Section: News & Summaries
Talks on release of captured soldiers continue
The negotiations on release of the wounded Ukrainian military, captured by terrorists, continue. ATO speaker Andriy Lysenko announced this at a briefing at the Ukrainian crisis media center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Currently, very serious negotiations on release of those wounded, who became hostages of militants, are being...
European Court discontinues examination of second case brought by Tymoshenko
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has discontinued examination of the second application of Yuliya Tymoshenko against Ukraine on friendly settlements. The ECHR press office informs that the decision was unanimously taken on December 16, 2014. “The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously decided to strike the application out...
NATO has no estimated number on Russian troops in eastern Ukraine
NATO hasn’t commented on the statement made by Ukrainian President Poroshenko that more than nine thousand Russian troops had infiltrated eastern Ukraine. This information comes from the response given by NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the journalists’ question regarding the increase in Russian military presence...
Davutoglu: Turkey not to recognize Crimea annexation
Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu has expressed support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. He announced this during the meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the President’s press office reports. “Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine are important not only for you, but also for...
Ukraine bus shelling kills 13
Thirteen civilians died when shells hit a trolleybus in Donetsk hours after peace talks in Berlin called for a ceasefire. ||| Kiev – Thirteen civilians died when shells hit a trolleybus on Thursday in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk as clashes forced Kiev to abandon its dogged defence of the city’s airport in one of the...
Ukrzaliznytsia railroad operator plans to open a new Intercity route from Kyiv to Mykolayiv
Ukrzaliznytsia railroad operator intends to launch Intercity train on the route from Kyiv to Mykolayiv, a southern port city 133 kilometers northeast of Odesa. Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kava who manages railroad sector reported the news in an interview with news portal ZTS. “We are now considering the possibility of...
Klimkin urges to fulfill all the Minsk agreements
Russia has promised to send the Minsk agreements signatories on the part of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” Oleksandr Zakharchenko and Ihor Plotnytsky to the meeting of the Contact Group on Donbas, which complies with the requirements of the Ukrainian party. This was discussed during the Ukraine crisis talks in a...
Defense Ministry: Trolleybus in Donetsk shelled by terrorists
On Thursday, January 22, terrorists have shelled a trolleybus in Donetsk, killing civilians. Shelling hit a passenger transport in the area, where there were no military clashes, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service reports. “The shelled trolleybus has been at a distance of more than 15 kilometers from the location of the ATO...
Ukraine’s Representative to UN lists specific Russian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN Yuriy Sergeyev asked the Russian delegation directly what specific Russian armed forces were doing in eastern Ukraine at the meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday. He even switched his speech from English into Russian to ask the question, the Ukrinform own correspondent reports. His question...
Steinmeier notes progress at Normandy Quartet ministers meeting
The meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday evening in Berlin represented “not a breakthrough”, but brought “tangible progress”. This was stated by Germany’s foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, an Ukrinform correspondent reported citing the press service of the...