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Ukraine to review sales quotas with EU in autumn
Ukraine plans to conduct negotiations with the European Union to discuss the increase in sales quotas within the framework of the free trade regime in autumn. This has been announced by deputy foreign minister of Ukraine for European integration Olena Zerkal at briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We are discussing the possibility...
Russian Marine, Home From Donetsk Battle, Says ‘A Lot of Russian Military’ Are Fighting in Ukraine War
Troops from Russia’s Pacific Far East Region Are Prominent in a War 4,200 Miles to the West The Russian island of Sakhalin, in the Pacific Ocean just north of Japan, is fully a continent away from the war raging in southeastern Ukraine. But Konstantin Gorelov, a 22-year-old, active-duty Russian naval infantry commando, made the 4,200-mile...
Moldova considers construction of high-speed railroad to Kyiv and Bucharest
Moldova is interested in constructing a new high-speed rail line that will link Chisinau to Bucharest to and Kyiv. Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure of Moldova Vasile Botnar told heads of respective ministries of Romania and Ukraine during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, according to web portal Ukrainian Railways. “We have to...
Foreign Ministry confirms preliminary agreement on contact group meeting
Ukraine is ready for the meeting of the trilateral contact group and is waiting for approval of the document to be considered during a meeting, deputy foreign minister of Ukraine for European integration Olena Zerkal has said at the briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Indeed, there is a preliminary agreement to hold a meeting...
Khodorkovsky: Savchenko should be released immediately
Russian opposition leader and former owner of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky urges not to bring the situation in the legal deadlock and to release Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. He has posted this on website of his project Open Russia on Friday. https://openrussia.org/post/view/2361/ “In order not to bring the situation in the legal deadlock...
USD 200 million hidden on accounts of Ukrainian ex-officials
According to the data of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, USD 200 million are hidden on the accounts of the former officials of Yanukovych regime, included in the sanctions list, in the EU states. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaliy Yarema has said this in interview with nv.ua. Other UAH 6 billion and USD 1.8 billion are in...
Russia undermines international security – Stoltenberg
The impact of the violence and insecurity caused by Russia has not been limited to Ukraine. Hence NATO supports the international sanctions imposed to address Russia’s destabilising behaviour. This is stated in the Secretary General’s annual report released on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels reported. “The impact...
Ukrainian reinforcements arrive in Vuhlehirsk where fighting continues, Lysenko says
The fighting rages in the town of Vuhlehirsk, 60 kilometers northeast of Donetsk, Ukrainian reinforcement has been sent there. Spokesman for the antiterrorist operation in the Donbas conflict zone Andriy Lysenko told at a briefing at Ukrainian media crisis center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The town of Vuhlehirsk is not...
Verkhovna Rada apparatus to be reduced by 12% – Hroisman
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman has signed a decree on reduction of the number of the Verkhovna Rada apparatus. He wrote about this on his Facebook page. “I’ve signed a decree, by which the number of the Verkhovna Rada apparatus is reduced by 12%, which is 80 people less,” Hroisman said. According to...
Ukraine condemns terrorist attacks in Sinai Peninsula
Ukraine has condemned the terrorist attacks in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, in which more than 20 people were killed. The press office of the Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has said this on Friday, January 30, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Ukraine condemns a series of terrorist attacks in the north of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt...