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ATO forces fired 47 times for last 12 hours
Militants have fired ATO forces for 47 times today, chief of the Command Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Bohdan Bondar said, while speaking from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada. “Since six o’clock in the morning till the present moment (as of 4:55 p.m. -Ed.) there have been 47 attacks,” he said. According to him,...
Two deputy associations created in Verkhovna Rada
Two interfactional associations have been registered in Ukraine’s Parliament. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman said this, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. According to him, MPs created an interfactional deputy association named “For National Patriotic Education”, headed by MP Ihor Artiushenko and...
Ukraine’s Parliament to hear General Staff representative’s Donbas report on Tuesday
A General Staff representative has to speak at the Ukraine’s Parliament session on Tusday. The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Hroisman announced the news opening the evening session. ” A representative of the General Staff has to come at 16.45 inform us about the situation in the Donbas conflict zone,” he said. However,...
Yatseniuk urges local authorities to adopt budgets as soon as possible
Local budgets of various levels for 2015 should be adopted as soon as possible. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this during a telephone conference with the heads of regional state administrations on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I ask all Ukrainian regions to accelerate the process and immediately adopt...
Kolomoisky deprived of control over Ukrnafta
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted amendments to the law on joint stock companies regarding the reduction of the interest rate, required for a quorum. 230 MPs voted for the corresponding bill No. 1310, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In particular, the draft law stipulates that the general meeting of a joint stock company, the...
Ukraine’s General Staff to mobilize 50 thousand reservists more
The average rate of fourth mobilization round will be 2.5% of total reservists listed in military records, and the total number of mobilized Ukrainian reservists may amount to about 50 thousand persons. First Deputy Chief of the defence planning and mobilization department at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major-General...
Naftogaz: Ukraine exceeds limit on gas consumption by quarter
The limits on consumption of natural gas (not taking into account the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea) have been exceeded by a quarter in December 2014, but compared to December 2013 the consumption of natural gas has decreased by 19%, the press service of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine announced on Tuesday. “According to the overall...
Militants fire a bus near Volnovakha, ten killed
Tuesday, 2:25 p.m., terrorists fired checkpoint №5 (Volnovakha). According to preliminary information from the Ukraine’s Interior Ministry regional investigative department in Donetsk region, a shell exploded near a passenger bus. “As a result, 10 civilians were killed, 13 people were injured and delivered to hospital. The exact...
196 displaced Donbas children spend winter vacations in Austria
196 Donbas children from families displaced from Eastern Ukraine have left for winter vacations to Austria. This news was reported to an Ukrinform correspondent by a representative of international charity organization SOS-Children’s town . The idea to give Christmas presents to children displaced from the Donbas conflict zone originated at...
Savchenko’s party fellows try to influence Putin through PACE and Merkel
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted two resolutions on the appeal for the release of Nadia Savchenko from Russian prison. According to an Ukrinform correspondent, one appeal “regarding the release of MP of the eighth convocation Nadia Savchenko who is illegally detained in the Russian Federation,” is addressed to German...