The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has refuted accusations against its leadership in facilitating the withdrawal of $1.5 billion in favor of fugitive former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, according to the NBU's press service.
The State Border Guard Service has refuted accusations by Belarus authorities claiming a Ukrainian DA-42 patrol plane violated the airspace of Belarus.
Ukraine’s state-owned arms trader Ukrinmash has denied the report by an international human rights watchdog Amnesty International on alleged supplies of weapons from Ukraine to South Sudan, the company representative said in a comment to UNIAN.
Ukraine's Ambassador to Poland Andriy Deshchytsia has refuted reports about him being summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry to provide explanations regarding the situation with Mikheil Saakashvili on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
After Sky News published an article by its Moscow-based correspondent referring to some obscure “observers, community activists and analysts” who claim that Ukraine is a “hub” for ex-jihadists, the Ukrainian Embassy responded with harsh criticism over the piece.
The Russian Federation has tried to cover up its likely involvement in the implementation of the North Korean ballistic missile programs by spreading allegations of Ukraine's supplies of missile technology to the DPRK, according to the press service of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Ukraine could not have contributed to the development of North Korea’s missile program, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times as a response to the report of August 14 alleging supplies of missile technology from Ukraine to DPRK.
Categorically refuting the allegations reported by The New York Times and the IISS claiming that North Korea’s ICBM successes were due to Ukraine’s involvement, Dnipro-based Yuzhnoye Design Office in a harsh statement, the copy of which was posted on Twitter by an RFE/RL correspondent Christopher Miller, said publishing such "highly speculative material" is "unprofessional and inflammatory."
Given Moscow’s friendly relations with Pyongyang and the availability of seven to 20 pieces of ready-made "Tsyklon 2" and "Tsyklon 3" rockets, Russia has every reason and opportunity for the supply to North Korea of missile engines and technology that can be used for military purposes, acting chief of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Yury Radchenko told a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
The reports about the alleged supply of Ukrainian missile technology to North Korea are based on statements provided by an expert affiliated with Russia, Deputy Minister of Information Policy Dmytro Zolotukhin wrote on Facebook.
Ukraine’s state-owned Yuzhmash plant has not had anything to do with the North Korean space or defense missile programs, according to a statement published on a company website in connection with the publication by The New York Times of Aug.14 2017 "North Korea's Missile Success Is Linked to the Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say."