Section: News & Summaries

      Berlin to host meeting of foreign ministers in Normandy format
      Jan12

      Berlin to host meeting of foreign ministers in Normandy format

      The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany will meet in Berlin today, on January 12. This meeting takes place a few days before possible negotiations in the Normandy format in Astana, which will be attended by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Russian...

      Eastern Ukraine receives humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan
      Jan12

      Eastern Ukraine receives humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan

      Humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan arrived last Saturday at the city of Severodonetsk located in Luhansk region, the government portal has reported. “The shipping list for six train cars includes food such as almost 128,000 cans of meat, 40 tonnes of sugar, 150 tonnes of buckwheat, 36,000 liters of sunflower oil. Humanitarian aid for...

      Gas blast in Izmayil city cafe injures more than 15
      Jan12

      Gas blast in Izmayil city cafe injures more than 15

      A powerful blast rocked a downtown cafe in Izmayil, a city in Odesa region, last Sunday afternoon. Timer online news media reports the explosion occurred at around 15.45 at the Fountain cafe, located between Pobeda movie theater and a school near the Holy Protection cathedral. The building was devastated by raging fire that injured people....

      Poroshenko meets in Paris with Ukrainian community in France, Canada and Belgium
      Jan12

      Poroshenko meets in Paris with Ukrainian community in France, Canada and Belgium

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in the conclusion of his unofficial visit to France on the occasion of participation in the Unity March, has met in Paris with representatives of the Ukrainian community in France, Canada and Belgium. The president thanked the Ukrainian diaspora for their support of Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent...

      More than 4,800 people killed in eastern Ukraine – UN
      Jan12

      More than 4,800 people killed in eastern Ukraine – UN

      At least 4,808 people have been killed as a result of the hostilities in Donbas since April 2014. This is stated in a report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published on Sunday. “From mid-April 2014 to 6 January 2015, at least 4,808 people have been killed (including 298 from flight MH-17) and 10,468 wounded in...

      Poroshenko hopes visas will be cancelled at summit in Riga
      Jan12

      Poroshenko hopes visas will be cancelled at summit in Riga

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, who made his first visit to Ukraine as head of the foreign ministry of the country that took over EU presidency from January 1, 2015, the presidential press service has reported. “The president expressed hope for the successful holding of the...

      France prepares for mass anti-terror rally

      France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world. ||| Paris – France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally for unity Sunday after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world. Police searched for a woman linked to the three...

      Hungary resumes reverse gas supplies to Ukraine
      Jan10

      Hungary resumes reverse gas supplies to Ukraine

      Hungary resumed reverse supplies of natural gas to Ukraine on Saturday, the press service of JSC Ukrtransgaz has reported. According to the latest information, imports of natural gas will be conducted in the amount of 2.7 million of cubic meters per day. As reported, on September 25, 2014, Hungary’s gas transport system operator, FGSZ,...

      Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 20 wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours
      Jan10

      Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 20 wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours

      Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another 20 have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas in the past 24 hours, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko has said. “Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another twenty have been wounded in the past 24...

      Poroshenko compares terrorist attack in France with events in Donbas
      Jan10

      Poroshenko compares terrorist attack in France with events in Donbas

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees no difference between a terrorist attack in France and terrorist attacks that are made in the occupied territories of Donbas. Poroshenko said this during his visit to the French Embassy in Ukraine on Friday, January 9, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I’ve just had an opportunity to...