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      Military truck and school bus collide in Sumy region on Thursday, casualties reported
      Jan29

      Military truck and school bus collide in Sumy region on Thursday, casualties reported

      On January 29 at about 9.00, a military Ural truck collided with a school bus on the road between the villages Hlynske and Cheberyaky of Romny district in Sumy region, 75 kilometers southeast of the city of Sumy. Sumy regional police spokeswoman Viktoriya Pysarenko told a Ukrinform correspondent. The driver of the Ural military truck lost control...

      OSCE observers heading for Debaltseve
      Jan29

      OSCE observers heading for Debaltseve

      OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has sent observers to Debaltseve for surveillance over the evacuation. OSCE SMM spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said this at a press briefing on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “This morning SMM has sent a patrol to Debaltseve to oversee the evacuation of elderly people, women and...

      2.5 thousand volunteers want to go to ATO
      Jan29

      2.5 thousand volunteers want to go to ATO

      Mobilization in Ukraine goes according to the plan. This year already 2.5 thousand volunteers have expressed a desire to go to the ATO area, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said laying flowers to the memorial cross to the Heroes of Kruty, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The citizens demonstrate a high level of patriotism and...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Jan29

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map

      The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to fire at Ukrainian army positions. The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on January 29 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.

      Greece to support sanctions against Russia – experts
      Jan29

      Greece to support sanctions against Russia – experts

      Greece will probably take moderate stand and will not block the EU sanctions against Russia. Despite the statements by the representatives of the Greek government about blocking up sanctions, such a scenario is unlikely. This opinion was expressed by the European experts and diplomats interviewed on the eve of the EU Council meeting, AFP...

      Yatsenyuk and Linkevicius talk about European security
      Jan29

      Yatsenyuk and Linkevicius talk about European security

      Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk met with Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius who is on a working visit in Kyiv. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported the news. Yatsenyuk and Linas Linkevicius discussed the issue of opposition by NATO and the European Union to the aggressive policy conducted...

      Romney takes aim at Clinton, Obama

      Republican Mitt Romney tackled Hillary Clinton’s record on foreign policy and the economy during a speech in Mississippi. ||| Washington – Republican Mitt Romney criticised Democrat Hillary Clinton over foreign policy and the economy on Wednesday in what could be a prelude to the line of attack he takes if he decides to run for...

      US provides more aid to Ukraine

      America has signed a deal to provide $2bn in loan guarantees to help strife-torn Ukraine with social spending. ||| Kiev – The United States signed an agreement on Wednesday to provide $2 billion in loan guarantees to help war-torn Ukraine with “near-term social spending” in 2015 and said it was prepared to step up economic sanctions against...

      Yanukovych regime oil and gas company deprived of permits
      Jan29

      Yanukovych regime oil and gas company deprived of permits

      The Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of the State Service for Geology and Mineral Resources of Ukraine depriving the Golden Derrick LLC, associated with former Yanukovych government officials, of 19 special permits for oil and gas production. This has been announced by the press service of the Ecology and Natural...

      German government says about prerequisite for free trade with Eurasian Union
      Jan29

      German government says about prerequisite for free trade with Eurasian Union

      A prerequisite for the possible creation of a common economic space between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union should become implementation of the Minsk agreements to settle conflict in Ukraine. This has been stressed by Vice Chancellor and minister for economy and energy of Germany Sigmar Gabriel, speaking on Thursday in the German...