Section: InSerbia (Serbia)
Poroshenko threatens Moscow with ‘total destruction’
Russia will face a total annihilation for all its alleged misdeeds and disrespect for international law, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said, amid an escalated dispute between Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz. “Russia does not respect the law and does not respect the court’s decisions,” Poroshenko complained in what...
Ukraine begins seizure of Russian Gazprom’s assets
The Ukrainian authorities have started the seizure of assets belonging to the Russian gas giant Gazprom, citing its alleged non-compliance with the decision of the Stockholm arbitration court. “Under the current circumstances, the Ukrainian cabinet initiates action aimed at recovering [a] penalty from… Gazprom,” the Ukrainian government’s...
Moscow: US Crossed Line By Announcing Decision to Provide Ukraine With Weapons
The United States crossed the line by announcing a decision to provide Ukraine with weapons, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Saturday. On Friday, the US State Department announced plans to give Ukraine military assistance to help protect its territorial integrity. “The United States crossed the line in a sense by announcing...
German FM can’t imagine Turkey and Ukraine in EU
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says Ukraine and Turkey will not become members of the European Union in the near future. “I cannot imagine either Turkey or Ukraine becoming EU members in the coming years,” Gabriel said in an interview with the German Funke Media Group, Tanjug reported on Tuesday, citing TASS. At the same […] …read...
US to Provide Lethal Aid to Ukraine
The US State Department said Friday that the United States plans to give Ukraine military assistance to help protect its territorial integrity, in a move that is purely defensive and will not violate Minsk accords “The United States has decided to provide Ukraine enhanced defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help Ukraine build […]...
UN adopts Kiev’s Crimea resolution; Serbia sides with Russia
Kiev has welcomed the adoption of a UN General Assembly resolution on human rights in Crimea, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Serbia voted against the passing of the resolution, tabled by Kiev, Sputnik writes on Wednesday. The resolution calls upon Russia to fulfill 12 recommendations in order to “urgently put […]...
Putin: Slaughter like in Srebrenica could happen in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says “the Minsk format” for settling the Ukraine crisis is ineffective. The reason, according to Putin, is that the authorities in Kiev “have no desire to implement the Minsk agreements.” At one point he compared the region of Donbass with Srebrenica. “As for the tragedy that is playing out there, one […]...
Serbs attacked in Kiev “as soon as they spoke Serbian”
Filip Balac, a member of Partizan football club’s TV crew, says he and another colleague were assaulted in Kiev when the attackers heard them speak Serbian. They were in the Ukrainian capital for a Europa League game between Partizan Belgrade and Dynamo Kiev. Balac told the daily Vecernje Novosti that a group of hooligans approached […]...
Dacic explains why he won’t receive Ukraine’s ambassador
The Serbian Foreign Ministry (MFA) said on Tuesday it remained committed to overcoming disagreements and enhancing bilateral relations with Ukraine. This comes despite the insistence by Ukraine’s ambassador to Belgrade on the stance that Russia is using Serbia to create chaos and provoke a war in the Balkans, Tanjug reported, citing a press...
Ukrainian ambassador “waiting 14 months to meet with Dacic”
Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych says that he will not change his stance, that he presented earlier this month, raising a lot of dust in Serbia. Aleksandrovych spoke for b92.net in his first interview for Serbian media since returning from Kiev, where he was withdrawn for consultations. The Ukrainian diplomat told Filip Cukanovic...
