Section: News & Summaries

      NABU starts identification of persons highlighted in Party of Regions` ”Black Accounts” case
      Jun01

      NABU starts identification of persons highlighted in Party of Regions` ”Black Accounts” case

      Ukraine`s newly established National Anti-Corruption Bureau has begun identification of the persons mentioned in the so-called ”black accounting documents” of pro-Yanukovych Party of Regions, according to a chief of the NABU Artem Sytnyk, an UNIAN correspondent reported from a Kyiv briefing Wednesday.”The procedure has been launched of...

      NATO steadfast on helping Ukraine
      Jun01

      NATO steadfast on helping Ukraine

      The decision on increasing practical assistance to Ukraine will be made at July`s NATO summit in Warsaw, the director of Alliance`s Liaison Office in Ukraine Aleksandr Vinnikov said in the interview with press agency Segodnya.ua, Ukraine Today reports.”We expect two main outcomes of the meeting with Ukraine during the summit. The first one is a...

      New drone footage shows militant positions in eastern Ukraine
      Jun01

      New drone footage shows militant positions in eastern Ukraine

      Ukrainian journalist Maksym Nepotenko released a video compiling drone footage of Russian-backed separatists` positions in the Donetsk region near the village Shyrokyne (the Azov Sea area), according to Ukraine Today.According to Nepotenko, the video demonstrates a militant stronghold, Ukraine Today reports.Nepotenko also said that militants were...

      President signes Law to establish ProZorro system in defense procurements
      Jun01

      President signes Law to establish ProZorro system in defense procurements

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed Law of Ukraine on Peculiarities of Procurement of Goods and Services for Ensuring Defense Needs, the president`s press service has told UNIAN.”It is a real joy today. Months of struggle for legislative settlement and reformation of defensive procurements are finally over,” the President said after the...

      NABU probes National Bank in UAH 12 bln embezzlement case
      Jun01

      NABU probes National Bank in UAH 12 bln embezzlement case

      The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is investigating into the signs of unlawful refinancing by the National Bank of Ukraine of a number of commercial banks worth a total of UAH 12 billion.Investigators claim that in 2014-2015, officials of the National Bank, acting deliberately and abusing their official position in the...

      Ukraine-made BTR-4 Bucephalus APC undergoes amphibious testing
      Jun01

      Ukraine-made BTR-4 Bucephalus APC undergoes amphibious testing

      The National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine has published on its YouTube channel a video footage showing amphibious testing of BTR-4 Bucefalus produced in Kharkiv. It is noted that the armored vehicle has several modifications with various power units and additional gear, depending on tasks to be performed.”BTR-4 is a project of the...

      Russian FSB`s plan to neutralize Mejlis drafted in 2015 – media
      Jun01

      Russian FSB`s plan to neutralize Mejlis drafted in 2015 – media

      Office of the Russian FSB Federal Security Service in the annexed Crimea in the spring of 2015 developed a three-year plan to neutralize the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the representative body of the local Muslim minority nation which largely stood up against the Russian occupation forces on the peninsula, according to Ukrainska...

      Ukrainian Envoy urges Berlin to respond to German politician`s visit to occupied Crimea
      Jun01

      Ukrainian Envoy urges Berlin to respond to German politician`s visit to occupied Crimea

      Ambassador of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany Andriy Melnyk urged the German Foreign Ministry to condemn the visit of a German politician Andreas Maurer to the Russian-occupied Crimea.”In relation to the illegal visit of the member of Die Linke Party, Maurer, to the occupied Crimea, I called on the German Foreign Ministry to strongly...

      Drug bust in Rotterdam seaport: 150 kg of cocaine revealed on tip of Ukraine border guards
      Jun01

      Drug bust in Rotterdam seaport: 150 kg of cocaine revealed on tip of Ukraine border guards

      A few weeks ago, the operatives of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine obtained information one of the drug trafficking channels from South America to Western Europe, the border guards` spokesman Oleh Slobodian wrote on Facebook.”Border guards further managed to establish a number of persons involved in the international criminal group, as...

      Ukraine Needs to Stop Dragging its Feet on Privatization
      Jun01

      Ukraine Needs to Stop Dragging its Feet on Privatization

      State-owned enterprises remain Ukraine’s Achilles’ heel. They are where political corruption spirals out of control with cronyism and backroom deals, and it is time to put an end to it. Privatization is the only real solution. No one has ever been popular by selling state assets and the timing is never right. Yet these companies...