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Verkhovna Rada meeting opened with minute’s silence
The Verkhovna Rada meeting on Wednesday has begun with a minute’s silence in honour of 12 civilians killed yesterday in Volnovakha, Donetsk region. The poster reading “I am Volnovakha” was hung behind the parliament’s presidium. Four bills have been submitted for consideration of MPs today. 332 MPs registered in the...
The more we support Ukraine, the better for us – European Council
The EU should help Ukraine, because its own future depends on this. President of the European Council Donald Tusk said this in his speech at the European Parliament on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The more we help the new Ukraine, the better our own future is going to be,” Tusk said. He said that the EU strongly...
Yatseniuk says about progress in talks with IMF
There is a progress in talks with the IMF mission, which works in Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this after a meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas in Kyiv on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I note the progress in our bilateral negotiations,” Yatseniuk said regarding talks with the...
UN Security Council adopts statement on Volnovakha despite Russian delegation pressure, source says
The UN Security Council strongly condemned the heinous terrorist shelling of passenger bus near Volnovakha in Donetsk region, killing civilians. The corresponding statement was adopted by the Security Council on Tuesday evening, despite diplomatic resistance from the Russian delegation, an Ukrinform source close to the decision-making processes...
U.S. to allocate $2 billion in loan guarantees for Ukraine
The U.S. government has decided to allocate $2 billion of financial assistance to Ukraine for the successful implementation of reforms. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this after a meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas in Kyiv on Tuesday, referring to the statement of the U.S. government, an Ukrinform correspondent...
Court acquits “Vasylkiv terrorists”
The Court of Appeal of Kyiv Region dismissed charges and closed the case against the so-called “Vasylkiv terrorists”, MP from the Radical Party of Ukraine Ihor Mosiychuk posted on Facebook. “The Court of Appeal of Kyiv Region has fully acquitted me, Serhiy Bevza and Volodymyr Shpara, and closed the case of the so-called...
Rocket hits Ukraine bus, 11 dead
Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured when a long-range Grad rocket, apparently fired by pro-Russian rebels, hit a bus. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian military repel attack of militants near Mariupol
Ukrainian military successfully repelled a number of terrorist attacks in Hnutove village near Mariupol, Donetsk region, Information Ressistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk posted on his Facebook page. “Hours-long infantry combat using mortars and cannon artillery lasted in Hnutove village near Mariupol. Several units of terrorists carried...
Rajan Menon on Ukraine’s Defense: Build an Army, and New Strategic Relationships
Author of New Book on Ukraine Conflict Urges Careful Priorities for Kyiv Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Rajan Menon, chairman of political science at the City College of New York, has just co-authored a new book, Conflict in Ukraine with Eugene Rumer of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The book, to be published in March by MIT...
As Ukraine Finances Sink Below ‘Life Support,’ the West Gropes for Loan Money
Slowly Dribbling Out Help May Cost More in the End, George Soros and Economist Tim Ash Write Ukraine’s finances are now “beyond life support,” says economist Tim Ash as its foreign reserves dropped last month to their lowest level in more than a decade. Ukraine’s official reserves, now $7.5 billion, are less than half of what the...