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      Ukraine bus shelling kills 13

      Thirteen civilians died when shells hit a trolleybus in Donetsk hours after peace talks in Berlin called for a ceasefire. ||| Kiev – Thirteen civilians died when shells hit a trolleybus on Thursday in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk as clashes forced Kiev to abandon its dogged defence of the city’s airport in one of the...

      Ukrzaliznytsia railroad operator plans to open a new Intercity route from Kyiv to Mykolayiv
      Jan22

      Ukrzaliznytsia railroad operator plans to open a new Intercity route from Kyiv to Mykolayiv

      Ukrzaliznytsia railroad operator intends to launch Intercity train on the route from Kyiv to Mykolayiv, a southern port city 133 kilometers northeast of Odesa. Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kava who manages railroad sector reported the news in an interview with news portal ZTS. “We are now considering the possibility of...

      Klimkin urges to fulfill all the Minsk agreements
      Jan22

      Klimkin urges to fulfill all the Minsk agreements

      Russia has promised to send the Minsk agreements signatories on the part of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” Oleksandr Zakharchenko and Ihor Plotnytsky to the meeting of the Contact Group on Donbas, which complies with the requirements of the Ukrainian party. This was discussed during the Ukraine crisis talks in a...

      Defense Ministry: Trolleybus in Donetsk shelled by terrorists
      Jan22

      Defense Ministry: Trolleybus in Donetsk shelled by terrorists

      On Thursday, January 22, terrorists have shelled a trolleybus in Donetsk, killing civilians. Shelling hit a passenger transport in the area, where there were no military clashes, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service reports. “The shelled trolleybus has been at a distance of more than 15 kilometers from the location of the ATO...

      Ukraine’s Representative to UN lists specific Russian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine
      Jan22

      Ukraine’s Representative to UN lists specific Russian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine

      Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN Yuriy Sergeyev asked the Russian delegation directly what specific Russian armed forces were doing in eastern Ukraine at the meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday. He even switched his speech from English into Russian to ask the question, the Ukrinform own correspondent reports. His question...

      Steinmeier notes progress at Normandy Quartet ministers meeting
      Jan22

      Steinmeier notes progress at Normandy Quartet ministers meeting

      The meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday evening in Berlin represented “not a breakthrough”, but brought “tangible progress”. This was stated by Germany’s foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, an Ukrinform correspondent reported citing the press service of the...

      16 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Donetsk airport
      Jan22

      16 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Donetsk airport

      Sixteen Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded and captured during the fighting for the Donetsk airport. It has been reported by the press service of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. “Sixteen members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been wounded and captured by terrorists during the fighting,” the Ministry noted....

      Nothing and no one will undermine Ukraine’s unity, Poroshenko says
      Jan22

      Nothing and no one will undermine Ukraine’s unity, Poroshenko says

      Nothing and no one will undermine the unity of Ukraine ever. This has been emphasized by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in his congratulatory address to Ukrainians on the occasion of the Unity Day, posted on the Uriadovyi Kurier government’s newspaper website. “Nothing and no one will ever be able to undermine our unity. With...

      Ukraine’s state budget books UAH 5.3 billion loss of tax revenue due to occupation of Crimea and part of Donbas regions
      Jan22

      Ukraine’s state budget books UAH 5.3 billion loss of tax revenue due to occupation of Crimea and part of Donbas regions

      The Russian occupation of Crimea and military operations in the Donbass conflict zone resulted in budget loss of UAH 5.3 billion of direct tax revenues. Deputy Chairman of Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service Anatoliy Makarenko made the statement during a hearing in Parliament’s committee on taxation and customs policy on Wednesday,...

      United States: Russia uses UN to support terrorists
      Jan22

      United States: Russia uses UN to support terrorists

      U.S. alternate Representative to the UN for Special Political Affairs David Pressman notes that Russia stands out for its behavior not only in the conflict zone in Ukraine, but also in the UN Security Council. U.S. representative said this during the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, responding to accusations from Russia’s permanent...