Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine reports two Ukrainian soldiers killed in actions, five wounded, one missing
      Sep13

      Ukraine reports two Ukrainian soldiers killed in actions, five wounded, one missing

      A Ukrainian armed forces position near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska in Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, was attacked by an enemy special forces unit at about 16:00 local time on Monday, September 12, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. ”As a result of fighting, two [Ukrainian] servicemen were...

      OSCE doesn’t see Russian troops in Donbas – Klimkin
      Sep13

      OSCE doesn’t see Russian troops in Donbas – Klimkin

      OSCE monitors do not report on Russian troops in Donbas, because those soldiers do not sport the Russian insignia on their uniform, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with TSN, commenting on the statement of OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, who said that the organization could not confirm the...

      Letter from Ukrainian film-maker Sentsov smuggled out of Russian prison – media
      Sep13

      Letter from Ukrainian film-maker Sentsov smuggled out of Russian prison – media

      The Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia, has smuggled a defiant letter from his jail in Siberia, comparing himself to a ”nail that will not bend,” according to The Guardian. In his first letter successfully smuggled out of jail, he denounces Russia`s ”cowardly” war in Ukraine – a war in which...

      Poroshenko asks G7, EU to keep sanctions against Russia until Ukraine`s full sovereignty
      Sep13

      Poroshenko asks G7, EU to keep sanctions against Russia until Ukraine`s full sovereignty

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stresses the need for maintaining sanctions against Russia until Ukraine`s sovereignty and territorial integrity have fully been restored, according to the presidential administration`s press service. ”Sanctions-based pressure on Moscow demonstrates its effectiveness and must continue until the full...

      Russian aggression against Ukraine: 2 years after Minsk agreements. Infographic
      Sep12

      Russian aggression against Ukraine: 2 years after Minsk agreements. Infographic

      Infographic prepared by IWP and devoted to the signing of the Minsk protocol in 2014. View infographic in full size See also: Minsk agreements – an attempt to analyze approaches and intentions of the participants of the...

      Ukrainian prosecutors say value of Kaskiv`s Panama property exceeds bail for him
      Sep12

      Ukrainian prosecutors say value of Kaskiv`s Panama property exceeds bail for him

      Vladyslav Kaskiv, the former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects of Ukraine, who has been detained in Panama, owns real estate there, and one of the facilities is estimated at over EUR 500,000, according to the political news portal Ukrayinska Pravda. Ukrayinska Pravda quotes Deputy Prosecutor General Yevhen Enin who...

      Food prices climb to a 15-month high – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
      Sep12

      Food prices climb to a 15-month high – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

      Global food prices in August rose to a record level in 15 months, as increases in dairy, oils and sugar offset a drop in cereal prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported last week. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 165.6 points in August 2016, up 3 points (1.9%) from July and almost 7% above the...

      Prosecutor and two organizers of the illegal extraction of amber were detained in Rivne region
      Sep12

      Prosecutor and two organizers of the illegal extraction of amber were detained in Rivne region

      A prosecutor of the town of Sarny and two organizers of the illegal extraction of amber have been detained in the framework of a special operation ”Amber” in Rivne region, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Facebook. ”Today, September 12, the investigators of the Main Military Prosecutor`s Office of the Prosecutor General`s Office...

      Energoatom reports its revenue from electricity sales rise to UAH 26 bln in January-August 2016
      Sep12

      Energoatom reports its revenue from electricity sales rise to UAH 26 bln in January-August 2016

      State-run enterprise Energoatom, which operates all Ukrainian-based nuclear power plants, reported that its revenue from electricity sales in January-August 2016 grew by 4.6% year-over-year (y-o-y) to UAH 25.991 billion, the company reported. Wholesale electricity market payments for electricity supplied by Energoatom amounted to UAH 23.226...

      European Parliament against activities with new RF Duma because of the illegal annexation of Crimea
      Sep12

      European Parliament against activities with new RF Duma because of the illegal annexation of Crimea

      The European Parliament has no plan of carrying out activities with the future State Duma of the Russian Federation which might run counter to its non-recognition policy of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Giacomo Fassina, a spokesman of European Parliament President Martin Schulz, told a UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. ”The position of the...