Section: News & Summaries
World Bank approves allocation of $500 mln for Ukraine`s gas purchases
The World Bank`s Board of Directors decided to grant Ukraine`s state-owned energy holding Naftogaz of Ukraine the $500 million loan guarantees that will allow attracting loan resources for the purchase of the necessary volumes of natural gas for the passage of the 2016-2017 heating season, Ukraine`s Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk wrote on...
Ukraine imposes sanctions against Putin`s in-law, almost 700 other individuals
The sanctions list against those involved in the Russian aggression against Ukraine includes 682 individuals, according to Annexes 1 and 3 to the Resolution of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from September 16, 2016 ”On application of special economic personal and other restrictive measures (sanctions),” posted on the website...
Ukraine Cabinet to approve conditions of new auction to sell Odesa Portside Chemical Plant Oct 19
The Cabinet of Ministers intends to approve conditions for another attempt to privatize the Odesa Portside Chemical Plant, according to the government press service citing Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman as saying during his meeting with heads of French companies ahead of the Ukrainian-French business forum to be held in Paris Oct 27-28....
Russian Duma threatens to ”put an end” to Ukraine`s territorial integrity
Minsk talks are the sole factor keeping territorial integrity of Ukraine, and the integrity itself is possible only owing to the goodwill of Russian leadership, that`s according to Vyacheslav Nikonov, a deputy ofRussia`s State Duma which Ukraine deems illegitimate, Ukraine Today reported. ”I think if people in Kyiv were sane, they would not have...
Large concentration of Russian weaponry in Donbas was spotted by drones. Photos, video
Volunteer aerial reconnaissance team handed over to InformNapalm community new images of a large build-up of weapons and equipment amassed by the Russian occupation forces in Donbas. InformNapalm OSINT investigators analyzed the images and identified all pieces of the weaponry and equipment. UAVs captured on photo a reinforced battalion tactical...
Ukraine sees Europe embracing harder line on Russia – WSJ
Ahead of talks on Ukraine and a summit of European leaders, Ukrainian officials said this week they believe there is increasing support in Europe for a harder line approach to Russia, Julian E. Barnes wrote in a WSJ blog. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Pavlo Klimkin, the Ukrainian foreign minister, said frustration with Russian...
Putin-Tusk recording contradicts Polish and Russian reports – Macierewicz
A version of events presented by Vladimir Putin to Polish counterpart Donald Tusk on the day of the 2010 presidential plane crash in Smolensk contradicts official reports by Polish and Russian authorities, the Polish defence minister has said, according to Radio Poland. Poland is in possession of a recording of a conversation from 10 April 2010,...
Poroshenko holds talks with President of Storting of Norway
In the course of the official visit to Norway, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with President of the Storting of Norway Olemic Thommessen, according to the president`s press service. The Head of State thanked the President of the Storting and the entire Norwegian Parliament for their firm position in support of Ukraine`s...
Putin to take part in Normandy Four talks in Berlin on Oct 19 – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Berlin on October 19 to take part in the meeting of the Normandy Four group, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”Tomorrow the president will go to Berlin where he will hold talks with Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko,” Peskov told reporters, TASS reported. The...
Europe Funds Russian Aggression in Ukraine, Syria, and Beyond
Three-Fourths of Russian Oil Sold to Europe On October 20, the Council of the European Union will consider its strategy toward the Russian Federation. Following the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Europe faces a genuine challenge: to recognize Russian aggression against Ukraine for what it is, and to provide...