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      Confirmed : Russian bomb remains recovered from Syrian Red Crescent aid convoy attack
      Sep23

      Confirmed : Russian bomb remains recovered from Syrian Red Crescent aid convoy attack

      Yesterday, Bellingcat published its report on the bombing of the Syrian Red Crescent aid convoy on September 19th. The report examined various aspects of the attack using open source information, including the comparison of what appeared to be the tail section of a OFAB 250-270 bomb that appeared in images from the attack, first published by CIT....

      Poroshenko Administration: text of Ukraine-EU Association deal not to be amended
      Sep23

      Poroshenko Administration: text of Ukraine-EU Association deal not to be amended

      Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostyantyn Yeliseyev has noted that no changes will be made to the text of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, an UNIAN correspondent reported from Yeliseyev`s Kyiv briefing. ”We are continuing to work actively, assuming today that the two key so-called `red lines` must be met: first of all,...

      ”Silence” gets louder in Eastern Ukraine: 21 shellings recorded in past 24 hrs
      Sep23

      ”Silence” gets louder in Eastern Ukraine: 21 shellings recorded in past 24 hrs

      Over the past day, Russian occupation forces opened fire 21 times on the positions of the Ukrainian military in Donbas, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. In particular, 10 attacks were recorded in the direction of Donetsk, the ATO press service wrote on Facebook. The occupiers fired rocket-propelled grenades, machine...

      Ukrainian investment moving past war – Bloomberg
      Sep23

      Ukrainian investment moving past war – Bloomberg

      The last time Ukrainian investment growth was this strong, stadiums and roads were being built to help co-host the Euro 2012 soccer tournament and there was no sign war was around the corner, according to Bloomberg. Four years on, with investors starting to look past the festering conflict in the nation`s east, spending on agriculture and real...

      Groysman urges Rada to adopt law on special confiscation
      Sep23

      Groysman urges Rada to adopt law on special confiscation

      Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has called on People`s Deputies to adopt the draft law on special confiscation as early as during the next plenary week, noting that the new law would allow accumulating in the state budget $1.5 billion of funds, stolen by the Yanukovych regime. ”I am calling on you to vote for this law on Tuesday or Thursday to...

      Ukraine-EU Association deal may reserve ”separate position” for the Netherlands
      Sep23

      Ukraine-EU Association deal may reserve ”separate position” for the Netherlands

      The Government of Ukraine hopes for the ratification by the Netherlands of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, considering as an option the country`s separate position, according to Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Ivanka Klympush-Tsintsadze. According to the Ukrainian official, it is regrettable to...

      Turkey does not recognize Russian elections in Crimea
      Sep23

      Turkey does not recognize Russian elections in Crimea

      Russia`s recent parliamentary elections in occupied Crimea not legitimate, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, according to Anadolu news agency. Turkish Foreign Ministry has said Friday that it does not recognize the results of Russia`s elections to the State Duma recently held in Crimea, Anadolu reports. ”The results of the elections in...

      NBU changes procedure for transactions with its certificates of deposit
      Sep23

      NBU changes procedure for transactions with its certificates of deposit

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has changed a procedure for transactions with certificates of deposit by eliminating the opportunity to effectuate transactions with NBU certificates of deposit through trading on the stock exchange, according to a posting published on the regulator`s website. The corresponding decision has been made taking into...

      Ukrainian man sentenced to 14 yrs in prison for spying for Russia
      Sep23

      Ukrainian man sentenced to 14 yrs in prison for spying for Russia

      A Vinnytsia court on September 22 has handed down its verdict against the local resident who turned out to be an accomplice of the Russian occupation forces in Donbas, according to the press service of the regional prosecutor`s office. The prosecutors successfully proved during hearings that the individual in April-June 2015 contributed to the...

      Ukraine places Eurobonds worth $1 bln at lowest ever interest rate – Finance Minister
      Sep23

      Ukraine places Eurobonds worth $1 bln at lowest ever interest rate – Finance Minister

      Ukraine has placed U.S. government-guaranteed Eurobonds to the tune of $1 billion at a rate of 1.471% per annum, the lowest rate in the country`s history, Finance Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Danylyuk wrote on Facebook. ”We have placed U.S.-secured Eurobonds worth $1 billion at an annual rate of 1.471%, the lowest rate in the history of Ukraine....