Section: News & Summaries

      Ukrainian, Canadian defense ministries sign declaration of intent
      Dec08

      Ukrainian, Canadian defense ministries sign declaration of intent

      The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Ministry of National Defense of Canada have signed a declaration of intent to continue cooperation to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian government and its security forces to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity and its people. The document was signed Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan...

      Hontareva requests banks to keep rate at 16 UAH/USD
      Dec08

      Hontareva requests banks to keep rate at 16 UAH/USD

      The National Bank of Ukraine states the absence of improvement of the situation on the financial market of Ukraine, but requests the banks not to weaken the rate lower than 16 UAH/USD. The source in financial circles informs, referring to results of a meeting of NBU governor Valeria Hontareva with representatives of largest banks, Apostrophe...

      Several thousand Russian soldiers remain in Ukraine – NSDC
      Dec08

      Several thousand Russian soldiers remain in Ukraine – NSDC

      The number of Russian troops in Ukraine remains unchanged and amounts to several thousand servicemen. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “We do not have the exact number, but these are several thousand...

      Donetsk airport terminals suitable for defense – NSDC
      Dec08

      Donetsk airport terminals suitable for defense – NSDC

      Donetsk airport terminals are destroyed, but still suitable for the defense. Spokesman of NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “The old and new terminals are destroyed at the Donetsk airport, but there is the ability to keep the defense, to repel the attacks and to meet...

      Yanukovych changes mind to be president
      Dec08

      Yanukovych changes mind to be president

      Viktor Yanukovych Jr. resigned as head of the Automobile Federation of Ukraine (AFU). This is stated in his address posted on the AFU website. “Since my life principle has always been compulsory division between motor racing and politics, in order that the Automobile Federation of Ukraine further developed, I withdraw from the leadership of...

      Russia to resume gas supply to Ukraine on December 11
      Dec08

      Russia to resume gas supply to Ukraine on December 11

      Ukraine will start taking on December 11 the Russian gas for which it paid on December 6, the press service of PJSC Ukrtransgaz has told an Ukrinform reporter. “Ukrtransgaz got the instruction from the [Naftogaz of Ukraine] management to prepare the transport system for the receipt of Russian gas from December 11. The instruction came this...

      Hroisman offers to promptly abolish parliamentary immunity
      Dec08

      Hroisman offers to promptly abolish parliamentary immunity

      Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Hroisman supports an initiative on the prompt abolition of parliamentary immunity. He said this at the Conciliation Board, Ukrinform reports. “As regards the removal of immunity, I personally, as Chairman of the parliament support it … I really would like that we reviewed it as soon as possible and...

      Yatseniuk urges MPs to adopt package of laws for survival
      Dec08

      Yatseniuk urges MPs to adopt package of laws for survival

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has called on the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a package of economic laws that are necessary to save the country in the current situation. He said this after a meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The situation is...

      Rada proposes to hear ministers only on Fridays
      Dec08

      Rada proposes to hear ministers only on Fridays

      Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Hroisman proposes not to call ministers on other than Friday days to report in the parliament. He said at the Conciliation Council, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “As concerns a question to the government… we have Friday, we have an hour of questions to the government and they will report to us,”...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Dec08

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map

      The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to shell Ukrainian army positions. The map that reflects the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on December 8 has been released by the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council.