Section: News & Summaries
Coalition and government formation principles announced
Participants in the coalition negotiations from five political parties that passed the five percent threshold agreed on a protocol that envisages the principles of coalition and government formation. According to the protocol, which was released on November 11, participants in the negotiations agreed that the coalition agreement would contain...
Militants open fire on ATO positions more than 50 times over 24 hours
Over the previous day, shelling of ATO positions was fixed more than 50 times on the part of Russian-terrorist forces. Coordinator of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on its Facebook page. “Activity of militants and Russian occupants is noted on the Luhansk, Debaltseve and Donetsk directions – fire was opened 21, 14 and...
Official election results published in parliamentary newspaper
The names of MPs elected at early parliamentary elections in Ukraine on October 26 have been published in today’s issue of the Holos Ukrainy newspaper. A total of 421 MPs elected to the Verkhovna Rada, among them 225 on party lists and 196 at single-member electoral districts. In particular, the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko received 132...
Russians and terrorists gather striking force near Pervomaisk
A new striking force of Russian troops and terrorists is concentrated in the area of Pervomaisk. Head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. “This group consists of several task forces of Russian troops’ squadrons (mainly from the mechanized infantry brigade of the Southern Military District, and, at...
Militants shell Bakhmutka highway again
Militants try to capture a strategic sector of the Bakhmutka highway, which connects Luhansk and Severodonetsk and is a dividing line between the sides in accordance with the Minsk Memorandum. The ATO press center informs. “At night, militants repeatedly shelled our positions in this district with Grad rocket launchers. They fired on roadblocks,...
Militants again shell Donetsk airport
Terrorists this morning again shelled the Donetsk airport, with one Ukrainian soldier sustaining injuries, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) has reported on its Facebook page. “This morning militants again shelled our positions at the airport. Due to the shelling one of the Ukrainian defenders was injured, and now he...
Russian rouble’s plunge resumes
The rouble resumed its dramatic slide, a day after the Russian central bank floated the currency that has been driven sharply lower by falling oil prices and economic sanctions imposed over Russia’s policy in Ukraine. ||| Moscow – The rouble resumed its dramatic slide on Tuesday, a day after the Russian central bank floated the...
Coalition negotiations resumed in Rada
Next meeting of a working group on the Coalition Agreement started at the Verkhovna Rada. Participating in this meeting are representatives of five parties, which overcame the 5% percent threshold. As reported by a Ukrinform correspondent, representatives of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, People’s Front, Samopomich, Batkivshchyna and Radical...
Foreign Ministry warns against “hasty attacks” on OSCE
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs highly appreciates work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and warns against attacks on the organization. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis told a briefing. “We highly appreciate work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. We caution against hasty attacks towards the...
Defense Ministry says OSCE observers call Ukrainian soldiers “Ukropy”
OSCE representatives, who work in Mariupol, Donetsk region, have a negative attitude toward Ukrainian military and call them “Ukropy.” Adviser to the Defense Minister on exchange of captives Vasyl Budyk told Ukrainska Pravda. “I’ve heard talks when they call our soldiers “Ukropy.” Then I’ve heard that “they (Ukrainian military...