Section: News & Summaries

      Interior Ministry opens criminal case against Russian defense minister
      Jul23

      Interior Ministry opens criminal case against Russian defense minister

      The main investigation department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry has opened a criminal case against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and pro-Kremlin oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote this on his Facebook page. “The main investigation department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry has...

      nterior Ministry opens criminal case against Russian defense minister
      Jul23

      nterior Ministry opens criminal case against Russian defense minister

      The main investigation department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry has opened a criminal case against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and pro-Kremlin oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote this on his Facebook page. “The main investigation department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry has...

      Boeing 777 flight recorders already in UK
      Jul23

      Boeing 777 flight recorders already in UK

      Flight recorders from the downed by terrorists Malaysian passenger jet Boeing-777 on Wednesday morning were delivered to Great Britain. The state commission responsible for the investigation of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 reported, Ukraine’s Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Utility Services...

      Poroshenko sets up National Reform Council
      Jul23

      Poroshenko sets up National Reform Council

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the creation of a National Reform Council, which will plan and coordinate positions on the implementation of a single state reform policy. A decree to that effect has been posted on the website of the head of state. “To ensure the implementation of a single, agreed state reform policy in...

      Poroshenko signs law on partial mobilization
      Jul23

      Poroshenko signs law on partial mobilization

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law on partial mobilization, the press service of the head of state has reported. As reported, on July 22, MPs approved a Ukrainian presidential decree on partial mobilization. According to the document, mobilization is conducted within 45 days from the date of entry into force of the decree....

      Turchynov vows to dissolve CPU faction Thursday
      Jul23

      Turchynov vows to dissolve CPU faction Thursday

      Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov said that tomorrow, July 24, he will announce the dissolution of the faction of the Communist Party of Ukraine. He said this at the parliament meeting on Wednesday. “I inform you that yesterday the President signed amendments to the Rules of Procedure that create grounds for the dissolution...

      Lucescu: We’ll reside in Kyiv, and play in Lviv
      Jul23

      Lucescu: We’ll reside in Kyiv, and play in Lviv

      FC Shakhtar Donetsk is forced to change location: home games will be played in Lviv, and the players will reside in Kyiv, Shakhtar head coach Mircea Lucescu said at a press conference after the Inter Super Cup match in Lviv on Tuesday. “We will play all of our home games at the Arena Lviv so far. We got the OK to play in this city. We’ll...

      Netherlands declares mourning for Malaysian plane crash victims
      Jul23

      Netherlands declares mourning for Malaysian plane crash victims

      The Netherlands has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning to remember those who died in the crash of the Malaysian Boeing 777 plane. A respective decision was made by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. Flags will be at half mast on government buildings and diplomatic institutions overseas. Church bells...

      Experts promise to decipher Boeing flight recorders in 24 hours
      Jul23

      Experts promise to decipher Boeing flight recorders in 24 hours

      UK investigators, who will be engaged in deciphering the flight recorders from the downed Malaysian Boeing 777 believe that this can be done within 24 hours, depending on their condition. An official representative of the UK Department for Transport, responsible for the air accidents investigation. However, the UK Department for Transport has not...

      Europe may recognize DPR and LPR as terrorists
      Jul23

      Europe may recognize DPR and LPR as terrorists

      The European Union is considering including the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) in the list of terrorist organizations. This is stated in a resolution released after a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday, BBC reported. “[The Council] strongly condemns the...