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UN urges truce in Aleppo to provide humanitarian assistance
With more than two million people impacted by the fighting in and around war-ravaged Aleppo, where wide swaths of the area are now without power and water supplies are dwindling, the United Nations urgently called for a humanitarian pause in the hostilities to enable immediate access to repair the electricity and water networks, and provide...
Ukrainian athlete Kharlan wins bronze medal in fencing women`s sabre
Ukraine bagged its first bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro when 25-year-old athlete Olha Kharlan from the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv won her bout in the Fencing Women`s Sabre individual competition against France`s Manon Brunet late on Monday. The score in the bronze medal bout was 15:10. Earlier, Kharlan beat Mexico`s...
Syria: MSF-supported hospital in Idlib governorate destroyed by bombing
A busy hospital that served as a reference center for pediatric patients in the town of Millis, in Syria`s Idlib governorate, was destroyed by aerial bombing on Saturday, killing 13 people and depriving 70,000 people of essential medical care, according to the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans...
Russian troops attack Ukraine 47 times in last day, use artillery in Shyrokyne
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 47 times in the past 24 hours, including 20 times in the Mariupol sector, 16 times in the Donetsk sector and 11 times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers...
Reuters: U.S. urges Russia to halt Syria sieges; Russia slams aid politicization
The United Nations Security Council must not allow civilians on both sides of the Syrian city of Aleppo to be cut off from humanitarian aid, the United States said on Monday as Russia accused Washington of politicizing a humanitarian issue, according to Reuters. The United States, Britain, France, New Zealand and Ukraine organized an informal...
Prices of industrial products rise by over 4% in a month
The prices set by Ukraine`s industrial producers in July 2016 rose by 4.3%, compared to the previous month, according to the State Statistics Service. In annual terms, industrial product prices grew by 18.3% year-over-year, while compared to December 2015, they rose by 18.8%, the service said. The report does not include data from the...
Ukraine`s consolidated budget revenue grow by UAH 73 bln since year start
Revenues of Ukraine`s consolidated budget in January-July 2016 amounted to UAH 352.4 billion, which is higher by UAH 73.3 billion, or 26.3%, compared to the same period last year, the press service of the State Fiscal Service reported. According to the report, the state budget revenues for the period under review, including transfers in...
Ukraine reinforces Kherson region with equipment and personnel – media
Press secretary of the Ukrainian General Staff Vladyslav Selezniov has confirmed that Ukraine has been strengthening its military positions in Kherson region near Kremlin-occupied Crimea with equipment and personnel in view of Russia`s aggressive actions, Crimean news portal Krym.Realii wrote. Residents of Henichesk district reported they had...
Ukraine sees deflation for 2nd consecutive month
Deflation (decline in consumer prices) was recorded in Ukraine for the second consecutive month calculated on a month-to-month basis, the State Statistics Service reported on its website. Deflation of 0.1% was recorded in July as compared to June, after a decline of 0.2% in June as compared to May. According to the report, in annual terms,...
Ukraine and Indonesia agree on cooperation in defense sphere
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Indonesia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the defense sphere in the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the presidential press service reported. The agreement was signed by Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin and...