Section: News & Summaries

      Donbas death toll rises: Ukraine reports 7 KIA, 14 WIA in 24 hours
      Jul19

      Donbas death toll rises: Ukraine reports 7 KIA, 14 WIA in 24 hours

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another 14 were injured in the Donbas conflict zone over the past 24 hours, according to the Presidential Administration`s spokesman for ATO.”Over the past day, seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 14 were injured in the fighting,” Andriy Lysenko, ATO spokesman for the president`s staff, said at a...

      Russia FSB charges of OSCE interpreter are groundless – Ukraine Security Service
      Jul19

      Russia FSB charges of OSCE interpreter are groundless – Ukraine Security Service

      Earlier, Russia`s FSB (Security Service) reported they detained Ukrainian citizen Artem Shestakov, interpreter for the OSCE, on charges of spying for Ukraine, according to Ukraine Today.Ukraine`s State Security Service (SBU) said FSB`s statements are ”completely unfounded”, Ukraine Today reported.The fact that Russian authorities released...

      Odesa Port-Side Plant to be disconnected from gas supplies for failure to make prepayment
      Jul19

      Odesa Port-Side Plant to be disconnected from gas supplies for failure to make prepayment

      State company Ukrtransgaz, operator of the country`s gas transmission system, has initiated the procedure to disconnect Ukraine`s major chemical manufacturer, Odesa Port-Side Plant (OPP), from gas supplies, following the latter`s failure to make a pre-payment and as a penalty for exceeding the permitted gas consumption level, the company`s press...

      Militants reject Ukraine`s hostage swap scheme
      Jul19

      Militants reject Ukraine`s hostage swap scheme

      Pro-Russian militants in Donbas have refused the hostage exchange offer proposed by the Ukrainian government, instead putting forward a ”phantasmagoric list” of 600 people to be swapped, according to Ukraine`s envoy to the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Liaison Group Iryna Gerashchenko.”This morning, I received a letter from the OSCE,...

      Pro-Ukrainian activist arrested in occupied Crimea
      Jul19

      Pro-Ukrainian activist arrested in occupied Crimea

      Larysa Kytayska was detained on Monday, Ukraine Today reported citing the Crimean Human Rights group.Kytayska`s daughter told the group that her mother had been interrogated and taken to her apartment in Yalta to conduct a search. Since then the whereabouts of Larysa Kytayska are unknown, according to Ukraine Today.The detained woman lives in...

      Government dismisses deputy chief of State Labor Service
      Jul19

      Government dismisses deputy chief of State Labor Service

      The Ukrainian government has dismissed from office First Deputy Chief of the State Labor Service of Ukraine Mykhailo Bardonov, who was earlier detained for taking a bribe, as stated in the government`s resolution dated July 18 and published in the Ukrainian government`s Uriadovy Kurier newspaper.Earlier, on July 16, the Security Service of...

      Trump`s wife caught plagiarizing Michelle Obama`s speech
      Jul19

      Trump`s wife caught plagiarizing Michelle Obama`s speech

      Reports of plagiarism of Michelle Obama`s 2008 convention remarks mar what was until then a well-received, rare public appearance by Donald Trump`s wife, according to The Guardian.Donald Trump`s wife Melania spoke at a GOP convention campaigning for her husband, however the media have revealed an astounding fact: large parts of the speech were...

      Russia deploys more Grads, tanks in Donbas by rail: Intel
      Jul19

      Russia deploys more Grads, tanks in Donbas by rail: Intel

      Ukrainian military intelligence has spotted more than 30 flatcars with tanks and Grad multiple rocket missile systems being deployed from Russia in east Ukraine.”The arrival of trains with weapons and military equipment, fuel, lubricants and ammunition from the territory of the Russian Federation is recorded at the Donetsk-2 railway station...

      Law allowing companies to restructure debts owed to banks becomes effective Oct 19
      Jul19

      Law allowing companies to restructure debts owed to banks becomes effective Oct 19

      The law on financial restructuring, regulating the procedure for restructuring operating businesses` debts owed to banks, the adoption of which allows Ukraine to fulfill its obligations outlined in the Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will become effective on October 19, 2016, three months after its...

      Turkey`s ex-air force chief denies role in coup plot
      Jul19

      Turkey`s ex-air force chief denies role in coup plot

      General Akin Ozturk has denied being a ringleader of Friday`s attempted military coup in Turkey, BBC News reported.Gen Akin Ozturk and 26 senior officers were charged with treason and remanded in custody by a court on Monday, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, according to BBC News.But in a statement to prosecutors, the general insisted: ”I...