Section: News & Summaries
US believes it is number one – Russia
Russia hit back at President Barack Obama’s speech, saying it showed the US believes it is “number one”. ||| Moscow – Russia hit back on Wednesday at US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, saying it showed the United States believes it is “number one” and seeks world domination. Obama said...
Gunmen’s blast seriously damages strategic bridge near Stanytsia Luhanska village
The bridge over the Siversky Donets river near Stanytsia Luhanska village, 10 kilometers northeast of Luhansk, was significantly damaged by gunmen’s blast on Wednesday. The news was published on the website of Luhansk Regional State Administration Chairman Gennady Moskal. “Today (January 21 – Ed.), the bridge was significantly...
Poroshenko returns to Ukraine after meeting IMF head
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will fly from Davos to Ukraine after he meets IMF head Christine Lagarde at 17:00. Poroshenko has announced this on the air of the Bloomberg Europe TV channel, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “After meeting with Christine Lagarde at 17:00, I’m flying to Ukraine,” Poroshenko said....
Poroshenko: More than two thousand Russian soldiers cross Ukraine’s border today
More than two thousand Russian soldiers, two hundred tanks and armored personnel carriers have crossed the Ukrainian border today. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has announced this on the air of the Bloomberg Europe TV channel, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The situation is getting worse. We have now received the information...
Russia seeks ceasefire in the Donbas conflict zone during talks in Normandy format – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would seek ceasefire in the Donbas conflict zone during talks in Normandy format on January 21 in Berlin. He said this during his annual press conference in Moscow on Wednesday. “We will seek an immediate ceasefire. We will talk about this today as the main priority at a meeting in...
PACE President sets deadline for Savchenko release
Anne Brasseur, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has asked Russia to release detained Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadiya Savchenko to let her participate in the opening of the PACE session on January 26. “Anne Brasseur, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has asked Russian...
Ukraine to explain Ukrnafta investors they won’t receive $5 bln
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has instructed the national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy and the Justice Ministry to prepare an objection to the claim lodged by Cypriot investors of the public joint-stock company Ukrnafta, charging Ukraine USD 5 billion in compensation for damages. “I instruct the national joint-stock...
Government wants to increase size of army
The Cabinet of Ministers will submit to the Parliament a draft law on increase in the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine up to 250 thousand people. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has announced this, opening the government’s meeting on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The Ukrainian government submits to the...
KYIV, January 21 /Ukrinform/. Children to be evacuated from Avdiyivka due to unstoppable attacks – chief of Ukraine’s Internal Ministry in Donetsk region
Children to be evacuated from Avdiyivka due to unstoppable attacks – chief of Ukraine’s Internal Ministry in Donetsk region Because terrorists have been firing at Avdiyivka, town 10 km east of Donetsk, without cease the local children will be evacuated to the holiday resorts in Dnipropetrovsk region. Chief of Ukraine’s Internal...
Jaresko: Investors overestimate risks in Ukraine
Markets and investors overestimate the risks that exist in Ukraine. This view has been expressed by Ukraine’s finance minister Natalie Jaresko during the debate of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Ukraine has been often an object of overestimation of risk. In my view, the economic...