Section: News & Summaries
Ukraine may get additional $660 mln of U.S. assistance
In a new bill registered in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress the American legislators suggest allocating the additional $660 million in assistance for Ukraine, as reported by Ukraine Today.The document titled ”Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending...
Kyiv authorities seeking to host Eurovision-2017
The Kyiv city authorities have started to prepare an official bid to host the international song contest Eurovision-2017, according to the press service of Kyiv City State Administration citing Deputy Chairperson of the KCSA Hanna Starostenko as saying.Ms Starostenko has expressed hope that Kyiv meets all the requirements put forward before a...
EU ministers press UK for quick exit: BBC
EU states have urged Britain to hold speedy talks on leaving the bloc after it voted to end its membership in a historic referendum, according to BBC.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said negotiations should begin as ”soon as possible,” BBC reported.He made the comments after an urgent meeting of the six EU founder members to...
Brexit opponents demand another referendum: over 1 mln people in UK sign petition
The opponents of a Leave campaign in the United Kingdom are massively signing a petition demanding a new referendum to be held on the UK-EU relations.”We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum,” reads the...
Escalation in Donbas: Militants shell Ukraine troops 61 times in last day
The situation in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation remains tense, though the Ukrainian side reports it keeps it under control. In the last day, 61 episodes of shelling of the Ukrainian positions were recorded. Of these, 28 episodes were recorded in Mariupol direction, 24 – in Donetsk direction, and nine – in the direction of Luhansk, the...
Two Tajiks, ISIL affiliates detained at Kharkiv airport
Ukraine`s security forces detained at the airport of Kharkiv two Tajikistan nationals involved in the activities of the Islamic State terrorist organization, the press service of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine has told UNIAN.”The border guards at the Kharkiv airport together with the Security Service officers and the National Police have...
Klimkin disappointed with PACE declaration on need to resume dialogue with Russia
Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said in a statement published on Facebook Friday he is disappointed with the declaration adopted by PACE on the need to lift the sanctions and resume dialogue with the Russian Federation.”I am extremely surprised and disappointed with today`s Declaration of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of...
OSCE releases images of their UAVs attacked in ATO zone
The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE SMM) has released images on Twitter showing attacks on SMM unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone.The first image shows the shelling of the OSCE long-range drone by militants of the Donetsk People`s Republic. The attack...
U.S. President issues statement on UK decision to leave EU
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement in response to the results of the Brexit vote, in which the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.”The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision,” the president said.”The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is...
Poroshenko signs decree on demobilization of fifth wave`s military
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on demobilization of servicemen conscripted during the fifth wave of mobilization.”I have inspected strongpoints along the front line and thanked our servicemen for their service,” the president wrote on Facebook.The president also noted he had signed the demobilization decree in the...