Ukraine expects to restore control over rebel east this year
Posted Jan. 14, 2016 at 9:54 PM
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Poroshenko Says No More Power For Crimea Until Rejoins Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine is prepared to restore electricity to Crimea after more than a month of severe outages, but only if the peninsula annexed by Russia rejoins Ukraine.
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Obama, Pentagon clear way to send US aid to Ukraine neo-Nazis
After the $1.8 trillion budget deal was struck between President Barack Obama and the Republican majority in Congress, the White House praised the removal of numerous “ideological riders,” while Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) trumpeted the $64 million aid for European countries “facing Russian aggression.”
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US Could Fund Neo-Nazis After Congress Removes Bars
The US$64 billion dollars set aside by Congress to fight “Russian aggression” could end up in the hands of far-right groups like the Azov Battalion, The Nation reports.
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Ukraine’s Poroshenko: Restoration of Sovereignty Top Priority for 2016
MOSCOW—
Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, said on Thursday he expected territory in the east held by Russian-backed rebels to return to Ukrainian control before the end of the year. At the same time, he said he hopes to set into motion mechanisms that would lead to the “de-occupation” of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
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Poroshenko vows to regain lost regions and restore peace under Minsk accord
Ukraine has pledged to regain full control of its territory this year by ending a Russian-backed insurgency in the east, and called for agreement on a new timetable for implementation of a fragile peace deal supposed to be fulfilled in 2015.
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Ukraine seeks Western help to take Crimea back
World Bulletin / News Desk
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday he wanted EU and U.S. help in securing Crimea’s return from Russian control and vowed to regain sovereignty over the separatist east in 2016.
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Kyiv rules out supplies of Ukrainian electricity to Russian Crimea
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Friday ruled out a possibility of resumption of Ukrainian electricity supplies to Crimea as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. He made this announcement in a press conference held on January 14.