Section: News & Summaries

      US prepares to unveil new intelligence data on Boeing crash
      Jul24

      US prepares to unveil new intelligence data on Boeing crash

      U.S. prepares to unveil new intelligence data on the Malaysian Boeing 777 downed over Ukraine, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday. He said that the intelligence community is in the process of disclosure of more information on the jet crash, Earnest said. As Ukrinform reported, on July 17 in eastern Ukraine pro-Russian...

      Meeting near Verkhovna Rada requesting to leave benefits
      Jul24

      Meeting near Verkhovna Rada requesting to leave benefits

      Agricultural producers are holding a meeting near the Verkhovna Rada walls requesting not to adopt the law No. 4309 on amendments to the Tax Code on abolishment of benefits for agricultural products. As reported by Ukrinform, activists are holding the posters “To vote for 4309 – to change the Ukrainian village,” “There is...

      Heavy artillery worked in Donetsk this night, part of city without electricity
      Jul24

      Heavy artillery worked in Donetsk this night, part of city without electricity

      Last night was disturbing in Donetsk again. Shots and explosions were heard in the city. This was reported by the press service of the Donetsk city council. “Residents of Kyivsky, Kirovsky, Leninsky and Petrovsky districts heard how heavy artillery worked,” a statement reads. Due to the night fighting, 44 transformer substations were...

      Turchynov dissolves Ukrainian Communist Party faction in parliament
      Jul24

      Turchynov dissolves Ukrainian Communist Party faction in parliament

      Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov has announced the dissolution of the Ukrainian Communist Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada. Earlier, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed amendments to the parliament’s rules of procedure, which paved the way for the dissolution of the Communist Party faction. According to the speaker,...

      Russia can get further European sanctions
      Jul24

      Russia can get further European sanctions

      The European Union today will try to agree on a list of individuals and companies of the Russian Federation, to which the new sanctions may be extended. In particular, new restrictive measures may relate to access to financial markets, defense, dual-purpose products, high technology, particularly in the energy sector. To remind, July 22, the EU...

      Ukrainian flags waving in Lysychansk
      Jul24

      Ukrainian flags waving in Lysychansk

      Blue-yellow flags are already waving in Lysychansk, a city that the ATO forces have been trying to liberate from the pro-Russian terrorists over the past days, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Andriy Parubiy wrote on his Twitter page. “As far as I know, blue-yellow flags are already waving in the vicinity of...

      Terrorists redeploy armored vehicles to Horlivka and Ilovaisk
      Jul24

      Terrorists redeploy armored vehicles to Horlivka and Ilovaisk

      Militants in eastern Ukraine move the armored vehicles to Horlivka and Ilovaisk. The ATO press center informs on Facebook. “Further strengthening and arrangement of firing positions and defenses is observed, as well as redeployment of armored vehicles to the towns around Donetsk, namely: Horlivka, Ilovaisk,” the ATO noted. lk...

      Australian PM Abbott calls Malaysian jet crash ‘atrocity’
      Jul24

      Australian PM Abbott calls Malaysian jet crash ‘atrocity’

      Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott thanked Ukraine for the efforts to help all nations affected by the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. He told this to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday. “I am impressed with the will power that you and the people of Ukraine demonstrate in such difficult circumstances and with the...

      Ukrainian Su-25 warplane could have been downed with air-to-air missile – Yatseniuk
      Jul24

      Ukrainian Su-25 warplane could have been downed with air-to-air missile – Yatseniuk

      One of the two Su-25 military aircraft shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 23 could have been downed with an air-to-air missile launched from a Russian fighter. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this in an interview with BBC. “Probably the second fighter was shot down by an air-to-air missile. This means that it was downed by...

      About 10,000 IDPs in Kyiv, Klitschko says
      Jul23

      About 10,000 IDPs in Kyiv, Klitschko says

      Nearly 10,000 persons moved from the eastern regions and Crimea to Kyiv, a special agency has been set up to coordinate the work with them, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told reporters on Wednesday. “For today, given the data that I have, I can speak about 10,000 persons,” he said. According to him, Kyiv has enough jobs, but people do...