Section: News & Summaries

      Slovyansk Recovers from Russian Occupation
      Mar25

      Slovyansk Recovers from Russian Occupation

      The fast train travels the nearly 700 kilometers from Kyiv to Slovyansk in just under six hours. It stops a few times before arriving at the train station in the suburbs of Slovyansk, the small city of 125,000 that Moscow’s agents seized and held for nearly three months shortly after its hybrid war in Ukraine’s east began in early...

      UN provides update on Donbas war victims, warns against collapse of truce
      Mar24

      UN provides update on Donbas war victims, warns against collapse of truce

      UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic has announced a United Nations updated report on victims of the Donbas war and warned that the ceasefire in the east of Ukraine is in jeopardy. More than 9,000 had been killed and more than 21,000 injured during the Donbas conflict, he said in Geneva at the 31st session of the UN...

      Poroshenko: Not time to sell Kharkiv`s Turboatom now
      Mar24

      Poroshenko: Not time to sell Kharkiv`s Turboatom now

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says it is not time for Kharkiv-based turbine building enterprise PJSC Turboatom to be privatized, according to the company`s press service.While visiting the plant`s workshops and meeting with the top management and personnel in Kharkiv on March 23, the president assured that if privatization took place, it...

      More banks steer clear of Russia`s bond sale
      Mar24

      More banks steer clear of Russia`s bond sale

      The Russian government is struggling to find major global banks to help it sell $3 billion worth of sovereign bonds, putting into question Moscow`s return to capital markets after a near three-year absence, The Wall Street Journal reported. Many European banks have ruled themselves out of participating in a bond sale, unwilling to upset U.S. and...

      Poroshenko Bloc nominates parliament speaker Groysman for premier
      Mar24

      Poroshenko Bloc nominates parliament speaker Groysman for premier

      The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko parliamentary faction has already put forward their nominee for the prime minister`s post.The Poroshenko Bloc has nominated Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman for prime minister, Viktoria Siumar, the deputy chairperson of the parliamentary faction of the People`s Front led by incumbent Prime Minister Arseniy...

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 26.28 to dollar on interbank market
      Mar24

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 26.28 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Thursday fell to UAH 26.17/26.28 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 29.2240/29.3440, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      UNICEF: 87 mln children under 7 know nothing but conflict
      Mar24

      UNICEF: 87 mln children under 7 know nothing but conflict

      More than 86.7 million children under the age of 7 have spent their entire lives in conflict zones, putting their brain development at risk, UNICEF said on Thursday. ”During the first 7 years of life a child`s brain has the potential to activate 1,000 brain cells every second. Each one of those cells, known as neurons, has the power to connect to...

      EU helps protect UK energy supply from Russia`s Putin, says pro-EU MP
      Mar24

      EU helps protect UK energy supply from Russia`s Putin, says pro-EU MP

      Britain`s membership of the European Union helps secure the country`s energy supply from any possible threat by Vladimir Putin`s Russia to restrict gas flows, according to UK energy minister Amber Rudd, Reuters reported. ”We have seen how countries such as Putin`s Russia use their gas supplies as a tool of foreign policy, threatening to cut off...

      Six Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
      Mar24

      Six Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day

      No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but six were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing on Thursday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the last day, we haven`t lost any Ukrainian soldiers,...

      Russia crude oil exports on the decline – Rosstat
      Mar24

      Russia crude oil exports on the decline – Rosstat

      Russian crude oil export in January declined by 13.4% as compared to the previous month, and by 2.3% when comparing with January 2015, the Russian economic news agency PRIME reported with reference to the Russian Federal Statistics Service Rosstat.The decline in crude oil exports in January is attributed to a relatively mild winter in Europe and...