo a 10-week training course in Baltimore, U.S. state of Maryland, reported the Ministry of Defence's press service on its official website on Monday.
- Ukraine's Health-Care System, Economy Struggle To Cope With COVID-19 RFE/RL 02 Jan 2021 -- BORYSPIL, Ukraine -- Apart from the international airport it hosts, rarely does this suburb 45 kilometers east of Kyiv make the national news. Yet Boryspil was in the headlines on October 28 after Anatoliy Fedorchuk died of complications linked to COVID-19 just three days after being elected to his fourth consecutive mayoral term and less than a month before his 61st birthday.
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