Section: News & Summaries

      Russia starts recon, strike drills in Black Sea ahead of NATO-Russia meeting – Ukraine Intel
      Apr15

      Russia starts recon, strike drills in Black Sea ahead of NATO-Russia meeting – Ukraine Intel

      On the eve of the Russia-NATO Council at the ambassadorial level to be held on April 20, the Russian Federation shows determination to use military force to prevent deployment of NATO naval group in the Black Sea, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.”On April 14, Russian air and space forces and...

      New Agrarian Minister warns his subordinates against corruption
      Apr15

      New Agrarian Minister warns his subordinates against corruption

      Newly appointed Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi has warned his subordinates against corruption, saying such actions will be severely punished.”The country is in a very difficult situation, any unethical things are unacceptable in the ministry. I will personally exert maximum effort to punish all those who may be...

      Russian flights near U.S. warship provocative – Kerry
      Apr15

      Russian flights near U.S. warship provocative – Kerry

      U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday condemned as dangerous and provocative a military encounter in the Baltic Sea that the United States has described as a simulated attack on a U.S. destroyer by two Russian warplanes, according to Reuters.”We condemn this kind of behavior. It is reckless. It is provocative. It is dangerous. And under...

      Ukraine MFA hopes Netherlands to complete ratification of EU-Ukraine deal
      Apr15

      Ukraine MFA hopes Netherlands to complete ratification of EU-Ukraine deal

      Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin hopes that the Netherlands will complete ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, despite the results of the referendum.”Yes, I must admit that the result of the referendum is very negative,” he told journalists in the framework of the Kyiv Security...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.47 to dollar on interbank market
      Apr15

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.47 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Wednesday strengthened to UAH 25.40/25.47 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.6490/28.7200, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      Finance Minister Danylyuk denies involvement in corruption, offshore companies
      Apr15

      Finance Minister Danylyuk denies involvement in corruption, offshore companies

      Newly appointed Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk denies allegations of corruption and concealed capital in the offshore companies, claiming that he is not engaged in entrepreneurial activity since 2010.”I am not corrupt, I`ve never taken bribes and other remuneration while working in the public service,” Danylyuk said during an hour of...

      Russian GRU officers withdraw their testimony
      Apr15

      Russian GRU officers withdraw their testimony

      Russian GRU officers Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeniy Yerofeyev have withdrawn their testimony they had given during the pre-trial investigation and asked the court to declare them not guilty, according to an UaPosition correspondent.During the judicial debate in Kyiv Holosiivskiy District Court, they claimed that they had given all evidence...

      Russia classifies Dzhemilev`s case against FSB – lawyer
      Apr15

      Russia classifies Dzhemilev`s case against FSB – lawyer

      On April 14, Moscow Meshchansky Court held a hearing on the complaint of the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev to the FSB Federal Security Service with respect to the ban of entry into the occupied territory of Crimea, Russian lawyer Mark Feygin wrote on Twitter.According to the lawyer, the case was transferred to...

      Local elections in Donbas impossible without OSCE police mission – Klimkin
      Apr15

      Local elections in Donbas impossible without OSCE police mission – Klimkin

      Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has said that the deployment of the OSCE police mission in eastern Ukraine should contribute to the security in Donbas for possible elections in the occupied territories, according to an UaPosition correspondent.Commenting on the statement of the Russian President that the OSCE observers need...

      Ukrainian military retake Shyrokyne – Zhebrivskiy
      Apr15

      Ukrainian military retake Shyrokyne – Zhebrivskiy

      Ukrainian military regained full control over the village of Shyrokyne, Chairman of the Donetsk military and civil administration Pavlo Zhebrivskiy wrote on Facebook.”Good news! As of today, the Ukrainian military are fully controlling Shyrokyne. I knew this news from guys, when I visited them yesterday evening. Their willingness to repel Russian...