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EU to allocate Ukraine almost EUR 2 billion
The EU plans to allocate Ukraine EUR 1.8 billion in macro-financial assistance this year, but the possibility of increasing the loan amount is also considered. This was discussed at a meeting of EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels reported. “The European Commission has launched a new...
Odesa police detain group of recent bombings suspects
UKRAINE-ODESA-BLASTS-SU UKRAINE-ODESA-BLASTS-SUSPECTS Odesa police detain group of recent bombings suspects KYIV, January 27 /Ukrinform. Law enforcement officers from criminal investigation office and organized crime unit of Odesa regional police detained a group of suspects who may have committed a series of night bombings recently in Odesa, the...
Ukraine has talks with Russia on financing of terrorism
The first round of the Ukrainian-Russian talks on Russia’s violation of the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism was held on January 22 in Minsk. This has been stated by official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Yevhen Perebyinis at a press briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports....
Militants shell hospital with Grad rockets in Svitlodarsk
The militants have launched new attack. The hospital in town Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region, has been shelled with Grad rockets, the ATO press center reports. “At about 15.00, illegal armed groups committed another act of terror shelling the hospital with the Grad of multiple rocket launchers in town Svitlodarsk (Donetsk region),” reads...
Terrorists shell positions of ATO forces near Mariupol
Terrorists have shelled the positions of ATO forces in the settlements of Mykolaivka and Pavlopil near Mariupol, reads a report posted on the Facebook page of the Azov battalion. “The morning began from separatists shelling Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Mykolaivka and Pavlopil with mortars. Ukrainian military held the line and...
Deputy Chairman of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration: agriculture and high-tech most profitable Ukrainian industries
Dmytro Shymkiv told this news at a briefing in Kyiv, Ukrinform reported. “There are profitable industries in Ukraine, despite the war and economic situation, even very profitable. In particular, it’s demonstrated by agriculture and high technology sector. We see that these two sectors attract investors’ interest by far,”...
Mogherini expects constructive and consensus decision of EU Council on Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini have agreed to continue close coordination of efforts to respond to the threat of terrorism and to promote a comprehensive and peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas. Poroshenko and Mogherini discussed this in a...
Pro-Russian gunmen continue to shell Maryinka despite evacuation of children, Red Cross says
Gunmen continue to shell the village of Maryinka, 5 kilometers southwest of Donetsk, even despite evacuation of local children, Red Cross says. First aid group leader of the Red Cross Taras Lohinov told an Ukrinform’s reporter. “The government-run voluntary evacuation of children from Maryinka started on January 26. The...
ATO spokesman: Terrorists have no forces for full-scale offensive
The enemy does not have enough forces for a full-scale offensive, ATO spokesman Andriy Lysenko has said at the briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The enemy does not have enough forces for a full-scale offensive. We repel the attacks, neutralize manpower and armored vehicles. The counter-battery fight continues. Artillery systems...
DIRECT TRANSLATION: Nadiya Savchenko’s Lawyer Warns Putin She May Die in Moscow Prison
Ukrainian Officer-Pilot Reaches 45 Days on Hunger Strike Against Her Abduction and Politicized Trial Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian army officer and pilot who was captured in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and spirited to prison in Moscow, may die in captivity there on the hunger strike she has pursued for 45 days, her lawyer wrote...