Section: News & Summaries

      Five soldiers killed in past 24 hours
      Nov07

      Five soldiers killed in past 24 hours

      Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 16 more have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas in the past 24 hours. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Over the...

      Danyliuk will not be Adviser to Defense Minister
      Nov07

      Danyliuk will not be Adviser to Defense Minister

      Adviser to the Defense Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk left his position Friday, November 7, and headed the Defense Reform Center. Danyliuk wrote this on his Facebook page. “I headed the newly created Defense Reform Center. I do not fulfill the function of Adviser to the Defense Minister now,” the publication reads. To remind, Danyliuk occupied the...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Nov07

      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.

      CEC may not announce official election results by November 10
      Nov07

      CEC may not announce official election results by November 10

      Chairman of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC) Mykhailo Okhendovsky has said he does not rule out that the commission may have no time to announce the official results of the early parliamentary elections by November 10. Okhendovsky said this at a meeting with a delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...

      Gazprom “issues invoice” to Naftogaz
      Nov07

      Gazprom “issues invoice” to Naftogaz

      Naftogaz receives an invoice on advance payment for gas supply from Gazprom, however, it will make payment in case that Ukraine needs to start the purchase of gas from Russia. The Naftogaz press service told Apostrophe. “We received an invoice, and we will pay only for those gas volumes, which we need,” the company said. Naftogaz also noted that...

      Poland unwilling to intervene in Donbas war
      Nov07

      Poland unwilling to intervene in Donbas war

      Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz does not support calls by the opposition to intervene in the fighting in Donbas so that Poland could help Ukraine win the war, the Yevropeiska Pravda online newspaper has reported, citing Polish Radio. “The persuasion that we took part in the war and win the war for Ukraine quite surprises me,” Kopacz...

      Terrorists announce plans to surround Debaltseve
      Nov07

      Terrorists announce plans to surround Debaltseve

      Terrorists in the east of Ukraine are preparing to surround Debaltseve. Head of the Center of Military and Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk wrote this on Facebook. “Terrorists are trying to narrow the Debaltseve springboard and come close to Debaltseve. Bandit formation heads “mechanized brigade Prymara” (Ghost) announced about preparation to...

      United States condemns shelling of school in Donetsk
      Nov07

      United States condemns shelling of school in Donetsk

      The United States has condemned the shelling of the territory of a school in Donetsk and stressed the need for an independent inquiry into the incident. U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said this at a briefing on Thursday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “We condemn the shelling of a school in Donetsk that left at...

      Russia redeploys armored column through Izvaryne
      Nov07

      Russia redeploys armored column through Izvaryne

      Russia shifted an armored column to Donbas through the checkpoint of Izvaryne. Head of the Center of Military and Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. “Through the checkpoint of Izvaryne, an armored column passed from the territory of the Russian Federation to Ukraine. A battalion tactical group of the Russian Armed Forces...

      CEC counts 99.95% of ballots, People’s Front leads
      Nov07

      CEC counts 99.95% of ballots, People’s Front leads

      Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has currently counted 99.95% of ballots in early elections for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, according to the commission’s website. The People’s Front holds the lead, with 22.14% of the vote. The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko collected 21.81% of the vote, Samopomich Union – 10.97%,...