Section: News & Summaries

      Aggressor shells our positions 20 times over night
      Sep03

      Aggressor shells our positions 20 times over night

      Ukrainian forces in the area of direct contact with Russian battalion-tactical groups and bandit forces of separatists in Donbas were under the enemy’s fire all the night. Shelling from Grad rocket launchers was led also from the territory of Russia. Head of the NSDC Center of Military and Political Studies and coordinator of the...

      OSCE says release of detainees, delivery of humanitarian aid discussed in Minsk
      Sep03

      OSCE says release of detainees, delivery of humanitarian aid discussed in Minsk

      The participants of the Trilateral Contact Group on the settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine, at a meeting held in Minsk on September 1, discussed the further release of persons detained during the conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid with a possible participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, reads a...

      IMF may allocate next two tranches to Ukraine in December
      Sep03

      IMF may allocate next two tranches to Ukraine in December

      The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may consider the allocation for the next two tranches totaling $2.7-2.8 billion to Ukraine in December this year. Nikolay Gueorguiev, the IMF’s mission chief for Ukraine, said this in a conference call on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. He said that the total amount under the two payments...

      Yatseniuk launches gas pipeline for reverse supplies from Slovakia
      Sep02

      Yatseniuk launches gas pipeline for reverse supplies from Slovakia

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has attended the ceremony to launch the Vojany-Uzhgorod gas pipeline in the Slovak town of Velke Kapusany, which will ensure reverse gas supplies to Ukraine, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has reported. “My answer to President [Vladimir] Putin for his tough statement on this reverse...

      Criminal case opened against former chief of general staff for desertion
      Sep02

      Criminal case opened against former chief of general staff for desertion

      The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has opened criminal proceedings against former Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Admiral Yuriy Ilyin, on charges of desertion. Prosecutor General’s Office spokesman Yuriy Boichenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The...

      Poroshenko signs law simplifying conscription procedure
      Sep02

      Poroshenko signs law simplifying conscription procedure

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law regulating the procedure for the military recruitment of personnel on contracts and simplifying the conscription procedure, the press service of the head of state has reported. The documents, in particular, regulate legislation in terms of the transition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to...

      Two more criminal cases opened against Pshonka and his son
      Sep02

      Two more criminal cases opened against Pshonka and his son

      The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has opened two criminal proceedings against former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka and his son, MP Artem Pshonka, for embezzlement of property and abuse of office. Prosecutor General’s Office spokesman Yuriy Boichenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent...

      MPs want to grant status of combatant to doctors from ATO area
      Sep02

      MPs want to grant status of combatant to doctors from ATO area

      The UDAR faction intends to develop a draft law, which will enable doctors, working in the ATO area, to receive a status of combatants. MP Iryna Herashchenko, President’s Commissioner for peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbas, said on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “I think that over 10 days we will develop a relevant...

      Rada to meet behind closed doors on Thursday
      Sep02

      Rada to meet behind closed doors on Thursday

      Ukrainian lawmakers have decided to hold a meeting behind closed doors on September 4. A total of 262 MPs voted for these amendments to the schedule of the fifth session of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation. MPs are planning to hear government officials, the leadership of the anti-terrorist operation and other senior officials on...

      White KamAZ trucks bring Russian mercenaries into Ukraine – NSDC
      Sep02

      White KamAZ trucks bring Russian mercenaries into Ukraine – NSDC

      White trucks that illegally delivered the so-called “humanitarian convoy” from Russia to Ukraine are currently used for material support for Russian troops in Ukraine. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, a Ukrinform...