Section: Latest news

      Over UAH 1 bln spent on reconstruction of Odesa-Reni highway till date: Groysman
      Aug23

      Over UAH 1 bln spent on reconstruction of Odesa-Reni highway till date: Groysman

      Over UAH 1 billion has already been allocated for the reconstruction of the Odesa-Reni road, which is of state significance, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman wrote on Facebook. Repairs are ongoing in eight road sections that are 36km in length and a two-layer coating has been restored on 12.8km. As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine`s...

      Ukraine drafts documents calling for UN to deploy peacekeepers in Donbas
      Aug23

      Ukraine drafts documents calling for UN to deploy peacekeepers in Donbas

      Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations has stated that Ukraine has prepared documents calling for the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to the Donbas region, RBC-Ukraine reported. Yelchenko clarified that the draft documents focus on, in particular, establishing the UN Support Office in the...

      Ukraine boosts steel production
      Aug23

      Ukraine boosts steel production

      Ukraine increased steel production in July 2016 by 10.5% year-over-year (y-o-y) to 2.065 million tonnes, inching up from 11th to 10th position in the list of the world`s major steel producers, according to the World Steel Association (WSA). Ukrainian steelmakers produced 14.477 million tonnes of steel in January-July this year, which is higher by...

      Yelchenko speaks about chances to strip Russia of its UN veto power
      Aug22

      Yelchenko speaks about chances to strip Russia of its UN veto power

      Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations has stated Ukraine does not abandon an idea of depriving the Russian Federation of its veto power in the UN Security Council, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”I will not say that it is impossible to achieve. Probably, it can be achieved, but it is a long process …...

      Ukrainian Court gives permission for former Defense Minister`s arrest
      Aug22

      Ukrainian Court gives permission for former Defense Minister`s arrest

      The Kyiv Pechersk District Court has given a permission to the Chief Military Prosecutor`s Office to carry out special pre-trial investigation against Ukraine`s former Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel. Ex-minister is suspected of having committed a crime under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, due to which the state suffered...

      Ukrainian Prosecutor`s Office publishes evidence of Putin adviser`s involvement in war in Ukraine
      Aug22

      Ukrainian Prosecutor`s Office publishes evidence of Putin adviser`s involvement in war in Ukraine

      The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) of Ukraine has published evidence of Russian authorities` involvement in the infringement of Ukraine`s territorial integrity and the war of aggression against the country, the PGO press service reported. A key player in the organization of the crimes is Sergey Glazyev, adviser to the president of Russia,...

      Ukrainian Finance Minister doesn`t rule out budget cuts if no aid from IMF
      Aug22

      Ukrainian Finance Minister doesn`t rule out budget cuts if no aid from IMF

      Ukrainian Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk has not ruled out budget cuts in case cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is reduced, according to business news portal Epravda. ”The shortfall of external financing complicates the situation. We will be forced to take extremely unpopular measures, including a reduction in budget spending,”...

      Nuclear fuel imports from Sweden account for 41.6% in H1, balance from Russia
      Aug22

      Nuclear fuel imports from Sweden account for 41.6% in H1, balance from Russia

      Shipments of nuclear fuel, produced by U.S.-Japanese Westinghouse, from Sweden to Ukraine accounted for 41.6% of the fuel elements required by Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the first six months of 2016, while the share of supplies from Russia`s TVEL was 58.4%, according to the State Statistics Service. Fuel elements imported from...

      Ukraine reports 6 WIA in past 24 hours
      Aug22

      Ukraine reports 6 WIA in past 24 hours

      Six Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Presidential Administration. ”There were six wounded in action (WIA),” Andriy Lysenko, administration spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues, stated at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a UNIAN correspondent...

      Finance Minister: New IMF tranche depends on full operation of e-declaration
      Aug22

      Finance Minister: New IMF tranche depends on full operation of e-declaration

      Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk has said problems with the launch of the electronic declaration of civil servants` income in Ukraine pose a threat to the disbursement of the third tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Ukraine, according to the business news portal Epravda. ”We are working with our international...