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Militants retreat from Donetsk airport
Units of militants involved in the latest attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk airport area, leaving cover on the frontline, have moved back to their positions. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “Earlier, Russian-terrorist troops for two days were trying to break...
Enemy opened fire on Ukrainian positions 11 times last night – Matiukhin
The situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine did not change significantly last night, although militants fired at Ukrainian military positions 11 times, ATO spokesman Leonid Matiukhin has reported on Facebook. “The militants continued armed provocations, firing at Ukrainian servicemen with small arms, grenade...
AirAsia: victim with life jacket found
A body recovered from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded. ||| Jakarta – A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster...
Russians move artillery and armored vehicles to buffer zone
The command of the Russian-terrorist forces continues to deploy artillery and armored vehicles in the Pervomaisk-Artemivsk direction near the buffer zone, Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk has reported on his Facebook page. “The arrival of another artillery battalion (two batteries of cannon artillery (14 units) and one...
AirAsia: bad weather hampers search
Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency obtained a sonar image it says may be the missing plane at the bottom of the Java Sea. ||| Jakarta – Ships and planes resumed the search for wreckage, bodies and black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters...
Yatseniuk: Enterprises now interested to raise wages by 2.5 times
Bringing wages “out of the shadows” will allow enterprises to reduce the payment of social security tax by three times. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at a press conference on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “If the company brings wages out of the shadows and begins to pay more than it paid in...
Ukraine accumulates 1.4 million tonnes of coal, resumes supply – Yatseniuk
Ukraine has accumulated 1.4 million tonnes of coal in its storage facilities and gradually resumes coal supplies. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at a press conference on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “As for the remainder of coal – the amount of coal consumption and the coal that we get has...
AirAsia boss: ‘my heart is filled with sadness’
AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes expressed his grief to the relatives of the 162 people who were on board the ill-fated plane. ||| Kuala Lumpur – AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes on Tuesday expressed his grief to the relatives of the 162 passengers and crew who were on board Flight QZ8501 after wreckage and bodies were spotted...
Yatseniuk expects gas price at $340 and even lower
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk expects a drop in the gas price for Ukraine next year. He said this at a press conference on Tuesday. “Now we are expecting the gas price at $340 [per 1,000 cubic meters] for the first quarter of the next year, and possibly even lower,” he said, linking a potential drop in gas prices to the...
One in four Ukrainians expects improvement in a year – survey
Almost one in four residents of Ukraine – 24.1% – expects drastic changes in the country in not earlier than a year, according to a survey conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology at the request of ZN.UA. One in five citizens of Ukraine – 21.5% – has lost faith that some order could be brought to the country....