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Handover of bodies of probably tortured and killed Ukraine soldiers at Svitlodarsk Duha – details
Bodies of the Ukrainian troops earlier killed in the fighting with the militants at the Svitlodarsk Arc, taken from the enemy by the civil and military cooperation group, have undergone primary coroner examination, according to an activist Oleksandr Surkov. ”There are no signs of torture and abuse; death was caused by gunshot wounds,” Surkov...
SBU Security Service chief says low salaries reason for operatives to consider switching to business activity
Chairman of Ukraine`s SBU Security Service Vasyl Hrytsak has said that the next year`s budget allocated less funds for the SBU than the agency actually requires. ”Our budget is what we have been able to defend, which is UAH 6.260 billion. Although our minimum requirements, which we had announced, were at a little more than UAH 7 billion. In...
Cabinet plans to introduce Mobile ID in Ukraine – Ukrainian Prime Minister
The Cabinet of Ministers intends to develop a legal framework for the implementation of a technology of mobile identity of citizens – Mobile ID in Ukraine at the state level, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said during the meeting with representatives of the largest mobile operators in the country. ”We need to open up opportunities...
Ukrainian Interior minister says satisfied with ministry`s budget for 2017
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has called ”progressive” the Interior Ministry budget for 2017, the press service reported. According to Avakov, cash collateral in the amount of UAH 3.8788 billion is provided for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which is UAH 1.4315 billion more than last year. ”These funds will increase the...
Russian transport ministry names versions of Tu-154 crash
A terrorist attack is not among the major versions of the Tu-154 crash over the Black Sea. The tragedy may have been caused by a technical condition of the aircraft or a piloting error, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said, according to RIA Novosti. ”The objective of the government commission`s work is not to establish the causes that...
No one wants to build railway to Kerch bridge, deadlines may shift
Terms of construction of a so-called Kerch bridge from mainland Russia to the occupied Crimea may be extended as the second tender to select a general contractor for the construction of the railway toward the bridge failed due to the lack of applications, Kommersant reports. It is noted that the railway is scheduled to be laid by November 2019...
Ukrainian Regional Development Ministry seeks to improve construction industry legislation in 2017
The Ukrainian Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Utility Services jointly with the Center for Effective Regulation intends to improve legislation concerning 55 markets of the construction industry in 2017, Lev Partskhaladze, the regional development deputy minister, said at a press briefing. ”There are 55 construction...
China is more of a threat than Russia – Obama adviser
Ben Rhodes, the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications for U.S. President Barack Obama, said China, and not Russia, poses a major threat to the U.S. in the long term, according to Al Jazeera. When it comes to U.S. security policy in the long term, ”China is going to be a much more powerful country than Russia,” Rhodes said...
Russian troops attacked Ukraine 39 times in last day
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 39 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired on the Ukrainian positions near the town of Maryinka, and the villages of Shyrokyne, Talakivka and...
Ukrainian Prime Minister postpones visit to Israel following tensions after UNSC Resolution vote
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman postponed his visit to Israel, according to prime minister`s press secretary Dmytro Stoliarchuk. ”Volodymyr Groysman has postponed his visit to Israel. A new date of the visit will be determined later,” Stoliarchuk informed. As was reported earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday,...