Section: News & Summaries

      Russia Sends New Army Troops Into Ukraine War, Kyiv Says
      Jan20

      Russia Sends New Army Troops Into Ukraine War, Kyiv Says

      Intensified Combat and a Wave of Bombings May Be Kremlin Pushing Ukraine to Accept New Talks Russia reportedly has sent two battalions of troops into Ukraine’s Donbas region to strengthen its forces there amid a week-long spike in combat. At a minimum, Russia’s injection of new regular troops, tanks and rockets is a warning to...

      Europe has low expectations of Davos

      Senior European executives have largely given up hope of an economic upturn this year, according to a survey released by PwC. ||| Davos Switzerland – Senior European executives have largely given up hope of an economic upturn this year, according to a survey released Tuesday by consultants PwC.The poll, published on the eve of the World...

      Klimkin to present evidence of Russia’s attempts to disrupt Minsk agreements
      Jan20

      Klimkin to present evidence of Russia’s attempts to disrupt Minsk agreements

      Ukraine’s foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin assures that Ukraine will provide evidence of Russia’s attempts to disrupt the Minsk agreements at the meetings of the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the UN Security Council and the OSCE Permanent Council. He has announced this at a press briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform...

      Savchenko continues hunger strike even after sister’s visit
      Jan20

      Savchenko continues hunger strike even after sister’s visit

      Ukrainian pilot, Ukraine’s Parliament member, Nadiya Savchenko who is now in a pre-trial cell in Moscow prison continues her hunger strike even after her sister Vira visited her. Her lawyer Mark Geygin twitted the news. “Vira left the pre-trial prison-6 after she visited Nadiya. Savchenko will not stop her hunger strike. Now only the...

      Bridge in Volnovakha direction blown up
      Jan20

      Bridge in Volnovakha direction blown up

      The bridge under a freight train traveling to Volnovakha has been blown up in Zaporizhzhia region, spokeswoman of Zaporizhzhia region prosecutor Marianna Piskunova has told an Ukrinform correspondent. “Prosecutor of Zaporizhzhia region Oleksandr Shatsky immediately went to Rozivka district, where at 15:20 near village Kuznetsovka a freight...

      Hontareva, Jaresko, Abromavicius to participate in World Economic Forum in Davos
      Jan20

      Hontareva, Jaresko, Abromavicius to participate in World Economic Forum in Davos

      Besides President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s finance minister Natalie Jaresko, economy minister Aivaras Abromavicius and NBU governor Valeria Hontareva will deliver speeches at the World Economic Forum in Davos. This has been announced by deputy chairman of the Presidential Administration Dmytro Shymkiv at a briefing in Kyiv, an...

      Russian VTB Bank to increase its Ukrainian subsidiaries capital by four bln
      Jan20

      Russian VTB Bank to increase its Ukrainian subsidiaries capital by four bln

      VTB Group is preparing a decision to increase the capital of its Ukrainian subsidiaries PJSC VTB Bank and JSC BM Bank by UAH 4 billion. “The Group plan to complete the necessary corporate procedures to increase capital of the banks in the first quarter of 2015. The total amount of the capital increase will be up to UAH 4 billion (about $...

      Foreign Ministers to meet in Normandy format in Berlin on Wednesday
      Jan20

      Foreign Ministers to meet in Normandy format in Berlin on Wednesday

      Foreign Ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine (Normandy format) will hold another round of talks to resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine in Berlin on Wednesday, January 21. Ukrinform received the information from German diplomatic circles.”Talks will be held tomorrow in the evening,” an agency’s official said. As a...

      Ex-finance minister Kolobov, ex-PM Azarov arrested in absentia
      Jan20

      Ex-finance minister Kolobov, ex-PM Azarov arrested in absentia

      The Pechersky district court of Kyiv has delivered a judgment on taking former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov and former finance minister Yuri Kolobov into custody. This has been announced by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “January 19, 2015, upon the motion...

      800 Russian military invade Ukraine on Monday
      Jan20

      800 Russian military invade Ukraine on Monday

      On Monday, about 800 Russian military as part of two battalion task groups invaded the Ukrainian territory, ATO speaker Andriy Lysenko has announced at a briefing. “Two battalion task groups, each of them consisting of 400 people, entered the territory of Ukraine at a section of the border, which was still not controlled, in the direction...