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      Ukraine News Roundup | October 31
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      Ukraine News Roundup | October 31

      In Russian, Historians Join Kremlin’s Campaign to Label Ukraine ‘Nazi’ via Time Kyivans Rally for Reconstruction of Cinema Torched Amid Screening of LGBT Film via Kyiv Post Photo Essay: Chasing Vote Fraud and Dodging Attack in a Ukrainian Village via Quartz Video, Maps: The Brutal ‘Cease-Fire War’ Over Donetsk’s Airport...

      Poroshenko Bloc to support Yatseniuk as prime minister on one condition
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      Poroshenko Bloc to support Yatseniuk as prime minister on one condition

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed that the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction support Arseniy Yatseniuk as new prime minister on the condition of the detailed coordination of a coalition agreement. He said this at a meeting with MPs elected from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper reported. Poroshenko...

      One more Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas
      Oct31

      One more Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas

      One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and four more have been injured in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas in the past 24 hours. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday. “One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in...

      EU estimates ‘winter gas package’ at $4.6 bln
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      EU estimates ‘winter gas package’ at $4.6 bln

      The European Commission has estimated the value of trilateral agreements reached in Brussels on October 30 regarding the terms of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine until March 31, 2015 at $4.6 billion. Such calculations on the value of the “winter gas package” have been released by the European Commission, Ukrinform’s...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Oct31

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map

      The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to shell Ukrainian army positions.

      Russia may resume Ukraine gas supply

      Russia may restart gas supplies to Ukraine as soon as next week if all financial conditions are met. ||| Moscow – Russia may restart gas supplies to Ukraine as soon as next week if all financial conditions are met, Alexei Miller, head of state gas monopoly Gazprom, said on Friday. Moscow, Kiev and the European Union clinched a deal on...

      Ukraine, Russia, EU agree to gas deal

      Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine. ||| Brussels – Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on Thursday on the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine for winter after several months of delay during the conflict in Ukraine. European...

      Liashko’s party ready to enter into coalition under certain conditions
      Oct31

      Liashko’s party ready to enter into coalition under certain conditions

      Oleh Liashko’s Radical Party has expressed its willingness to participate in a parliamentary coalition, according to a statement released by the party’s press service. The party insists that the coalition agreement take into account several provisions. They believe that a new coalition government must ensure the integrity and unitary...

      Russian ‘aid convoy’ arrives in Donetsk and Luhansk
      Oct31

      Russian ‘aid convoy’ arrives in Donetsk and Luhansk

      A column of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has delivered the so-called “humanitarian aid” to Donetsk and Luhansk – with 50 trucks entering each of the two cities, TASS has reported. “The Russian humanitarian convoy of approximately a hundred vehicles previously divided into two columns. Fifty trucks brought to...

      Criminal case opened against Porechenkov
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      Criminal case opened against Porechenkov

      The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has instituted criminal proceedings against Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov, who personally took part in the shelling of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit with a heavy machine gun in Donetsk. Porechenkov is facing imprisonment for a term of 7 to 12 years. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov reported this on his...