Section: News & Summaries

      Journalist: 30th brigade breaks through from encirclement under Grad shelling, air bombs
      Sep02

      Journalist: 30th brigade breaks through from encirclement under Grad shelling, air bombs

      Military of the 30th Detached Mechanized Brigade from Novohrad-Volynsky broke through from encirclement in the area of Lutuhine (Luhansk region). Five people killed, 14 – wounded. Journalist Roman Bochkala wrote on his Facebook page. “The 30th Brigade broke through from the encirclement in Lutuhine. It was hell. First Grad rocket launchers...

      Ukrainian parliament accepts Sheremeta’s resignation as economy minister
      Sep02

      Ukrainian parliament accepts Sheremeta’s resignation as economy minister

      Lawmakers have accepted at the second attempt the resignation of Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Pavlo Sheremeta. A total of 252 MPs voted for the resignation on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. Earlier Sheremeta’s resignation was supported by only 213 MPs.

      Pro-Russian militants torture civilians in Donbas – Human Rights Watch
      Sep02

      Pro-Russian militants torture civilians in Donbas – Human Rights Watch

      International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported the torture of civilians by pro-Russian militants in the Donbas. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday. “In particular, the report says that militants...

      Terrorists rob all banks of Novoazovsk
      Sep02

      Terrorists rob all banks of Novoazovsk

      Pro-Russian terrorists seized Novoazovsk, robbed the bank branches and disrupted all social payments. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “In Novoazovsk, terrorists robbed the local bank branch. Due to this, social payments are suspended in the city, there is a shortage of food, the remains...

      Luhansk airport completely ruined
      Sep02

      Luhansk airport completely ruined

      The Luhansk airport is completely ruined, there is no possibility to land an aircraft there. Acting head of the Luhansk regional state administration Iryna Verihina told on air of the 112 Ukraine TV. “The airport is completely ruined. Our military retreated, but the runway is destroyed so there is no possibility to land a plane there,” she said....

      Fifteen soldiers killed in Donbas over past 24 hours
      Sep02

      Fifteen soldiers killed in Donbas over past 24 hours

      Fifteen Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 49 more wounded in the Donbas over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday. He added that 22 cases of fighting between Ukrainian military and militants had been recorded...

      ATO press center says Donetsk Airport controlled by Ukrainians
      Sep02

      ATO press center says Donetsk Airport controlled by Ukrainians

      Donetsk Airport remains under the control of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces, ATO press officer Leonid Matiukhin has said. “We cannot confirm this report. The airport is ours,” he said, while commenting on a report by Reuters that Ukrainian military supposedly left their positions at the Donetsk airport on Monday as a result...

      Rada abolishes duty for defense products
      Sep02

      Rada abolishes duty for defense products

      MPs approved the law on exemption of defense products imported into Ukraine from duty. As a Ukrinform correspondent reports, 234 MPs voted for the law number 4555a “On amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine on simplification of defense imports.” This legislative act simplified imports of defense products to the customs territory of...

      Verkhovna Rada does not accept Sheremeta’s resignation
      Sep02

      Verkhovna Rada does not accept Sheremeta’s resignation

      The Verkhovna Rada has not accepted the resignation of Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Pavlo Sheremeta. Only 213 MPs voted for his resignation on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. UDAR representatives believe that if Sheremeta does not go to work, he should be dismissed under an article of the Labor Code. UDAR faction...

      Losses at UAH 3.2 billion counted in Donetsk region
      Sep02

      Losses at UAH 3.2 billion counted in Donetsk region

      Losses of Donetsk region from the ruin during the conflict makes up UAH 3.2 billion. The press service of the Donetsk regional state administration informs. “The economic department of the regional state administration sent a list of ruined and damaged objects as a result of the armed conflict in Donetsk region totaling more than UAH 3.2 billion...