Section: News & Summaries
Cyberpolice busts one of Ukraine`s largest ”online movie theaters”
The Ukrainian cyberpolice have closed up one of the country`s major pirate websites, according to the National Police press service. The law enforcers seized the company`s servers. According to media reports, this site in question is Fs.to, which ceased its operations overnight Tuesday. The police say that the illegal ”online theater” FS.to...
Rada passes Bill on protection of affected bank depositors
The adopted legislation is meant to help the victims of fraud in Mykhailivsky Bank to return their lost deposits. The Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday adopted as a basis and in general the bill, submitted by President Poroshenko to protect the victims of fraud in Mykhailivsky Bank. 285 votes were cast to support the draft law No.5390 ”On amendments to...
Burning Ukrainian flag a `pro-Russian provocation` – Polish ambassador to Ukraine
The act of burning the Ukrainian flag in Warsaw during the 98th anniversary is pro-Russian provocation, the Poland`s ambassador to Ukraine Yan Peklo claimed on Tuesday, Ukraine Today reported citing Interfax. ”It was pure provocation, orchestrated by the pro-Russian ambience in Poland. And I think more of such provocations are yet to come. Russia...
Speaker of Sweden`s Riksdag stands for rolling over anti-Russia sanctions
Speaker of Sweden`s Riksdag Urban Ahlin has spoken out for rolling over sanctions against Russia during negotiations with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who is on an official visit to that country, according to the president`s press service. ”The Speaker of the Riksdag emphasized the importance of rolling over sanctions against Russia...
Russia`s major offensive in Syria: airstrikes on Aleppo resume
Hours after the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump, discussed Syria over the phone and agreed on the need to combine efforts in the fight against what the Kremlin called ”international terrorism and extremism,” Russia launched its major offensive in Syria, according to The Guardian. Airstrikes hit the...
National Bank of Ukraine drops hryvnia FX rate significantly
The NBU`s official hryvnia exchange rate for November 16 is USD 100 – UAH 2,601.1762; EUR 100 – UAH 2,800.1662; RUB 10 – UAH 3.9679. According to the official website of the National Bank of Ukraine, the central bank on November 16, established the following official hryvnia exchange rate to world currencies: USD 100 – UAH 2,601.1762 (Nov. 15 –...
Ukraine says Gazprom again violates gas transit contract
Russia`s gas giant Gazprom has again violated a contact for gas transit shipments to the European Union, having failed to ensure the level of required pressure at the border with Ukraine, according to the operator of the Ukrainian gas transport system. ”Before making groundless accusations, our northern neighbors should first raise the pressure...
Former NATO Leaders to Trump: Don’t Make Bad Deals with Putin
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Anders Fogh Rasmussen warn against turning Ukraine into a ‘bargaining chip’ US President-elect Donald Trump must not strike any deals with Russian President Vladimir Putin that turn Ukraine into a “bargaining chip,” and must send a clear signal of commitment to the security of the United States’ NATO allies, two...
Arch being slid into place over damaged Chornobyl reactor. It is the world’s largest movable structure (Video)
Ukraine`s Ecology Ministry has shared footage showing how a new structure – an arch more than 350 feet high and 500 feet long – is being slid into place over damaged Chornobyl reactor No. 4. The structure, which is estimated at EUR 1.5 billion, weighs 36,000 tonnes, it`s the largest of this kind in the world. The arch is designed to create a...
Two schools damaged in Donbas in an Russian attack
Violence in the Mariupol sector decreased, although ceasefire was violated in the “usual hotspots”, the hottest spot of the Donetsk sector is Avdiivka, armistice held around Luhansk city. Two school buildings were damaged in Mariinka in the Mariupol sector as a result of Russian militants’ attacks, informed the spokesman of the Ministry of...