Section: News & Summaries

      Kharkiv region may partially be included into ATO area
      Oct08

      Kharkiv region may partially be included into ATO area

      The Security Service of Ukraine considers a variant of including some districts of Kharkiv region to the area of holding the antiterrorist operation. Head of the State Service for War Veterans and ATO participants Artur Derevianko said at a press conference, the press service of the Social Policy Ministry informs. “The SBU in the nearest future...

      OSCE mission can work only amid peace – Nuland
      Oct08

      OSCE mission can work only amid peace – Nuland

      A complete ceasefire is required for the deployment of the OSCE mission in Donbas. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said this at a meeting with the leadership of the Ukrainian State Border Service, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. This is a civilian, rather than military mission, therefore it...

      Finance Ministry borrows almost UAH 1 billion on internal market
      Oct08

      Finance Ministry borrows almost UAH 1 billion on internal market

      The Finance Ministry of Ukraine placed government bonds at over UAH 974 million. The press service of the Ministry informed. “By results of holding the planned placement of government bonds on October 7, 2014, UAH 974.217 million was attracted to the state budget,” a statement reads. The Finance Ministry satisfied two bids from investors for the...

      Gold and currency reserves of Ukraine up to USD 16.2 billion in September
      Oct08

      Gold and currency reserves of Ukraine up to USD 16.2 billion in September

      International reserves of Ukraine, according to preliminary data as of October 1, 2014, made up USD 16.2 billion, which is 1.71% or USD 272 million up against USD 15.928 billion as of September 1. The website of the National Bank of Ukraine reads. “The increase in the volumes of international reserves over September 2014 was influenced by coming...

      Gunfire reported near Debaltseve, situation tense
      Oct08

      Gunfire reported near Debaltseve, situation tense

      The situation in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) is currently the worst near Debaltseve as most attacks were reported there, the ATO press center has reported. “The situation is tense near Debaltseve, as the greatest number of attacks on our positions is reported in this area,” the press center reported. It also added...

      Poroshenko to sign law on lustration by October 10 – Kniazevych
      Oct08

      Poroshenko to sign law on lustration by October 10 – Kniazevych

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will sign the law on the cleansing of power by October 10. The president’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Kniazevych, said this live on the Ukraina television channel, Interfax-Ukraine reported. “As he [Poroshenko] promised, he will do it in the terms defined by the constitution...

      Poland wants to be mediator in talks on Donbas
      Oct08

      Poland wants to be mediator in talks on Donbas

      A new stage of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations should take place with the participation of Poland, because the “Normandy format” has exhausted itself. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, Gazeta Wyborcza reported. “Ukrainian-Russian negotiations ended. Now you need a new stage. I think these discussions...

      Gazprom purchases largest gas storage of Western Europe
      Oct08

      Gazprom purchases largest gas storage of Western Europe

      The largest underground gas storage (UGS) in Western Europe, located in Reden, Germany, a small town in Lower Saxony, will become, as planned, the ownership of Gazprom. This information, published by Focus Online, was confirmed to the dpa agency in the company Wintershall – BASF “daughter.” An agreement with Gazprom, which envisages handing...

      Fitch downgrades Kyiv’s ratings to pre-default level
      Oct08

      Fitch downgrades Kyiv’s ratings to pre-default level

      Fitch Ratings has downgraded Kyiv’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘CC’ from ‘CCC,’ Espreso.TV has reported. The downgrade follows the city’s missed payment on October 6, 2014 of a scheduled repayment of UAH 1.125 billion. If Kyiv does not cure the overdue payment on...

      Poroshenko: There can be no discussion on changing Ukraine’s state border
      Oct08

      Poroshenko: There can be no discussion on changing Ukraine’s state border

      Ukraine will not change its state border, and all information in this regard is untrue. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a mobile border detachment in Bortnychi on Tuesday when checking the readiness of border units to take measures as part of the implementation of his peace plan for eastern Ukraine. “The state border...