Section: News & Summaries

      NATO ready to step up support of Ukraine in countering Russian aggression
      Oct01

      NATO ready to step up support of Ukraine in countering Russian aggression

      Secretary General of NATO Parliamentary Assembly David Hobbs says NATO has expressed its readiness to provide more support to Ukraine in the fight against the aggressive actions taken by Russia and Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine. He made the statement at a meeting with newly appointed head of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna...

      U.S. refuses to recognize Russia`s decision to ban Mejlis activities
      Oct01

      U.S. refuses to recognize Russia`s decision to ban Mejlis activities

      The United States did not recognize the legitimacy of the Russian Supreme Court`s ruling to uphold the ban of Crimean Tatars` self-governing body, the Mejlis, the U.S. Department of State`s press service reported referring to a statement of Deputy Department Spokesperson Mark Toner. ”The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the...

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Russian troops attack Ukraine 34 times in last day
      Oct01

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Russian troops attack Ukraine 34 times in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 34 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Luhansk sector, militants violated the ceasefire mode eight times. The enemy resorted to armed provocations using small arms and machine...

      Ukraine: Russian troops violated ceasefire and concentrated near Butivka mine
      Oct01

      Ukraine: Russian troops violated ceasefire and concentrated near Butivka mine

      Russian and separatists military forces in Donbas take advantage of the ceasefire and are now setting their firing points very close to the Ukrainian positions in an attempt to form a semicircle around the Butivka coal mine, according to Ukraine`s TV news service TSN. The enemy has long ago determined its targets at the coal mine, and there are...

      ”Political game underway”: ex-intel chief forecasts possible scenario of Russia in Donbas
      Oct01

      ”Political game underway”: ex-intel chief forecasts possible scenario of Russia in Donbas

      Russian leaders and their troops in Donbas have resorted to blackmail by canceling a scheduled skype conference of the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement, according to the former head of Ukraine`s Foreign Intelligence Service, Mykola Malomuzh, 112 Ukraine TV channel reports. In this way they impose on Ukraine their own scenario for the...

      Russia sends more warplanes to Syria amid world anger at “barbarous” strikes
      Oct01

      Russia sends more warplanes to Syria amid world anger at “barbarous” strikes

      Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its campaign of air strikes, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday, as Moscow defied global censure over an escalation that Western countries say has torpedoed diplomacy, according to Reuters. U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the Russian and Syrian...

      Ukrainian government expects 2017 budget to be passed by December 1
      Oct01

      Ukrainian government expects 2017 budget to be passed by December 1

      The Ukrainian government hopes that the national budget for 2017 will be passed before December 1, 2016, as it is required by laws, according to the government`s press service. ”We expect that the bill on the national budget for 2017 will be adopted by December 1, 2016, as it is stipulated in the law. We should begin a new budget year on...

      Danyliuk says meeting with Russians over Yanukovych`s debt possible. Germany, IMF to mediate
      Oct01

      Danyliuk says meeting with Russians over Yanukovych`s debt possible. Germany, IMF to mediate

      Ukraine has not received any formal proposals yet to hold a meeting with the Russian side to discuss the settlement of the issue in relation to the debt of $3 billion on Eurobonds issued under the Yanukovych`s regime, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk told journalists. ”There was information from the Minister of Finance of the Russian...

      Ukraine expects to get EUR 600 mln from EU by year-end, 3rd tranche postponed until 2017
      Oct01

      Ukraine expects to get EUR 600 mln from EU by year-end, 3rd tranche postponed until 2017

      Ukraine expects to receive the second tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union in the amount of $600 million until the end of the year, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said at a press conference. According to the minister, Ukraine must fulfill a number of conditions to receive these funds. At the same time,...

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Russian proxies once again increase number of attacks
      Oct01

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Russian proxies once again increase number of attacks

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 33 times in the past 24 hours, including 10 times in the Mariupol sector, 11 times in the Donetsk sector and 12 times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Luhansk sector, the enemy...