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- Pompeo drops Kiev bombshell, saying world leaders consider Crimea lost for Ukraine – local media
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won’t be winning Ukraine’s ‘friend of the year’ award. A week after he told an NPR reporter that Americans don’t care about the country, he allegedly told a Kiev audience to forget about Crimea. - Ukrainian nationalist leader demands compensation from Russia for ‘occupation in 20th century’Oleg Tyagnibok, the leader of Ukraine's far-right Svoboda party, has demanded Kiev authorities follow the example of Poland and the Baltic States by seeking compensation from Russia, for a range of historical grievances.
- Regular railway freight transport across new Crimea Bridge will start from JulyRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that regular freight rail services via the 19-km-long Crimea Bridge, which connects the peninsula with mainland Russia, will kick off on July 1.
- New Year’s swap: Dozens head home as Ukraine & breakaway Donbass conduct ‘all for all’ prisoner exchangeKiev is exchanging dozens of prisoners with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics in the first such effort in two years. The swap was given a boost at the recent Normandy Four talks in Paris.
- What we know so far about Russia-Ukraine gas transit dealAfter multiple rounds of talks, Russia and Ukraine have finally hammered out an extension to the current gas agreement that is set to expire at the end of the year.
- Russian warship tracks US destroyer as it arrives in Black SeaAs the US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS 'Ross' entered the Black Sea on Sunday, Russia sent its small missile ship 'Vyshny Volochyok' to survey its actions. It’s the eighth US Navy vessel to arrive in the region this year.
- Russia’s Crimea welcomes record number of tourists in post-Soviet eraMore than 7 million people have spent their vacations in Crimea so far this year, Deputy Chairman of Crimea’s Council of Ministers and Permanent Presidential Envoy Georgy Muradov said, setting a post-Soviet record.
- ‘30 BEARS to be killed’ as Europe’s largest safari park closes in Crimea, owner warnsA Crimean court has closed the Taigan Safari Park for 30 days following a complaint that expired feed was being given to animals. In a raging media battle, the owner warned that the ruling will force him to put down 30 bears.
- Syria to get 5,000 tons of grain from Russia’s CrimeaThousands of tons of Russian grain will be delivered to Syria next year, according to the head of the Crimean region Yuri Gotsanyuk. Exports from the Russia's Black Sea peninsula to the war-ravaged country started two years ago.
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