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The head of the Ukraine mission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Elizaveta Jasko, said her delegation does not intend to cooperate with
representatives of the Russian Federation in the organization, and communication is possible only within the framework of international law.

 

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Commander of the pro-Russia Special Forces troops in the occupied DNR Alexei 'Green' Krivulya was assassinated in Donetsk last night.
Shot 3 times near his apartment. No doubt an internecine hit job. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

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Cyborg Stanislav Stovban was wounded and lost a leg at the Battle of Donetsk Airport.
He has returned to the military and is a tactical instructor.

 

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Dirt road in eastern Ukraine. This is unprecedented. Usually there is snow up to your eyeballs here and temps that freeze spit before it reaches the ground.

 

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In a huge embarrassment, the UK police had listed the Ukrainian Tryzub (Trident) as a terrorist symbol. It is on the front cover of every Ukrainian passport and on every government building and
official document in Ukraine. The UK government apologized and has corrected the error.

 

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Ukraine will be sending its youngest ever research team to Antarctica for the summer expedition season. Great Britain sold the Antarctic facility to Ukraine in 1996 for $1.

 

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On January 21 Ukraine again celebrated Unity Day. On Unity Day in 1990 (above), a human chain extended from Kyiv to Lviv and then to Ivano-Frankivsk.

 

[Tim the plumber]

The head of the Ukraine mission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Elizaveta Jasko, said her delegation does not intend to cooperate with
representatives of the Russian Federation in the organization, and communication is possible only within the framework of international law.

I'm sure her attributes will do well in the EU in terms of diplomacy.

Good choice could have gone with the older well informed educated rational political philosopher but the best blow job in Kiev is a far better tack.

 

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Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, consisting of northern territories of Bukovyna and Bessarabia. Border with Romania and Moldova. Smallest oblast in Ukraine with only
1.3% of Ukrainian territory. 75 rivers longer than 10 km. Largest rivers are the Dnister, Prut and Siret.

 

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During 2019, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukraine Railways) transported 942,000 passengers to the EU countries and back, which is 14.9% more than in 2018. Ukrainians enjoy visa-free travel in the European Union.

 

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Olga Bashei, served as a volunteer paramedic at the battle of Donetsk airport for four months. Awarded the Order of Princess Olga
and the title People's Hero. The Donetsk Airport battle was very similar to the intense fighting in the destroyed factories at Stalingrad.

 

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On January 24, 2015, Russian forces rocketed the city of Mariupol along the Sea of Azov killing 12 civilians and wounding dozens.
Moscow needed this city to fall in order to create the "land-bridge" from Russia to Crimea.

 

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Dragobrate in the Carpathians. Where is the snow?

 

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This thermal plant named Kyivteploenergo has six thermal units that provides 60% of all the heat and hot water to Kyiv and
generates electricity supplied to the unified power grid of Ukraine.

 

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31y.o. Vasyl Mukha was KIA by sniper fire at Opytne, Donetsk Oblast on January 20.
Born in Pisky-Radkivski, Kharkiv Oblast on April 6, 1988. Served as a junior sergeant in the 37th
Battalion of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade. Went to war in 2014 as volunteer.

 

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Civilians and soldiers hold the Ukraine flag at the welcome sign for the town of Avdiivka, which is one of the most fought over towns in eastern Ukraine.
The Russians have been fighting to take this town for the last five years. That hasn't happened yet, and I doubt that it will.

 

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Negotiations are underway for Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukraine State Railways) to transfer operations management to Germany’s Deutsche Bahn railway company for 10 years. Ukraine would still own
the railways, but Deutsche Bahn would manage day-to-day operations along with planning, implementing modernization, and ending corruption. This plan would apply to both the passenger and
the freight traffic divisions. With a 280,000 workforce, it is felt that Ukrzaliznytsia is bloated and inefficient. But trains are always on time. And the passenger car concierge service is excellent.

 

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Designed by Sergiy Makhno Architecture Studio with a Japanese motif, this home in Kozyn, Kyiv oblast won a 2019 International Design Awards Gold medal.

 

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A Canadian military instructor is teaching English to interested Ukrainian school kids in Yavoriv, Ukraine.

 

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The Kiev Armored Plant shipped 15 upgraded T-72 tanks with improved TTX to the Army.

 

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Ukraine president Volodmyr Zelenskyy and wife Elena laying flowers at a memorial at Yad Vashem in Israel. The Zelenskyy's are Jewish.

 

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This building is Ukraine House in Davos, Switzerland. It was purchased for Ukraine's use by oligarch Victor Pinchuk. Only Russia and Poland also have houses in Davos.
This year's World Economic Forum in Davos was attended by the leaders and governments of 53 countries. President Zelenskyy and a large contingent from Parliament attended.

 

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The Ukraine government's new TV towers in Donbas have now begun transmitting news about Ukraine and pertinent information
to the Russia-occupied portion of Ukraine territory. Now the citizens there have an alternative to Russian TV programming.

 

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Control room at the Astravets nuclear reactor complex in Belarus. The government in nearby Lithuania is so nervous that it has hundreds of thousands of iodine tablets on hand to treat radiation sickness.

 

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Soviet Union history of WWII says that in the fall of 1943, Germany murdered 2,000 Italian troops held in the Citadel in Lviv above. Recent investigations by different historians
say this story cannot be true because no Italian troops remained in the area at the time. The Italians had retreated and were fighting in Greece and the Balkans or had returned to Italy.