Section: News & Summaries
Putin Leaves All Options Open on Economic Crisis and Ukraine War
Pascual: With Russia’s Economic Downturn, West Should Probe Chances of a Merkel-Brokered Deal In his annual press conference this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered no clear suggestion for how he proposes to dig Russia out of its deepening economic hole. And he signaled no new direction in government’s sponsorship of the...
Measuring Ukraine’s War on Corruption: Key Signs to Watch in Early 2015
As Ukraine’s new government has taken office and vows to clean up endemic corruption—publicly perceived as Europe’s worst, according to Transparency International—here are some leading indicators of its progress, as suggested by the Atlantic Council’s Kyiv-based senior fellow, Brian Mefford. You can find his full essay on this...
Yatseniuk, Steinmeier discuss finances, reforms and Donbas
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is in Kyiv on a working visit, the government portal has reported. “The prime minister discussed with the German representative the current financial and economic situation in Ukraine and prospects for the provision by the European...
Killer of three police officers detained
A man who killed three police officers in Kyiv on December 18 has been detained. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote this on his Facebook page. “The killer, a drug dealer who committed the murder of three police officers yesterday, has been detained. He fired back during the arrest, but a ballistic shield used during the assault...
Lukashenko to meet with Poroshenko on Sunday
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that a meeting between him and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko could take place on December 21. He told this to reporters in Minsk on Friday, RIA Novosti reported. “We are likely to meet with the Ukrainian president on Sunday. He called me yesterday and asked for holding a meeting and...
‘We’re not trying to cripple Russia’
Germany has denied that European Union sanctions are aimed at crippling the Russian economy. ||| Berlin – Germany denied Friday that European Union sanctions are aimed at crippling the Russian economy and said a tightening of the screws this week as Russia’s crisis worsens is a coincidence, and not by design.It also denied that the...
Yatseniuk orders to prepare next humanitarian aid to occupied Donbas
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has ordered to prepare the next humanitarian aid to the Donbas territory occupied by terrorists. He gave a corresponding instruction during a Cabinet of Ministers meeting on Friday, the government portal informed. After the meeting the prime minister ordered Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for...
There is no rear in this war – Poroshenko
The war in Ukraine is being waged not only on the frontline, and evidence of this is the incident with the killing of three police officers in Kyiv on December 18. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a ceremony to mark Police Day, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “There is no rear in this war. The war is not being waged...
Russian aggression cannot be stopped by diplomatic means – Turchynov
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov does not believe that Russian aggression could be stopped by diplomatic means. He told this in an interview with LigaBusinessInform online news site. “The only mechanism to make them implement the agreements, including those reached in Minsk, and to...
Five Ukrainian servicemen killed over past 24 hours
Illegal armed groups have committed nine provocations over the past 24 hours against the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces who sustained losses. The spokesman for the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing on Friday. “Five Ukrainian soldiers have...