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      Poroshenko will dissolve Rada next week – Advisor to President
      Aug21

      Poroshenko will dissolve Rada next week – Advisor to President

      Next week, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will sign a decree to dissolve the Parliament and on early elections to the Ukrainian parliament. Advisor to the President Oleh Medvedev told on air of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. “Some of these days, 30 days expire to form a new coalition and the President of Ukraine has a legal...

      Sheremeta confirms his resignation
      Aug21

      Sheremeta confirms his resignation

      Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Pavlo Sheremeta has confirmed his resignation. He wrote this on his Facebook page while answering many questions in this regard. “Instead of continuing to fight yesterday’s system, I decided to focus on working with tomorrow’s people who will create tomorrow’s...

      Heletei describes how volunteers can overcome bureaucrats
      Aug21

      Heletei describes how volunteers can overcome bureaucrats

      In response to numerous complaints of volunteers, who cannot get to the Armed Forces of Ukraine because of bureaucratic hurdles, the Defense Ministry on behalf of Minister Valeriy Heletei opened a hotline. During the first day of the line’s test work, more than 70 volunteers agreed to join the Armed Forces, the official said on his Facebook...

      Poroshenko: Situation in Donbas cannot be solved by military methods alone
      Aug21

      Poroshenko: Situation in Donbas cannot be solved by military methods alone

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, the presidential press service has reported. The president thanked the UN secretary general for supporting peace and de-escalation of the situation in the Donbas. He said that there was no internal conflict in Ukraine. “People...

      Herashchenko: All schools will start working in Sloviansk from September 1
      Aug21

      Herashchenko: All schools will start working in Sloviansk from September 1

      All schools will start operating in Sloviansk from September 1. President’s Commissioner for peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk regions Iryna Herashchenko wrote on her Facebook page. “All 24 schools of the city will receive children on September 1 – repairs are in full swing now. The problem of textbooks is...

      Ukrainian soldiers to be reinforced in Ilovaisk
      Aug21

      Ukrainian soldiers to be reinforced in Ilovaisk

      Reinforcements and heavy weapons are arriving to help soldiers of the Donbas battalion, leading the fighting in Ilovaisk. The press service of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) told Ukrinform. ” Reinforcements from other regions of Ukraine are coming to the soldiers of the battalion of quick response Donbas of the National Guard of...

      Government confirms Sheremeta’s resignation as economy minister – media
      Aug21

      Government confirms Sheremeta’s resignation as economy minister – media

      Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Pavlo Sheremeta handed in his resignation on August 20, RBC-Ukraine has reported, citing a source in the Cabinet of Ministers secretariat. “Today he wrote a statement of resignation and sent it to the Verkhovna Rada, because the Verkhovna Rada will have to consider this statement,”...

      Fighting continues near Donetsk, Luhansk
      Aug21

      Fighting continues near Donetsk, Luhansk

      Fighting of the ATO forces against terrorists continues in the area of Donetsk, Luhansk and Ilovaisk. Coordinator of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on his Facebook page. “The ATO forces continue their offensive from a number of directions. Clashes are in the area of Donetsk, Luhansk and Ilovaisk, the tense situation is near...

      Ukraine was nine times shelled from Russia
      Aug21

      Ukraine was nine times shelled from Russia

      Ukraine was nine times shelled from Russia over the previous day. . Coordinator of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote about this on his Facebook page. “Firing of the ATO positions continues, including from Russia. In particular, mortar-artillery shelling was conducted nine times from the Russian Federation,” he...

      Security forces destroy two Russian Grad launchers and three tanks in Donbas
      Aug21

      Security forces destroy two Russian Grad launchers and three tanks in Donbas

      Ukrainian security forces have killed a significant number of terrorists in the Donbas in the past 24 hours and destroyed two Grad multiple rocket launchers and three tanks that were earlier sent from Russia, the coordinator of the Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, has said. “The ATO forces killed a significant number of...