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18:33 • 21.04.21 Armenia’s foreign minister on Wednesday blamed the OSCE for failing to timely react to armed conflicts within its territory, highlighting the non-compliance of the organizations work with the Helsinki Final Act. Ara Aivazian was a keynote speaker at the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation, where he delivered a greeting address announcing Armenia’s presidency. After formal congratulatory remarks and words of gratitude, Armenia’s top diplomat said he regrets that Europe...

Friday, 16 April 2021, 11:34 Russia, not Ukraine, is responsible for escalation in Donbas – U.S. at OSCE 16.04.2021 09:30 Ukrinform A Russian delegation to the OSCE is spreading misinformation about Ukraines alleged guilt in the current escalation in Donbas, but Russia, and not Ukraine, is responsible for this. Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the OSCE Courtney Austrian said this at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, April 15, an Ukrinform correspond...

Russia urges West to stop instigating Ukraine to use force in Donbass, says Zakharova She said that "Russia is not interested in fanning the blaze of civil war in Donbass and it will do its utmost to protect its civilians and ensure peace on this long-suffering land" MOSCOW, April 15. /TASS/. Russia has no hope for the common sense of the authorities in Kiev and it urges their Western sponsors to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and inciting it to launch disastrous adventures against Crimea an...

Troop movements inside Russia do not harm other nations’ security, says delegation advisor Moscow is not conducting any considerable military activity that must be reported under the Vienna Document, the advisor stated © Russian Ministry of Defense Press Office Read also VIENNA, April 14. /TASS/. Russia is not conducting any considerable military activity that must be reported under the Vienna Document. The movements of troops inside Russian territory do not affect the security of other...

It has been carried out since 2014, the advisor said

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 17:34 U.S. at OSCE: Russias military activities near Ukraine not a routine exercise 14.04.2021 15:30 Ukrinform Russias military activities near Ukraines border are not a routine military exercise, and Russia also massed forces in 2008 and 2014, before the start of military operations against Georgia and Ukraine, respectively, according to Chargé dAffaires at the U.S. Mission to the OSCE Courtney Austrian. She said this at a special joint meeting of the OSCE Permanent ...

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 14:34 Kyslytsya: Ukraine is interested in US contacts with Russia 14.04.2021 12:43 Ukrinform It is important for Ukraine that U.S. President Joe Biden conveyed the U.S. position on escalation on Ukraines eastern border during a conversation with Putin on April 13. "Ukraine is interested in the United States’ contacts with Russia, otherwise there will be a no-win situation," Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, said in a commen...

14 April 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you Mister Chair, I would like to start by thanking you and your team for your efforts to convene this important and urgent meeting today. The UK shares Ukraine’s significant concerns about the recent increased Russian military activity on Ukraine’s border and in illegally annexed Crimea. We fully support Ukraine’s use of this Vienna Document mechanism to seek an explanation from Russia for this military activity ...

Ukraine Calls On West For Quick Action Amid Russian Troop Buildup On Border April 13, 2021 11:34 GMT Share share Print Ukraine’s top diplomat has called on NATO and the West to act quickly to stave off an escalation of hostilities between it and Russia over Ukraine’s volatile eastern region. A recent accumulation of photographs, video, and other data has suggested major movements of Russian armed units toward or near Ukraines borders and into the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014...

Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) military intelligence center has focused on security policy and military developments in Russia in its yearbook, which published Tuesday. The EDF finds a deepening trend whereby Russias attitude in international relations has become increasingly revisionist, emphasizing the concept of a multi-polar world, BNS reports. This is an attempt to revise the existing, functioning system which is accepted by the international community, via foreign policy (and, if necessary...