Section: News & Summaries
Russia trying to further destabilize Ukraine – new NATO secretary general
Russia continues to violate international law and destabilize the situation in Ukraine. New NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this at a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Russia maintains its ability to destabilize Ukraine. And Russia remains in breach of international law,”...
Barroso urges Putin to resume gas supply to Ukraine
The European Union expects a mutually acceptable solution from Russia in the issue of gas supplies to Ukraine. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said this in a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Radio Liberty reported. “We also expect that rapid and decisive progress can be achieved in the trilateral gas talks...
Militants begin massive assault on Donetsk airport
Terrorists began a massive assault on the positions of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces at the Donetsk airport early this morning. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “A new massive assault on the positions of our troops deployed at the Donetsk airport began at 06.00,” he...
About 200 children from Donbas to spend winter holidays in Austria
Austria will take part in the supply of construction materials for the restoration of Donbas and receive around 200 children from the liberated areas of the region for winter holidays. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this in a joint statement to the press after a meeting with Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann in Kyiv on...
Canada lends $200 mln to Ukraine
Canada’s export agency has given Ukraine a loan of 200 million Canadian dollars at a rate of 2.1% per annum for five years, the press service of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry has reported. “The Ukrainian Finance Ministry carried out external government borrowing by signing a loan agreement of September 17, 2014 between Ukraine and...
Cabinet denounces agreement with Russia on Kerch Strait
The Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting on Wednesday decided to terminate the agreement with the Russian Federation on joint actions on organization of construction of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait. This was stated by Minister of the Cabinet Ostap Semerak after the government meeting, a Ukrinform correspondent reports...
Terrorists surrounding Mariupol: 100 militants arrive in Novoazovsk
Terrorists continue activities in the border regions and carry out redeployment of the personnel. The press center of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine informs. “All local terrorists from Novoazovsk are redeployed to roadblocks closer to Mariupol. More than 100 militants arrived in Novoazovsk to replace them, who passed complex combat...
Yatseniuk says when temporary displaced persons can get money
Financial assistance to workable migrants from Donbas will be appointed only after they are registered at the State Employment Center. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk announced at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We resolve to provide state aid for the six-month period to these persons (temporarily displaced...
Kremlin, wanting to prevent West from identifying terrorists, invents “genocide” in Donbas
A statement of the Investigative Committee of Russia on opening of a criminal case against the Ukrainian authorities and the Armed Forces of Ukraine concerning the so-called “genocide of the Russian-speaking population in Donetsk and Luhansk regions” is an attempt of the Kremlin to seize the initiative from the West, regarding the...
Number of those killed near school and at bus stop in Donetsk specified
Ten people were killed in Donetsk on Wednesday, October 1, after one shell hit a bus and another exploded near School No. 57 in the city’s Kyivsky district. The specified data on those killed and injured were released by the press service of the Donetsk Regional State Administration. “A shell exploded five meters from the building of...