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Enhanced EU sanctions against Russia to come into force in next few days
The European Union has adopted a package of further sanctions against Russia, but they will take effect in the next few days, depending on whether the conditions of the ceasefire in Donbas are observed. This was stated by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Ukrinform’s correspondent in Brussels reported. “A package of...
Germany believes ceasefire is not enough
German government considers insufficient to have only a ceasefire in Ukraine’s east in order to reach success in settlement of the conflict. Speaker of the government Steffen Seibert emphasized, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The matter not only concerns observing a ceasefire mode. There is a long list of things that were agreed and...
1,200 hostages released following ceasefire – Poroshenko
Following the ceasefire mode was announced, it was succeeded to release 1,200 hostages from captivity of militants in Donbas. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said while on a working visit to Mariupol. “After a ceasefire was announced, we managed to release 1,200 hostages. Glory to Ukraine!” the Head of state wrote on his...
Terrorists disrupt exchange of captives
The self-declared “DPR” stops a process of exchange of captives since it says that it has not received a list of captured militants. This is said on the website of terrorists. “There are fears that we will release everyone, and Kyiv will try to cheat,” acting “minister of state security” of the “DPR” Leonid Baranov said. Due to this, the “DPR” is...
Yatseniuk to head list of Poroshenko’s party – media
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will head a list of the party Bloc of Petro Poroshenko. Lb.ua informs with reference to a source in the party. According to the publication, the first five persons in the presidential Bloc will be Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, leader of the Bloc Yuriy Lutsenko, VR Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov, as well as...
Kuchma says violation of truce not contrary to Minsk agreements
There is not a single example in the world, when peace comes immediately after signing of the peaceful agreement. Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine in 1995-2004, said, answering questions of a Ukrinform correspondent in Chernihiv. “Is this the war? This is not the war – this is an exception. Dozens of people were killed in the war every...
State budget loses almost UAH 4.5 billion due to war
Proceeds to the general fund of the budget fell by UAH 4.4 billion from Luhansk and Donetsk region, compared with the previous year, due to military operations in these regions. Chairman of the State Fiscal Service Ihor Bilous unveiled such operational data, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Due to the tense situation in Luhansk and...
Military-technical cooperation not public issue – expert
Work on arms supply to Ukraine is conducted, but it’s too early to comment on this. This was aired on Monday at a press conference following the NATO summit by military analyst of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Ihor Koziy, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The issues of military-technical cooperation are not public, it...
Ukraine ready to repel direct aggression from south – NSDC
Ukraine has enough forces and means to counter direct aggression of the enemy from the south. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “I should assure you that on the southern direction including we have now enough forces and means in order to stop direct aggression of...
Russia pulls hundred armored vehicles, dozens of tanks and Grad rocket launchers near Kherson region
Russia is stepping up its grouping of troops and equipment on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. Near the border with Kherson region, it has a hundred pieces of Russian armored vehicles, dozens of tanks, Grad and Uragan rocket launchers, and SAM Buk. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing on...