Section: News & Summaries

      Presidential press secretary on humanitarian aid to Luhansk
      Aug13

      Presidential press secretary on humanitarian aid to Luhansk

      Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine Sviatoslav Tseholkо made comments on organizing humanitarian aid for Ukrainian Luhansk. On Friday, Ukraine faced the threat of direct armed incursions into its territory. Under the guise of a purported peacekeeping mission, our border would have been crossed instead by armed mercenaries. No civilized...

      Law enforcers take over 1,000 fosterlings from Donetsk region
      Aug13

      Law enforcers take over 1,000 fosterlings from Donetsk region

      Within Donetsk region, from areas temporarily controlled by terrorists, or in which combat operations are going on, 1,122 persons were temporarily relocated to boarding institutions in the territories, controlled by the security forces. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Wednesday. “Work...

      NSDC still does not know where Putin’s “convoy” is heading
      Aug13

      NSDC still does not know where Putin’s “convoy” is heading

      The National Security and Defense Council still has no information about the route of the Russian column of supposedly humanitarian aid. Spokesman of the Information-Analytical Center of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Lysenko says, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Indeed, there is information that the convoy does not...

      Part of soldiers from 72nd Brigade are on holidays
      Aug13

      Part of soldiers from 72nd Brigade are on holidays

      Some soldiers from the 72nd Brigade, who heroically escaped from an entrapment in the border area, got their holidays, others will rotate later. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko briefed, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Part of soldiers of the 72nd Brigade is already on holidays, some will receive their...

      Any convoys without Red Cross mandate viewed as aggressive forces – NSDC
      Aug13

      Any convoys without Red Cross mandate viewed as aggressive forces – NSDC

      Foreign convoys that are accompanied by the military and do not have a Red Cross mandate will be viewed by Ukraine as aggression and will get an adequate response. Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Information and Analysis Center spokesman Andriy Lysenko told this to reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday. “Any convoys that are...

      Terrorists are retreating – NSDC
      Aug13

      Terrorists are retreating – NSDC

      Under the pressure from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, terrorists are retreating, firing positions of the ATO forces. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “Ukrainian military lead an active attack on the outskirts of Donetsk. It allowed narrowing a ring around the city and cutting off the ways,...

      International financial institutions allowed on Ukrainian stock market
      Aug13

      International financial institutions allowed on Ukrainian stock market

      The Cabinet took a decision, which enable international financial institutions to perform operations on the stock market of Ukraine, in particular, to issue bonds. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak told after the government meeting Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As for decisions, which the government took for the...

      Almost 500 families in Donetsk region left without homes after shelling – NSDC
      Aug13

      Almost 500 families in Donetsk region left without homes after shelling – NSDC

      As a result of terrorist attacks in Donetsk region, more than a thousand people have been left homeless, Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Information and Analysis Center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday. “According to latest reports, in Donetsk region 300 homes are completely...

      Death toll in Ukraine’s east reaches over 2,000 – UN
      Aug13

      Death toll in Ukraine’s east reaches over 2,000 – UN

      Over the past two weeks the death toll in the Ukrainian conflict has almost doubled to more than 2,000 people, UN human rights spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly said at a press conference on Wednesday, according to Reuters. “The estimated death toll in the Ukraine conflict nearly doubled to at least 2,086 as of Aug. 10 from 1,129 on July 26,” she said....

      Government gives money for apartments to families of killed enforcers
      Aug13

      Government gives money for apartments to families of killed enforcers

      The government took a decision about allocation of UAH 23 million for the purchase of housing for families of enforcers killed in the ATO area. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak told by results of the government meeting Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Another decision on maximum provision of families of servicemen,...