Section: News & Summaries

      112 German aid trucks cross border, heading to Kyiv
      Oct07

      112 German aid trucks cross border, heading to Kyiv

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for sending humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. The head of state said this during telephone consultations on Monday, the presidential press service reported. “He said that 112 trucks of humanitarian aid for those affected in Donbas had already crossed the...

      Debaltseve under fire of militants, TPP shelled in Shchastia
      Oct07

      Debaltseve under fire of militants, TPP shelled in Shchastia

      Terrorists do not stop shelling positions and checkpoints of the ATO forces. The most tense situation remains near Debaltseve. The ATO press center informs. “A tense situation is in the area near Debaltseve, the highest shelling of our positions falls on this district,” a statement reads. According to the ATO Staff, also the militants...

      CEC registers 310 foreign observers
      Oct07

      CEC registers 310 foreign observers

      The Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered another 55 official observers from international organizations and foreign embassies in Ukraine in early elections for the Verkhovna Rada. The commission made relevant decisions at a meeting on Monday evening, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. CEC registered 19 observers from the...

      Militants continue shelling Donetsk airport
      Oct07

      Militants continue shelling Donetsk airport

      Terrorists continue shelling the positions of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces at the Donetsk airport, the ATO press center has reported on its Facebook page. “Militants do not stop attempts to assault the Donetsk airport and continue shelling the positions of our troops on its territory,” the report says.

      Special unit Kyiv-Center releases two Ukrainian captives
      Oct06

      Special unit Kyiv-Center releases two Ukrainian captives

      Soldiers of the special unit Kyiv-Center released from captivity two Ukrainian military of the medical-sanitary unit of the 93rd Detached Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are Major Denys Zakusylov and private soldier Vitaliy Iskra. They were successfully delivered to Kyiv, accompanied by the Kyiv-Center soldiers, Censor....

      VR Commission on Ilovaisk: General Khomchak refuses to speak
      Oct06

      VR Commission on Ilovaisk: General Khomchak refuses to speak

      Commander of the Operational Command Pivden (South) General Ruslan Khomchak refuses to answer the questions of members of the Verkhovna Rada Provisional Investigatory Commission on investigation into the events in Ilovaisk, referring to secret information. He has said during an examination by the Commission members, a Ukrinform correspondent...

      VR provisional investigatory commission on Ilovaisk holds closed-door meeting – without mass media
      Oct06

      VR provisional investigatory commission on Ilovaisk holds closed-door meeting – without mass media

      A meeting of the Provisional Investigatory Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigation into the events in the city of Ilovaisk, Donetsk region, continued behind closed doors. As reported by a Ukrinform correspondent, following demand from General Ruslan Khomchak about holding his examination by Commission members without mass...

      Slovakia confirms intention to supply reverse gas to Ukraine
      Oct06

      Slovakia confirms intention to supply reverse gas to Ukraine

      Slovakia confirms its intention to supply gas to Ukraine to the amount of 10 billion cu m a year. State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Peter Burian told a press conference in Lviv, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We understand to which extent the gas issue is important for Ukraine. Therefore,...

      Medvedev promises to look for compromise on gas with Ukraine
      Oct06

      Medvedev promises to look for compromise on gas with Ukraine

      Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev instructed Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak to continue negotiations with Ukraine and the EU on the gas problem. ITAR-TASS informs about this. “Undoubtedly, it is necessary to continue the search of compromises, it is necessary to continue contacts with understanding that it is necessary to...

      Senchenko stands for speeding up getting of combatant status by soldiers
      Oct06

      Senchenko stands for speeding up getting of combatant status by soldiers

      People’s deputy of Ukraine from the Batkivshchyna party and Chairman of the Provisional Investigatory Commission on events in Ilovaisk Andriy Senchenko intends to submit to the parliament a bill on criminal responsibility for attempts of hampering in getting a combatant status, as well as for facts of assistance in getting this status by...