Section: News & Summaries
Ukraine signs contract for supply of coal from South Africa
The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine has already signed a contract for a monthly supply to Ukraine of 250,000 tonnes of coal from South Africa. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Volodymyr Hroisman said this on the Channel 5 television station,...
First stage of “Wall” planned to be completed September 30
The first stage of the “Wall” project, which envisages full rearrangement of the border between Ukraine and Russia, is planned to be completed September 30. The Cabinet’s press service informs. “For implementation of the “Wall” project, the government has already allocated UAH 100 million. Work started to build engineering structures, the...
Contact group starts working under rumble of shelling in Donbas
The Contact Group with the participation of the OSCE and Russia will start its work in Donbas on Friday. The ATO Press Center announced this on its Facebook page. “The ATO forces worked a series of measures aimed at organization of work of the contact group with the participation of the OSCE and the Russian Federation. Today, this group...
Russia pledged not to support terrorists – Yatseniuk
Russia, after voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2178 on strengthening the responsibility for assistance to terrorist organizations, has pledged to stop supporting its terrorists in Donbas. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at UN headquarters in New York, according to the government portal. “We hope that Russia...
G7 countries warn Russia of more sanctions
Russia should immediately withdraw its armed forces from Ukraine, otherwise, the costs will be further intensified. The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries said this after a meeting in New York, according to Ukrinform. “Russia must immediately meet its own commitments of the Minsk agreement, including by withdrawing all...
Far from political settlement of conflict in Donbas – Steinmeir
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against hopes for quick solution of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. He told this in New York, Thursday, DW informs. “In Eastern Ukraine we managed to prevent, likely, a large military confrontation… But still we are far from the political solution and further away from real political...
Yatseniuk: Russia wants to freeze us
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk believes that Russia intends “to freeze Ukraine.” Yatseniuk said to the Reuters agency on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. “They (Russia – Ed.) want to freeze us. This is a goal, and there is another trump in the Russian hands. Besides the military operation against Ukraine, they have...
IMF mission to visit Kyiv to review cooperation program
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Ukraine in November 2014 to review the program of cooperation with the country, the press office of the National Bank of Ukraine has reported. “The mission is coming for the second review of the stand-by program,” the report says. On September 25, Ukrainian President...
Naftogaz confirms halt of reverse gas supplies from Hungary
Hungary has halted reverse natural gas supplies to Ukraine, Naftogaz’s press service has reported. “On September 25, at 17.55 Kyiv time, Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) operator Ukrtransgaz received a statement by email from Hungarian GTS operator FGSZ on the termination of gas supply from 19.00 for technical reasons ‘until...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 25
Poroshenko Sees Ukraine’s EU Application by 2020; Lays Out Reform Program via RFE/RLBorderland: Ukraine’s Dilemma via The New Yorker Ukraine in Turmoil: A Somalia Scenario? via The Economist Lithuania’s President: ‘Russia is Terrorizing Its Neighbors and Using Terrorist Methods’ via Washington Post Cementing Front Lines in...