Hryvnia weakens to UAH 26.28 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Thursday fell to UAH 26.17/26.28 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 29.2240/29.3440, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
UNICEF: 87 mln children under 7 know nothing but conflict
More than 86.7 million children under the age of 7 have spent their entire lives in conflict zones, putting their brain development at risk, UNICEF said on Thursday. ”During the first 7 years of life a child`s brain has the potential to activate 1,000 brain cells every second. Each one of those cells, known as neurons, has the power to connect to...
EU helps protect UK energy supply from Russia`s Putin, says pro-EU MP
Britain`s membership of the European Union helps secure the country`s energy supply from any possible threat by Vladimir Putin`s Russia to restrict gas flows, according to UK energy minister Amber Rudd, Reuters reported. ”We have seen how countries such as Putin`s Russia use their gas supplies as a tool of foreign policy, threatening to cut off...
Six Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but six were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing on Thursday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the last day, we haven`t lost any Ukrainian soldiers,...
Russia crude oil exports on the decline – Rosstat
Russian crude oil export in January declined by 13.4% as compared to the previous month, and by 2.3% when comparing with January 2015, the Russian economic news agency PRIME reported with reference to the Russian Federal Statistics Service Rosstat.The decline in crude oil exports in January is attributed to a relatively mild winter in Europe and...
Shokin doesn`t want to share criminal cases with anti-corruption agencies
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has officially instructed prosecutors not to transfer criminal cases to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office, according to head of the board of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), a Ukrainian civil society organization, Vitaliy...
Sale of bankrupt banks` property in Ukraine may earn UAH 15 bln
The Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund expects to receive UAH 15 billion from the sale of insolvent banks` assets this year, twice the amount of official targets, according to a statement by Deputy Director of the Fund Andriy Kyiak. Kyiak says that the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has suspended the sale of banks` assets provided as collateral...
Operation to retake Mosul from Daesh begins
An operation to retake Mosul from the terrorist organization Daesh has begun early Thursday, the Iraqi government said, according to Anadolu Agency.The war media network of Iraq`s Defense Ministry announced that forces under the control of the Joint Mosul Command had started the first phase of its Operation Conquest, Anadolu Agency wrote.Several...
Third of Luhansk region sees electricity blackouts
The energy supply has been limited in Luhansk region due to a breakdown at DTEK Luhansk thermal power plant`s power unit in the town of Schastia, Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration`s press service has reported.According to the report, repairs are currently under way.Chairman of Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration...
UN confirms ”foreign armed actors” in Donbas
Foreign armed actors in Donbas range from volunteers to paid-service men and women, and from independent militants to professional militaries, according to preliminary findings by the United Nations Working Group on mercenaries.”The Working Group was informed by the authorities of Ukraine of at least 176 identified foreigners serving in armed...
Top stories
Not only Russia. How populists destroy the greatness of the West Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 06:27 (EEST)
-
