Section: News & Summaries

      Austria receives request for Firtash extradition to Spain
      Nov30

      Austria receives request for Firtash extradition to Spain

      Austrian authorities have received an extradition request regarding a Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to Spain, which had earlier put him on an international wanted list, Deutsche Welle reports citing a press secretary of the Vienna prosecutor`s office. The request was sent through official channels and is now being assessed, according to...

      No accord on withdrawal of Russian troops, mercenaries from Donbas – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister
      Nov30

      No accord on withdrawal of Russian troops, mercenaries from Donbas – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister

      No agreement had been reached on the withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied territory of Donbas, while Ukraine kept insisting on the deployment of an armed OSCE police mission, Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told a briefing after the talks of the Normandy Four top diplomats in Minsk, broadcast by 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”There...

      Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”
      Nov30

      Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”

      The issue of an armed mission in eastern Ukraine ”is no longer relevant”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following the negotiations of theNormandy Four top diplomats in Minsk earlier today, November 29, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reports. ”The question is no longer relevant, there exists no such need. Today, no one spoke about...

      Discussion on Donbas ”road map” in Minsk short because of Russian position – Klimkin
      Nov30

      Discussion on Donbas ”road map” in Minsk short because of Russian position – Klimkin

      A discussion on a ”road map” of Donbas settlement in Minsk was short, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, who said the Russian side did not agree with key priorities of Ukraine, 112 Ukraine TV channel reported from a briefing following a meeting of the Normandy Four top diplomats November 29. ”A discussion on the logic of the...

      Tuka forecasts return of Donbas in 2018 the latest
      Nov30

      Tuka forecasts return of Donbas in 2018 the latest

      Ukrainian Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied areas George Tuka predicts that Russia will give back the areas occupied by such terrorist organizations as Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics (”DPR” and ”LPR”) within a year or two, but it will keep ”seizing Crimea in an iron grip.” ”I am confident they will give the `DPR` and `LPR` back....

      Real wages decrease in Ukraine
      Nov30

      Real wages decrease in Ukraine

      Real wages of Ukrainians dropped 3% in October to the previous month, according to the State Statistics Service. Compared with October 2015, real wages increased by 6.2% though. The average monthly nominal wage of full-time employees decreased by 0.2% in October compared with September, amounting to UAH 5,350. This is 3.7 times higher than the...

      Yatsenyuk: Ukraine can`t be held hostage to internal bureaucratic conflicts in Brussels
      Nov30

      Yatsenyuk: Ukraine can`t be held hostage to internal bureaucratic conflicts in Brussels

      Ukraine expects that the EU will fulfill its part of the arrangements and its strong political will in the current international circumstances, Popular Front Party leader and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk wrote on Facebook following his speech at a meeting of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs in Brussels...

      Klimkin shows to Normandy Four in Minsk picture of Russian UAV, its flight route over Ukraine
      Nov30

      Klimkin shows to Normandy Four in Minsk picture of Russian UAV, its flight route over Ukraine

      Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin wrote on Twitter that during a Minsk meeting of the Normandy Four top diplomats he showed a photo of a Russian drone and its flight route over the Ukrainian territory, as another evidence of Russian aggression. ”Another evidence of Russian aggression: I showed photo of UAV of Russian Armed...

      55,000 Russian troops massing near Ukraine – Ukrainian Defense Ministry
      Nov30

      55,000 Russian troops massing near Ukraine – Ukrainian Defense Ministry

      Ukraine`s Deputy Defense Minister Ihor Dolhov says some 55,000 Russian troops are now massing near the border with Ukraine. ”Currently, Russia has amassed about 55,000 servicemen near the Ukrainian border. The presence of the Russian regular army on the territory of Ukraine varies from 5,000 to 7,500 soldiers. In Crimea, this figure is 23,000...

      Russian regular forces in eastern Ukraine. Infographics
      Nov30

      Russian regular forces in eastern Ukraine. Infographics

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