Section: News & Summaries
Gas reverse flows to Ukraine halved as Gazprom pressurizing European companies
The flow of reverse gas supplies to Ukraine has halved due to Gazprom’s pressure on the suppliers, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Prodan told reporters on Wednesday. “Today, there is a reduction of the reverse gas flow. We think this is due to certain operations of Gazprom – have you heard the threats that...
Terrorists want to use children as ‘human shield’ – NSDC
Terrorists are planning to use children as a “human shield” to restore the supply of ammunition, weapons and equipment, the lack of what was triggered by the recent successful actions of the Ukrainian security forces. The spokesman for the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC),...
ATO: Two Ukrainian Su-25 warplanes shot down on border with Russia
Militants have shot down in the south of Luhansk region two Ukrainian Su-25 fighter planes that performed tasks on covering the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces from air, ATO spokesman Vladyslav Selezniov has said. “Two Su-25 planes (they work in pairs) performed the task on covering the ATO forces from air. Pro-Russian militants fired...
Special commission to look for financiers of terrorism in Ukraine
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has instructed the Interior Ministry, in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General’s Office, to create a special commission to investigate the involvement of citizens and companies in the financing of terrorism in Ukraine. Yatseniuk said this at a Cabinet of...
Secret services have info on all terrorists’ anti-aircraft systems – NSDC
Ukrainian intelligence services have full information about the location of anti-aircraft missile systems, which are in service of the militants, the spokesman for the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing on Wednesday. “We understand that the...
Russian troops encamped in Kursk region near border with Ukraine – NSDC
Units of the Russian army set a field camp near the Ukrainian border near the settlement of Kruglenkoe in Kursk region. The spokesman for the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing on Wednesday. “It has been established that in the area of the...
Russian troops simulated attack on border with Chernihiv region
Russian military hardware on Tuesday simulated an attack on the border with Ukraine, opposite Chernihiv region. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Yesterday there was another provocation on the part of the Russian...
No casualties in ATO forces over past 24 hours – NSDC
Over the past 24 hours no Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO), the spokesman for the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing on Wednesday. “Over the past day we have not lost any...
Russia financing terrorism in Ukraine – Yatseniuk
Ukraine is sending an official note to Russia on the violation by the Kremlin of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at a government meeting on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Ukraine believes that Russia is directly involved in...
EU gets started on DPR, LPR terrorists – FM Klimkin
Brussels is considering the possibility of recognizing the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DPR) and “Luhansk People’s Republic” (LPR) as terrorist, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote on his Facebook page. “They came to a bad end,” – a popular belief in Brussels. The EU is...