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Column of about 50 tanks and APCs arrives in Donbas
Russian-terrorist forces in Donbas continue receiving personnel, weapons and military hardware from Russia. Director of the Center for Military and Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “On the evening of October 21, a column of military vehicles and up to 500 people in Russian military uniforms without any...
Ukrgazvydobuvannia ups gas production in nine months
PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia produced 11.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the first nine months of 2014, the company’s press service reported on Tuesday. In September this year compared to the same period last year, natural gas production grew by almost 12 million cubic meters of gas, from 1.216 billion cubic meters to 1.228 billion...
OSCE finds no cluster munitions in Donbas conflict zone
Spokesman for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Michael Bociurkiw has denied the use by Ukrainian military of cluster munitions, which was stated in a recent report by Human Rights Watch, Deutsche Welle has reported. “We have about 90 observers in eastern Ukraine. If we saw something like that, we would have recorded it, but...
Ukrainian military shelled less, last night passes without losses
Terrorists have reduced the intensity of attacks on Ukrainian army positions in Donbas, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) has reported. “Last night in Luhansk region and in the south of the ATO zone, including in Mariupol, was quiet. The shelling of the positions of Ukrainian units was not recorded. In other areas the...
Shakhtar demolishes BATE 7-0
Shakhtar Donetsk players have earned their first victory in this season’s Champions League, following an away 7-0 demolition of Belarus champions BATE Borisov in the third round of the tournament. Man of the match was Luiz Adriano who scored five goals, repeating Lionel Messi’s record (five goals in a Champions League game). In the...
In Japan took place the First Ukrainian Festival «ウ ク ラ イ ナ DAY – Ukrainian Day”
On the 19th of October 2014 the Ukrainian community in Japan has organized and hold the first Ukrainian Festival “ウ ク ラ イ ナ DAY – Ukrainian Day” in Tokyo. Ukrainian festival attended about 500 people in Japan: Ukrainian, Japanese, French, Indians, representatives of other nationalities. Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Igor Kharchenko had the...
Ukraine to get about EUR 2 bln in EU financial assistance
Ukraine’s Presidential Administration has begun legislative preparations for receiving EUR 1-2 billion in financial assistance from the EU. Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration Valeriy Chaly said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Legislative preparations are now underway...
Poroshenko speaks with Putin
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The presidential press service informs. They noted that the conversation was held “due to energy consultations in Brussels.” The President of Ukraine and the President of Russia, in particular, stressed the need to ensure a...
More than one year needed to return Donbas – Yatseniuk
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk said that Ukraine will return control over Donbas when it has enough possibilities for this. The government head said during a meeting with students of Lviv higher educational establishments, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The return of territories controlled by terrorists is an affair of more than...
Ukrainian rescuers deliver almost 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Donbas
More than 217 tonnes of humanitarian aid were purchased and delivered to residents of liberated territories for money allocated from the state budget. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “For the funds, allocated from the state budget, rescuers of the Emergency...