Section: News & Summaries

      Law enforcers were fired about 100 times over ceasefire
      Sep09

      Law enforcers were fired about 100 times over ceasefire

      Over almost four days of the bilateral regime of ceasefire, the ATO positions were fired 89 times. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Since the beginning of the announced ceasefire mode (since 18:00, September 5, until September 9, 2014) terrorists and...

      National Security and Defense Council specifies: Five military killed during ceasefire
      Sep09

      National Security and Defense Council specifies: Five military killed during ceasefire

      Over not full four days since the moment a mode of bilateral ceasefire is announced in Ukraine’s east, five Ukrainian military were killed and 33 wounded. Official representative of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Over recent times, there are no dead,...

      Turchynov to visit Norway on September 10-12
      Sep09

      Turchynov to visit Norway on September 10-12

      Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov will make an official visit to Norway on September 10-12, the press service of the Verkhovna Rada has reported. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments. “The program of the visit envisages a speech by the Verkhovna Rada chairman...

      Merkel: Russia’s involvement in Ukrainian conflict obvious
      Sep09

      Merkel: Russia’s involvement in Ukrainian conflict obvious

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that sanctions are the only means of influence on Russia, which supports terrorists in Ukraine. The chancellor said this in today’s interview with German radio station rbb-Inforadio, Deutsche Welle reported. “The sanctions are the only means of pressure on the Russian Federation. Russia’s...

      Malaysian Boeing broke up in air due to damage from outside – report
      Sep09

      Malaysian Boeing broke up in air due to damage from outside – report

      During the investigation into the crash of the Boeing 777 passenger plane, which occurred in eastern Ukraine, there were no indications that the MH17 crash was caused by a technical fault or by actions of the crew. The plane broke up in the air as a result of structural damage from outside. This is stated in a preliminary report released by the...

      Four servicemen killed during truce – Defense Ministry
      Sep09

      Four servicemen killed during truce – Defense Ministry

      Four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 29 wounded during a truce in eastern Ukraine. Director of the Military and Medical Department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Colonel Vitaliy Andronatiy, said this at a press conference on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “During the truce period four servicemen were killed...

      ‘Truce’: Terrorists stormed Ukrainian positions
      Sep09

      ‘Truce’: Terrorists stormed Ukrainian positions

      Russian troops and terrorists continue to flagrantly violate the “truce,” shelling and even attacking the positions of Ukrainian troops, including using heavy weapons. Ukrainian troops only return fire. Director of the Center for Military and Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk disclosed such data of the Information Resistance group on...

      Russians controlled Buk missile system that downed MH17 – eyewitnesses
      Sep09

      Russians controlled Buk missile system that downed MH17 – eyewitnesses

      Russians were operating a Buk missile launcher seen in the area where the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet MH17 was shot down, eyewitnesses have told BBC Panorama. “Three eyewitnesses, all civilians, separately told Panorama that they saw a missile-launcher in rebel-held territory a few hours before the Boeing jet was hit,” reads the...

      Enhanced EU sanctions against Russia to come into force in next few days
      Sep09

      Enhanced EU sanctions against Russia to come into force in next few days

      The European Union has adopted a package of further sanctions against Russia, but they will take effect in the next few days, depending on whether the conditions of the ceasefire in Donbas are observed. This was stated by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Ukrinform’s correspondent in Brussels reported. “A package of...

      Germany believes ceasefire is not enough
      Sep08

      Germany believes ceasefire is not enough

      German government considers insufficient to have only a ceasefire in Ukraine’s east in order to reach success in settlement of the conflict. Speaker of the government Steffen Seibert emphasized, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The matter not only concerns observing a ceasefire mode. There is a long list of things that were agreed and...