Section: News & Summaries
Kerry knows what prevents Russia from ”marching to Kyiv”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says these are U.S. sanctions that prevented Russia from thinking about an ”easy path to march to Kyiv.” ”Across the ocean, we`ve been steadfast in backing a democratic Ukraine, and those who complain should look at the reality that our sanctions, our engagement, our support for Ukraine actually prevented Russia...
Naftogaz gets state guarantees for $500 mln loan for gas purchase
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the granting of state guarantees in the amount of about $500 million to Ukraine`s oil and gas giant NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine in order to attract a World Bank loan for the purchase and pumping of natural gas in the autumn-winter period. Presenting the need for the provision of guarantees, First Vice...
Ukraine terminates broadcasting deal with Russia
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has canceled agreements with the Russian government on cooperation in the field of television and radio broadcasting and on cooperation in the information area. The decision was made at a Government`s Wednesday meeting, an UaPosition correspondent reports. The motion was submitted by Minister of Information...
Ukraine forces attacked 31 times in last day; shelled from tanks, mortars in Mariupol sector
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 31 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the militants opened fire from mortars on the village of Shyrokyne and the town of Krasnohorivka,...
CIA chief warns of possible disaster if Trump reconsiders policy toward Iran and Russia
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that halting the Iran nuclear deal would be ”disastrous” and ”the height of folly”, according to the BBC. ”I think it would be disastrous. It really would,” Mr. Brennan said in a BBC interview. ”First of all for one administration to tear up an agreement...
Kremlin threatens with missile strike if Ukraine tests new missile system. New Russian weapon was deployed in Crimea today (Video)
Russia threatened with missile strike in the case if Ukraine conducts military drills near the occupied Crimea. This warning is contained in the letter of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, addressed to the military attaché at the Ukrainian Embassy in the Russian Federation. ZN.UA reports this, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense of...
YouTube may quit Russia – media
A bill has been introduced to the Russian State Duma on restricting the activity of online movie theaters, according to the Russian media outlet Kommersant. Similarly to the law on media, the bill limits from June 1, 2017 to 20% the foreign share in companies that set up audiovisual services with professional content, Kommersant reports. This is...
Ukraine Justice Ministry responds to idea to settle migrants in exchange for ”visa lib” with EU
A suggestion that Ukraine could accept migrants in exchange for being granted visa liberalization with the European Union is a personal reflection of Deputy Minister of Justice on European Integration Serhiy Petukhov, not the official position of the ministry, its press service reported. ”Publications on Facebook by Deputy Justice Minister Serhiy...
Gerashchenko: Ukraine in Minsk insisted on liberating all hostages before Christmas
First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko has said that the Ukrainian side at the Normandy Four foreign ministers meeting in Minsk insisted on liberating all hostages before Christmas. ”The Ukrainian side insists on liberating all hostages before Christmas and the beginning of the new year of 2017. The process of...
Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”
The issue of an armed mission in eastern Ukraine ”is no longer relevant”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following the negotiations of theNormandy Four top diplomats in Minsk earlier today, November 29, an UaPosition correspondent in Russia reports. ”The question is no longer relevant, there exists no such need. Today, no one spoke...