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Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 17:34 U.S. at OSCE: Russia's military activities near Ukraine not a routine exercise 14.04.2021 15:30 Ukrinform Russia's military activities near Ukraine's 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 d'Affaires at the U.S. Mission to the OSCE Courtney Austrian. She said this at a special joint meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council and the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation on Wednesday, April 14. Austrian said that t...

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 Ukraine's 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 comment to an Ukrinform correspondent in New York. According to the diplomat, Biden is not ready now to t...

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 and request greater transparency in order to deescalate the situation. Mister Chair, the Vienna Docu...

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 Ukraine's borders and into the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, fueling concerns that Russia is preparing to send forces into Ukraine and giving rise to many Wes...

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 Russia's 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, military) efforts. Unforeseen factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic have only temporarily limit...