Section: News & Summaries

      Flight Kharkiv-Istanbul delayed for 5 hrs due to bomb threat
      May24

      Flight Kharkiv-Istanbul delayed for 5 hrs due to bomb threat

      A flight from Kharkiv to Istanbul was delayed for five hours due to a false bomb threat, the Department of Communication of the National Police Office of Ukraine in Kharkiv region told an UNIAN correspondent.The aircraft finally took off at 08:30 Kyiv time, according to the report.At 03:30 on May 24,  the airport administration was tipped in an...

      Former U.S. prosecutor may help reform Ukraine PGO
      May24

      Former U.S. prosecutor may help reform Ukraine PGO

      Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko will appoint Ukrainian-born Bohdan Vitvitsky, a former federal prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney, as the chief of the competition committee to the General Inspectorate of the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO).Vitvitsky is expected to help cleanse the corrupt General Prosecutor`s office, according to...

      Kyiv administration finds a new home for demolished Soviet monuments
      May24

      Kyiv administration finds a new home for demolished Soviet monuments

      The Communist past reminders will be put in a museum at Zhulyany International Airport, Ukraine Today reports.The statues and memorabilia that were removed from Kyiv streets will now be stored at one of the lots at Zhulyany international airport, according to Ukraine Today.Dmytro Bilotserkivets with the Kyiv City Administration says since the...

      OSCE mission should be deployed on demarcation line, not on Russia-Ukraine border – Kremlin
      May24

      OSCE mission should be deployed on demarcation line, not on Russia-Ukraine border – Kremlin

      Russia argues the upgraded OSCE mission should be deployed on the demarcation line in Donbas but not on the border between Russia and Ukraine, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reported referring to a statement of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.”It concerns the demarcation line. It is important to have militant consent… the consent of...

      Medvedev`s visit to Crimea: Ukraine MFA voices protest
      May24

      Medvedev`s visit to Crimea: Ukraine MFA voices protest

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA) has voiced protest in connection with the visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Crimea, a sovereign territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, as the trip had not been agreed with the Ukrainian side.”Medvedev`s visit to the territory of the Autonomous Republic...

      Mobile teams to be set up in Ukraine to supervise customs officers work
      May24

      Mobile teams to be set up in Ukraine to supervise customs officers work

      The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday will consider the issue on establishing inter-agency mobile teams, consisting of customs officers, border guards, tax police and law enforcement officers, to fight against smuggling at the country`s customs houses, said Chief of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov at a briefing in Kyiv.”I expect...

      Alexandrov, Yerofeyev not to ask for pardon – lawyer
      May24

      Alexandrov, Yerofeyev not to ask for pardon – lawyer

      Russian GRU special forces officers Yevgeny Yerofeev and Alexander Alexandrov earlier convicted in Ukraine over their involvement in hostilities in Donbas, as well as their defense teams, will not apply for a pardon.”Due to the fact that we – both the convicts and the defense team — do not believe the verdict lawful and justified and we...

      Islamic State destroys airbase used by Russia in Syria
      May24

      Islamic State destroys airbase used by Russia in Syria

      A strategically significant Syrian airbase, used by Russia, appears to have been almost completely destroyed – according to new satellite imagery exclusively seen by the BBC.The Tiyas facility – near the recently re-captured city of Palmyra in Syria – was repeatedly hit – with the so-called Islamic State presumed to be...

      Global oil prices continue their fall
      May24

      Global oil prices continue their fall

      Oil prices fell in thin trade on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened, but losses were curbed by a likely drawdown in U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles, Reuters reported.Brent futures had declined 42 cents to $47.93 a barrel by 0643 GMT, after closing down 37 cents in the previous session, according to Reuters.U.S. crude futures dropped 32...

      7 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 9 wounded, Russian troops attack Ukraine forces 47 times last day
      May24

      7 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 9 wounded, Russian troops attack Ukraine forces 47 times last day

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another nine were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, Secretary of Ukraine`s National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov said on Tuesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”In the last day, we lost seven Ukrainian soldiers, and another nine were wounded as a result of...