Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine to create military police
      Jun06

      Ukraine to create military police

      The Strategic Defense Bulletin, which has been enacted by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, foresees the creation of military police in Ukraine.The military police will be set up on the basis of the military law enforcement units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which will undergo reorganization, reads the Strategic Defense Bulletin, posted on...

      Defense Bulletin: Defense reform in Ukraine to be based on NATO standards
      Jun06

      Defense Bulletin: Defense reform in Ukraine to be based on NATO standards

      The reform of Ukraine`s defense sector will be based on NATO standards, according to the Ukrainian Strategic Defense Bulletin.”The Strategic Defense Bulletin is a road map of the defense reform based on NATO principles,” the Ukrainian presidential administration said, introducing the bulletin.The document provides for the active participation in...

      Russia won`t extradite Yanukovych to Ukraine
      Jun06

      Russia won`t extradite Yanukovych to Ukraine

      The Russian Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) has refused to detain and extradite former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to Ukraine, citing political repression, according to Russian news agency RBC. A request to extradite Yanukovych has been dismissed on the grounds stipulated for in Article 3 of the European Convention on Extradition of...

      Ten Reasons to Invest in Ukraine
      Jun06

      Ten Reasons to Invest in Ukraine

      Those who have invested in Ukraine so far have not been very happy with their return.At present, Ukraine’s gross domestic product is about $85 billion, approximately one-eighth of Poland’s GDP. The return on investment has been in proportion to that.Will things change?You can never be sure, but like before, Ukraine holds great...

      EU accounts for half of all Ukrainian wheat exports since July 2015
      Jun06

      EU accounts for half of all Ukrainian wheat exports since July 2015

      The European Union accounted for half of all Ukrainian wheat exports in the current marketing year, which started on July 1, 2015, and will end on June 30, 2016, according to Ukraine`s trade representative Nataliya Mykolska.”Actual data of our partners in the European Commission`s Directorate-General for Agriculture [and Rural Development] shows...

      TASS: Almost 40 people wounded in attacks in Kazakhstan`s Aktobe — ministry
      Jun06

      TASS: Almost 40 people wounded in attacks in Kazakhstan`s Aktobe — ministry

      Thirty-eight people were wounded in Sunday`s extremists` attacks, six people killed, reports the Kazakh Health Ministry, according to Russian news agency TASS.Thirty-eight people were wounded as extremists attacked gun shops and an army unit in Kazakhstan`s northwestern city of Aktobe on Sunday, the country`s Health Minister Tamara Duysenova...

      Poroshenko enacts Ukraine`s defense road map
      Jun06

      Poroshenko enacts Ukraine`s defense road map

      President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact a resolution of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of May 20, 2016, on the Strategic Defense Bulletin of Ukraine, according to the presidential administration.The Strategic Defense Bulletin of Ukraine is a document of defense planning elaborated following the defense review...

      Ukrainian border guards to get higher pay
      Jun06

      Ukrainian border guards to get higher pay

      Ukrainian Border Guard Service press secretary Oleh Slobodyan announces an increase in guardsmen`s salaries, in particular, a junior officer will get about UAH 9,500, or $380, per month.”The State Border Guard Service has received funding for payment of decent salaries to personnel. As the President of Ukraine promised on May 28, from now a...

      Intl BALTOPS exercise begins in Finland today
      Jun06

      Intl BALTOPS exercise begins in Finland today

      The annual BALTOPS naval exercise begins on Monday in the exercise area in Syndalen, according to the Finland Times.Finland, Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, and Germany will participate in the training phase, Finland Times reports.Finland and Sweden will be involved in the training only from Monday to Wednesday,...

      Kremlin responds to UN statement on movement of Russian forces to Donbas
      Jun06

      Kremlin responds to UN statement on movement of Russian forces to Donbas

      Kremlin`s spokesman Dmitriy Peskov called groundless the UN official`s statement that there were credible reports of the Russian troops and heavy weapons moving into and across Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia.”Any such statements are nothing but groundless accusations until they are backed by some evidence. This has not been...