Section: News & Summaries
Seven military killed in ATO zone over past 24 hours
Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 59 injured in Donbas over the past 24 hours. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. He said that 27 cases of fighting with Russian servicemen and terrorists in the...
EU may impose sanctions on Russian oil giants – Financial Times
The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia, which will affect state-owned oil companies – Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Transneft, Britain’s Financial Times newspaper has reported, citing a document approved by the European Commission. “Those criteria would hit Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil group, and Gazprom...
Kerry to Poroshenko: We hope Russian troops will leave Ukraine
The United States will continue to support by all means the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and will continue to work hard to consolidate international efforts to support Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said this at a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Wales on Thursday, the...
Poroshenko: Ukrainians to decide on accession to NATO
After the necessary reforms are conducted in Ukraine and the necessary criteria are achieved, the question of the country’s joining NATO will be resolved by the Ukrainian people. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a NATO alliance in Wales on Thursday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “When the country meets the...
Explosions and cannonade heard in Mariupol – media
Volleys of gunfire and explosions have been heard in the eastern districts of Mariupol since 05.00 on Friday, the Novosti Donbassa online newspaper has reported. “Heavy artillery is used in the fighting, and volleys of Grad rockets can be seen from houses on the outskirts of the city,” reads the report. Yesterday battles were fought...
Ukrainian troops destroy three of enemy’s howitzers
Ukrainian troops last night attacked the base camp of the enemy in the vicinity of Vesele in Donbas. The fighting is going on near Debaltseve. The coordinator of the Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, wrote this on Facebook. “Last night Ukrainian troops attacked the base camp of the enemy near the settlement of Vesele. Three...
Some NATO countries to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons – Poroshenko
Some NATO countries have agreed to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, including precision guidance weapons. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this as part of the NATO summit after bilateral meetings with the leaders of the alliance’s member states in Wales on Thursday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “As a result of our...
Poroshenko calls for release of hostages and withdrawal of Russian troops
OSCE support is important in the implementation of a peace plan for the settlement of the situation in Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. “The support of the OSCE is crucially important for the mission on monitoring the ceasefire regime to begin and for all the hostages of terrorists to be liberated,” the...
Ukraine gets second IMF tranche
Ukraine received on September 4 a second tranche from the IMF under the Stand-By Arrangement in the amount of SDR 914.7 million (about $1.39 billion), the press service of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry has reported. “According to the Letter of Intent of the Government of Ukraine and the National Bank to the International Monetary Fund,...
Counterintelligence detains pro-Russian saboteurs in Mykolaiv
Criminals who, on the instructions of their Russian curators, intimidated volunteers by setting fire to their cars have been detained in Mykolaiv, the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reported. “SBU counterintelligence has stopped the activity of a group of persons who set fire to the cars of residents of Mykolaiv...