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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...
PGO arrests four ex-Berkut fighters suspected of Maidan killings
Investigators of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine (PGO) have detained four Berkut [police special forces] officers of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry`s Main Department in Kharkiv region, who are suspected of crimes against Maidan Square protests, spokeswoman for Ukraine`s PGO Larysa Sarhan wrote on Facebook.According to Sarhan, the...
World stocks tumble as Britain votes for EU exit – Reuters
Global capital markets reeled on Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union, with $2 trillion in value wiped from equity bourses worldwide, while money poured into safe-haven gold and government bonds, Reuters reported.Sterling suffered a record plunge to a 31-year low, Reuters wrote.The blow to investor confidence and the uncertainty...
Ukraine economy exposed to financial destabilization due to Brexit – Economy Ministry
UK exit from the European Union following the result of the EU referendum will not have a significant influence on Ukraine`s financial position but has to be taken into account when defining the national policy, also in terms of trading partners diversification, said Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv at a briefing...
NBU expects to raise UAH 12 bln from selling insolvent banks` assets
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) plans to raise up to UAH 12 billion this year from selling assets pledged as collateral for NBU refinancing loans that have been disbursed for insolvent banks, according to NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva.This statement she made after the ceremony of signing a memorandum of cooperation between the National Bank,...
Russia: Brexit unlikely to affect EU sanctions
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that the UK vote to leave the EU is unlikely to impact Europe`s decision to prolong sanctions on Russia, an UNIAN correspondent reported.”This [sanctions] process is discussed irrespective of Britain”, Peskov told reporters.”Firstly, if this happens, a UK exit from the European Union, this process will...