On Friday, June 4, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) held a new meeting. It considered 8 issues, including strengthening cooperation with NATO, strengthening the border with Crimea, evicting officials from state dachas and fighting the oligarchs. There were no “sensations” announced by the media about sanctions against MPs and Russian artists.
Key statements following the NSDC meeting:
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Protection of administrative borders with the occupied Crimea. At the end of April, Zelensky ordered to conduct an inspection on the provision and condition of the military who serve in the Kherson region – on the border with the Russian-occupied Crimea.
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Deepening Ukraine’s integration into NATO. The NSDC decided that urgent measures should be taken to integrate Ukraine into the North Atlantic Treaty. As noted by Danilov, the issue was considered in the “secret” mode and all relevant decisions were taken.
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Eviction of “illegal immigrants” from elite dachas. The NSDC considered the report on the audit of state dachas. Therefore, after analysis, the first 20 people must leave the estates in Pushcha-Voditsa.
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The peacekeepers will be sent to the Congo. It was decided at the meeting that the Ukrainian contingent of peacekeepers will be sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo… The goal of the mission is to stabilize the situation in the country. Danilov said it would be “a small amount.”
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“There are no thieves in law.” Danilov said that the expulsion of the “thieves in law” was successful. According to him, since the beginning of 2021, there have been 34 people with this “status” in Ukraine, and now it is zero. The NSDC received such a report from the police.
OBOZREVATEL offers a text online broadcast:
16:40 – The meeting began at 14:00, and at 15:30 a press conference was scheduled following its results, which began with a significant delay.
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16:47 – The NSDC Secretary said that:
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the first question concerned security on the administrative border with Crimea and southern Ukraine.
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the next question was about Ukraine’s entry into NATO;
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the third point of the meeting was devoted to the report on the state fight against terrorism;
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the fourth question was raised about the organization of security in the regions;
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the fifth point concerned the revival of the aircraft industry in Ukraine;
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sixth – water supply. It was about Japanese money, “which does not exist.” They were allocated for the reconstruction of the Bortnicheskaya aeration station in Kiev;
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“thieves in law” were not ignored. During the meeting, a report by Arsen Avakov was heard regarding the introduction of sanctions against crime bosses. According to Danilov, they are no longer in Ukraine.
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In addition, they discussed the preparation of a report on smuggling at the border of Ukraine.
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16:50 – They also discussed the issues of evicting people from state dachas who have no right to live there. Danilov listed the names of people who are already “in the process of being evicted.” Among the 20 people leaving are ex-Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun, ministers of the Yanukovych era – Minister of Health Raisa Bogatyreva, Head of the Ministry of Justice Alexander Lavrinovich, Head of the Ministry of Education and Science Dmitry Tabachnik.
Full list of “evicted”:
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Panasyuk OV
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Zubko LM
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Ivchenko V.A.
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O.V. Matvienko
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Piskun S.M.
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Yurchik S.V
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Gavrilyuk LM
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I. V. Vasyunnik
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Lavrinovich AV
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Skull V.I.
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Гайсинский Ю.А.
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Tabachnik DV
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Petrenko NN
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Makaryan D.B.
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Makaryan B.P.
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Papish I.Y.
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Ilyin A.I.
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Bogatyreva R.V.
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Piskun S.M.
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Seminozhenko VP
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Topolov VS
16:53 – Citizens of Ukraine who have come under US sanctions are being checked (there are as many as 134). It turns out why they were imposed. And it is analyzed whether it is necessary to make decisions at the NSDC.
16:54 – The law on oligarchs will be finalized. President Zelensky is demanding that the law be submitted to the Rada as soon as possible and compare it to land reform. According to Danilov, the bill introduced by Zelensky is just the beginning; it will be followed by a number of laws directed against the oligarchy.
17:00 – Danilov also commented on the appearance of ATO veterans in the sanctions list. He says that people are not included in the lists just like that, there must be grounds for this and they work through the information in detail.
17:05 – Germany and France, as guarantors of the Budapest Memorandum, should be held accountable for the occupation by Russia of a part of Georgia and the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. It was these two countries that in 2008 refused the MAP to Ukraine and Georgia, said the NSDC secretary.
17:10 – The Ukrainian contingent will be sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to participate in the UN mission. The goal of the mission is to stabilize the situation in the country.
17:13 – Danilov said that the issue of Belarus was not raised at the NSDC meeting.
17:15 – The President of Ukraine signed a decree on the inclusion of Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Economy Oleksiy Lyubchenko into the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Danilov said. Lyubchenko replaced Igor Petrashko in the NSDC, who was fired from the post of Minister of Economy, Trade and Agriculture on May 18. The text of the decree No. 227/2021 on changes in the composition of the NSDC was published on the website of the President of Ukraine on June 4.
17:17 – The press conference following the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council is over.
Recall that before the meeting, a number of media outlets announced high-profile decisions, in particular sanctions against five current people’s deputies and 11 Russian artistswho performed in the occupied Crimea. And also against the “land swindlers” and supporters of the regime of the self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus. It was reported that such Russian theater and film actors would be subject to restrictions: Alexey Chadov, Pavel Trubiner, Evgeny Stychkin, Evgeny Pronin, Alexander Petrov, Dmitry Orlov, Olga Kabo, Zhanna Epple, Vladimir Vdovichenkov… Also, sanctions were to be applied against the singer and TV presenter. Anastasia Slanevskaya, singer Yaroslav Sumishevsky… These individuals took part in the filming of films, performances, film festivals, and conducted tours on the territory of the temporarily occupied peninsula. Note that June 4 no sanctions were reported against these individuals.
Earlier, Alexey Danilov said that personal sanctions against citizens of Belarus will be considered after the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine receives a corresponding submission from the Prime Minister. We are talking about Lukashenka’s supporters.
As reported OBOZREVATEL, on the eve of the people’s deputies adopted a draft resolution No. 5597… According to it, Ukraine will send its partners from the EU and NATO a statement condemning the unlawful actions of the Belarusian authorities in the incident with the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk, when journalist Roman Protasevich was detained.
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