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Opposition Bloc wants more committees
The Opposition Bloc faction is not satisfied with the offer to head only the Verkhovna Rada committee on the rules of procedure and insists on the management of three committees. Faction representative Serhiy Liovochkin told this to reporters in the Verkhovna Rada on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “We insist that the majority...
Poltorak wants to increase troops in south
UKRAINE-POLTORAK-TROOPS UKRAINE-POLTORAK-TROOPS-INCREASE Poltorak wants to increase troops in south KYIV, December 12 / Ukrinform /. Poltorak wants to increase the army in the south. An increase in the number of military units is planned in southern Ukraine. Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said during an hour of questions to the government in...
Poroshenko urges Australians to invest in Ukraine
The biggest challenge to Ukraine at this stage is the fight against corruption, and the government has developed a reform program for this purpose. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a meeting with Australian business representatives, the presidential press service reported. “These are not political slogans. This is a...
PACE says there are no conditions for return of refugees to Donbas
The conditions in the militant-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions make the return of refugees impossible. This was stated by Jim Sheridan, rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the humanitarian situation of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons, the PACE’s press service reported....
Bill in support of Ukraine approved in both houses of U.S. Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives late on Thursday, December 11, approved bill H.R.5859, which repeats the text of bill S.2828 “Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014” adopted by the Senate on the same day. The vote in the lower house took place between 22.00 and 23.00 local time, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. A source close to...
Defense Ministry will receive UAH 50 billion next year
Budget of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine for next year makes up UAH 50 billion. Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak told during an hour of questions to the government. According to him, this year budget of the Defense Ministry made up UAH 26 billion, out of these, UAH 11 billion is the reserve fund. Setting up of new units and subunits, brigades...
Group of friendship with Australia should be established in parliament – President
It is necessary to establish a group of friendship with Australia in parliament . President Petro Poroshenko expressed this opinion at a meeting with Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop, the Presidential press service informs. “According to the Head of state, it is necessary to establish a group of friendship in the...
Militants continue violating “silence regime”
Over the previous day, militants six times violated the ceasefire regime. The ATO press center informed. “Militants obviously lacked patience to observe the previously established “silence” regime. Over the previous 24 hours, they shelled the ATO positions six times from small arms,” a statement reads. As reported, it was managed to observe the...
Ukraine ceasefire is ‘real’
President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours went without a military casualty. …read more Source:...
U.S. Senate passes bill to support freedom in Ukraine
The United States Senate on Thursday passed bill S.2828 “Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014,” an Ukrinform correspondent has reported. The bill was voted under the procedure when the text of the document is preliminarily approved by each senator, who introduces amendments if necessary, and then, during a technical vote in the upper...