Section: News & Summaries
Minsk agreements may appear at political garbage heap – Fesenko
Minsk agreements may appear at the political garbage heap, if separatists hold their elections. Head of the Center of Applied Studies Penta Volodymyr Fesenko told a press conference, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As a means of self-protection, leaders of the “DPR” and “LPR” proposed to hold the elections on November 2… if these...
SBU creates map of concentration camps and mass graves in Donbas
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has begun the process of determining the location of concentration camps, prisons, torture chambers of militants and the places of mass graves of civilians in Donbas. An advisor to the SBU chief, Markiyan Lubkivsky, said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “We are beginning...
Shelling of Donetsk resumes
Artillery shelling of Donetsk resumed on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent, who visited the scene, has reported. Sporadic gunfire is heard in the Kuibyshevsky, Kyivsky, Petrovsky and Voroshylovsky districts of the city. The city center is recovering from the shock experienced yesterday during shelling with multiple launch rocket systems. The...
Almost 500 Ukrainians remain in captivity of terrorists
Militants in Donbas until now keep about 500 Ukrainian citizens as hostages, out of these, there are six journalists. SBU Adviser Markiyan Lubkivsky told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Today, approximately about 500 our fellow countrymen are in the hands of militants,” he said. According to him, among the captured persons there...
Ukraine, Russia have not yet agreed on gas – Prodan
Ukraine and Russia, through the mediation of the European Commission, have not yet achieved interim agreements to restore Russian gas supplies. Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said this in Brussels on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Trilateral talks were planned for today. However, the European...
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.
Yatseniuk names official number of internally displaced persons
The official number of internally displaced persons from the area of the antiterrorist operation in the east of Ukraine is 350,000. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a meeting with representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations in Kyiv, Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We have already...
Are Russians involved in power outage in Kyiv region?
Power outage, taking place in Kyiv region, is not related to the needs of the economy, but was carried out by local communal enterprises independently. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak said on air of the TV Channel 24, the government portal informs. “Unfortunately, the policy is involved in power outage that occurred last week....
OSCE urges all sides to stop fighting in Donbas
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, after the killing of a Red Cross employee in Donetsk, has urged all sides to observe the ceasefire, according to a statement posted on the OSCE website on October 2. Burkhalter reiterated that the ceasefire represented a real opportunity for a sustainable de-escalation of the...
Ukraine economizes USD 500 million on gas reverse – Semerak
Reverse gas, purchased on the European market for Ukraine, costs approximately by USD 500 million less against gas that would have been purchased in Russia. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak said on air of the TV Channel 24, the government portal informs. According to the Minister, the government understood that Russia will cut...