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      Poroshenko to ask Verkhovna Rada to cancel Ukraine’s non-aligned status
      Dec17

      Poroshenko to ask Verkhovna Rada to cancel Ukraine’s non-aligned status

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, upon return from Poland, plans to table in the Verkhovna Rada a bill cancelling Ukraine’s non-bloc status. He said this in the Polish Sejm in Warsaw on Wednesday. “After returning to Ukraine I will submit a bill on the cancellation of [Ukraine’s] non-bloc status,” Poroshenko...

      Poroshenko to Russia: Pull back troops and crisis will end
      Dec17

      Poroshenko to Russia: Pull back troops and crisis will end

      The war in the east of Ukraine will end within three weeks after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Donbas. A way out of this situation is possible only on the basis of the Minsk agreements. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this during his visit to Poland on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “If foreign troops are...

      Militants plan to cut off mobile communications in Donbas – Lysenko
      Dec17

      Militants plan to cut off mobile communications in Donbas – Lysenko

      From January 15, 2015 militants plan to cut off Ukrainian mobile operators in the occupied part of Luhansk region and replace them with a Russian operator. The spokesman for the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent...

      NSDC knows no terms of fourth mobilization wave
      Dec17

      NSDC knows no terms of fourth mobilization wave

      The National Security and Defense Council still has not a concrete date of the beginning of the fourth wave of mobilization. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “There is not a concrete date, since mobilization has not been announced yet,” he said. According...

      Komorowski signs law on ratification of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
      Dec17

      Komorowski signs law on ratification of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

      Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has signed the law on the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, an Ukrinform correspondent in Poland reports. The document was signed in Warsaw on Wednesday in the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. As reported, on November 28, the Polish Sejm voted overwhelmingly (427 for and 1...

      Komorowski ready to sell Polish weapons to Ukraine
      Dec17

      Komorowski ready to sell Polish weapons to Ukraine

      Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has said he is planning to visit Kyiv in April next year. In addition, he said, Poland sees no problems in the sale of weapons to Ukraine. Komorowski said this at a press conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent in Poland reports. “I am glad...

      National Bank issues refinancing at UAH 3.4 billion
      Dec17

      National Bank issues refinancing at UAH 3.4 billion

      The National Bank issued refinancing to the amount of UAH 4.514 billion to banks. The NBU official website informs. Due to permanently operating refinancing line (overnight credits), 11 banks received UAH 2.114 billion at the rate of 17.5%. Also, the NBU issued credits to two banks through holding a tender to support liquidity to the amount of...

      One military wounded in ATO area
      Dec17

      One military wounded in ATO area

      Over the previous day, Ukrainian military did not incur losses, however, one soldier was wounded. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “Fortunately, no losses were among Ukrainian military, one soldier was wounded,” Lysenko said.

      Russia may start full-scale war at any time – Turchynov
      Dec17

      Russia may start full-scale war at any time – Turchynov

      Russia may start a full-scale war against Ukraine at any time. Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said this at a briefing on Wednesday. “The Russian Federation may unleash a full-scale war at any time,” NSDC quotes Turchynov as saying on its Twitter page. Turchynov said that,...

      Ukrainian Finance Ministry expects zero GDP growth in 2015
      Dec17

      Ukrainian Finance Ministry expects zero GDP growth in 2015

      The Ukrainian Finance Ministry expects zero GDP growth when drafting Ukraine’s state budget for 2015. Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said this in an interview with U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal, the ministry’s press service reported. “The budget package is based around a forecast of zero growth in real terms...