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      Russia withdraws from fuel pipeline agreement with Ukraine
      Oct13

      Russia withdraws from fuel pipeline agreement with Ukraine

      Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a resolution terminating an intergovernmental agreement with Ukraine on the use of oil products pipelines, which has been in force since 1995. The document was published on the Russian government`s website. ”The agreement specifies that the oil-products pipelines Samara-Zapadnoye and Grozny –...

      Normandy consultations to continue at diplomatic advisers` level – Poroshenko with Hollande
      Oct13

      Normandy consultations to continue at diplomatic advisers` level – Poroshenko with Hollande

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois Hollande have agreed amid a recent phone call on the format of further Normandy consultations, according to the Ukrainian president`s press service. Angela Merkel, a party to the Normandy format, was unable to take part in the call, and Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the...

      USAID to give Ukraine $20 mln for small, medium farms
      Oct13

      USAID to give Ukraine $20 mln for small, medium farms

      Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Kutoviy has announced that United States Agency for International Development (USAID) plans to allocate $20 million for the implementation of a four-year program to support small and medium-sized farmers in Ukraine. ”We`re about to launch another large-scale support program worth $20 million....

      WSJ: Europe`s ties with Russia fray in face of Moscow`s role in Aleppo bombing
      Oct13

      WSJ: Europe`s ties with Russia fray in face of Moscow`s role in Aleppo bombing

      European relations with Moscow, which went into a tailspin over Ukraine in 2014, are deteriorating anew as Russian bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo sweeps aside moves to ease tensions, according to The Wall Street Journal. As European Union governments prepared to discuss next week how to step up their response to the Syrian bloodshed,...

      Ukraine army attacked 36 times in last day, most of barrages near Mariupol
      Oct13

      Ukraine army attacked 36 times in last day, most of barrages near Mariupol

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 36 times in the past 24 hours, including 20 barrages in the Mariupol sector, 14 in the Luhansk sector, and two in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Pilot project for e-registration of land launched in Kyiv region
      Oct13

      Pilot project for e-registration of land launched in Kyiv region

      The State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster (Derzhgeokadastr) jointly with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and the State Agency for E-Government have launched a pilot project for online registration of plots of land in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv region, according to Derzhgeokadastr`s press service. ”A new service – online...

      Renewed bombing kills over 150 in rebel-held Aleppo this week
      Oct13

      Renewed bombing kills over 150 in rebel-held Aleppo this week

      Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo has killed more than 150 people this week, rescue workers said on Thursday, as the Syrian government steps up its Russian-backed offensive to take the whole city, Reuters has reported. Air strikes against rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo had tapered off over the weekend after the Syrian army...

      Ukraine`s Ambassador to U.S. warns about fake Facebook account on his behalf
      Oct13

      Ukraine`s Ambassador to U.S. warns about fake Facebook account on his behalf

      Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly has said that an organized group is engaged in fraud on his behalf, using a fake Facebook account. ”Ukraine`s Ambassador in the U.S. is open to the public and appears to attract some attention. This, unfortunately, doesn`t always help to serve a decent purpose. For instance, an organized...

      France`s Hollande says ready to take part in four-way Ukraine talks – Reuters
      Oct13

      France`s Hollande says ready to take part in four-way Ukraine talks – Reuters

      French President Francois Hollande is ready to take part in talks over the Ukraine crisis with the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine in the coming days, his office said on Thursday, according to Reuters. Hollande hopes a roadmap defining steps that would eventually give Ukraine back control over its border with Russia could be outlined soon,...

      Naftogaz assures it has enough gas for all consumers
      Oct13

      Naftogaz assures it has enough gas for all consumers

      Naftogaz assures it has enough gas for all consumers ”A total of 14.75 bcm has been pumped [into USFs]. The volume is sufficient to meet Naftogaz`s contractual obligations to supply gas to all categories of the consumers,” Pereloma said during an intercom meeting of the government. He noted that Naftogaz was prepared for the heating season and...