Section: News & Summaries
Stormtroopers of Donetsk airport restore combat capability – Tymchuk
Russian forces and terrorists, who are struggling to capture the Donetsk airport, retreated and restore combat capability. Head of the Center of Political and Military Studies Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. “Subdivisions of Russian-terrorist troops, who took part in the assault the Donetsk airport, are withdrawn deep into military...
Klimkin, Poltorak retain posts of foreign and defense ministers
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has approved Stepan Poltorak as Ukraine’s defense minister. A total of 347 MPs voted for this decision on Tuesday. Pavlo Klimkin was approved as Ukraine’s foreign minister. A total of 351 lawmakers supported this decision. Poltorak’s and Klimkin’s nominations were earlier...
Ukraine has new government
The Verkhovna Rada has approved candidates for the posts of members of the Cabinet of Ministers. A total of 288 MPs on Tuesday evening supported the decision to vote for government resolution No. 1008 as a basis and as a whole. Thus, the Verkhovna Rada approved: Valeriy Voshchevsky as deputy prime minister, Viacheslav Kyrylenko as deputy prime...
Carter tapped to succeed Hagel
US President Barack Obama has reportedly settled on technocrat Ashton Carter as his fourth defence secretary. ||| Washington – Can a career Washington technocrat break into US President Barack Obama’s tight-knit inner circle and oversee the world’s most powerful military? It looks like former Pentagon official Ashton Carter is...
Russian economy heading for recession
Russia’s economy may enter its first recession since 2009 in the first quarter, Deputy Economy Minister Alexei Vedev said, as the Ukraine conflict and lower oil prices exact a toll on the world’s biggest energy exporter. ||| Olga Tanas MoscowRUSSIA’S economy may enter its first recession since 2009 in the first quarter, Deputy...
Ukraine hands foreigners top govt posts
Ukraine handed foreigners – including a US citizen – top posts in a new reformist government on Tuesday aimed at rooting out endemic corruption. …read more Source:...
Hroisman: Budget 2015 should take into consideration decentralization
The budget of Ukraine for 2015 should be adopted with taking into consideration decentralization. Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Hroisman told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In December, we should complete the fiscal year and start a new fiscal year from January. It is important that the budget 2015 was based on the...
Klimkin to head delegation at OSCE meeting in Switzerland
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will head the Ukrainian delegation at the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, Switzerland, on December 4-5. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “On December 4-5, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo...
Foreign Ministry has no data on truce since December 5
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has no information on the course of negotiations on the truce that allegedly should come into force in the East since December 5. MFA Spokesperson Yevhen Perebyinis told a briefing on Tuesday in Kyiv, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Unfortunately, we have no details on these negotiations,” Perebyinis...
Obama, Tusk to demand that Russia leave Ukraine
European Council President Donald Tusk and U.S. President Barack Obama have discussed joint efforts on settling the crisis in eastern Ukraine. This issue was discussed during a telephone conversation between the two leaders, according to Ukrinform’s correspondent in Brussels. “We shared our concerns over the crisis in Ukraine and...