Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine to get next tranche from IMF in December
      Oct02

      Ukraine to get next tranche from IMF in December

      The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will disburse the next tranche to Ukraine in December 2014. This issue was discussed at a meeting between Ukrainian Justice Ministry representatives and a delegation of the IMF. “This time IMF experts were interested in judicial reform before the next review of the tranche, which will be provided to...

      Britain warns Putin against aggression towards NATO
      Oct02

      Britain warns Putin against aggression towards NATO

      British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against Russian aggression towards NATO members. He said this in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, according to PoliticsHome. “Let me remind Mr Putin that a threat to any NATO member will get a response from us all,” Hammond said. He...

      Ukrainian economy to contract by 8% – World Bank
      Oct02

      Ukrainian economy to contract by 8% – World Bank

      The Ukrainian economy will contract by 8% this year because of the war in Donbas, the World Bank said on Thursday, according to AFP. Thus, an earlier forecast is downgraded and further shrinkage in 2015 is forecast. “Disruption in economic activity in the east has resulted in a sharper GDP decline than we expected,” said Qimiao Fan,...

      Terrorists kill nine civilians in Donetsk
      Oct02

      Terrorists kill nine civilians in Donetsk

      Terrorists shelled residential areas in Donetsk with Grad rockets on October 1, thus killing nine civilians and injuring another 30. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Thursday. “Shells hit a shuttle bus, school building No. 57 and a public...

      One serviceman killed, 18 injured in Donbas over past day
      Oct02

      One serviceman killed, 18 injured in Donbas over past day

      One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in the combat zone in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Thursday. “At a checkpoint located near the western outskirts of the settlement of Mius, a military patrol...

      Avakov releases data on those killed in ATO zone
      Oct02

      Avakov releases data on those killed in ATO zone

      A total of 134 soldiers of the National Guard and Interior Ministry battalions have been killed and 628 more have been injured during the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov reported this on Facebook, posting a respective document. According to the document, those killed include 68 Interior...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Oct02

      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.

      Capture of Donetsk airport or Mariupol to trigger new sanctions – Bloomberg
      Oct02

      Capture of Donetsk airport or Mariupol to trigger new sanctions – Bloomberg

      The European Union may impose additional sanctions on Russia if pro-Russian fighters capture the Donetsk airport or the city of Mariupol, Bloomberg has reported, citing its own sources. “If the separatists took the Donetsk airport or the city of Mariupol in an effort to create a land corridor, the EU might impose additional sanctions…...

      Armored group with Russian military comes to Debaltseve
      Oct02

      Armored group with Russian military comes to Debaltseve

      Russia has sent an armored group of 30 armored vehicles to the area of the town of Debaltseve in Donetsk region. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page on Thursday. “An armored group of Russian-terrorist forces arrived in the area of the settlement of Debaltseve. The armored group is partly...

      Poroshenko reminds OSCE of monitoring border with Russia
      Oct02

      Poroshenko reminds OSCE of monitoring border with Russia

      All points of the Ukrainian president’s peace plan, including local elections in certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on December 7 and strict control by the OSCE mission over the border with Russia, must be fulfilled. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this in a joint statement to the press after a meeting with Austrian...