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NSDC explains why airports of Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia were closed
The National Security and Defense Council explains why the airports of Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia were closed. Airports of Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia were closed due to security considerations. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Tuesday. “According to my information, this...
IMF representative Lipton impressed by what he saw in Kyiv
An IMF mission working in Ukraine will conclude its work by the end of this week. IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton said this in a statement on his visit to Ukraine, which was released on the IMF website on Sunday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I visited Kyiv on December 13, for meetings with the president, prime...
Russia not to allow Ukrainians to work without license
Russia introduces restrictions on Ukrainians coming to work in the country from January 1, 2015. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told about this in an article for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper. “Work in Russia is the only source of livelihood for many Ukrainians. And Russia will have to cut off this source only due to Ukraine’s...
Klimkin will speak about Donbas in Brussels
Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Monday started a two-day visit within the frames of the Ukrainian delegation, headed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, to the EU institutions in Brussels. During the visit, Klimkin will hold a series of meetings with the officials of the European Commission (EC) to discuss the implementation of the peaceful plan...
Lavrov wants early meeting of contact group
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said about the need for early meeting of the contact group on Donbas. This was reported on the official Facebook page of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “In the context of the situation in the south-east of Ukraine, the need was stressed for consistent...
Ukrainian day in the EU
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will hold the first meeting of the Ukraine-EU Association Council in Brussels and will discuss the resumption of Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic course. This was reported by an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels. The Ukrainian day in Brussels coincided with a national strike in Belgium that blocked the...
Poroshenko grants Ukrainian citizenship to candidate for post of deputy interior minister
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree granting Ukrainian citizenship to Ekaterina Zguladze, a candidate for the post of Ukraine’s first deputy interior minister. The head of state wrote this on his Twitter page. “I have signed a decree granting Ukrainian citizenship to a candidate for the post of first deputy...
No casualties among military over 24 hours
The previous day in the ATO area passed without casualties among the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite seven cases of shelling by terrorists. Spokesperson of the Defense Ministry Viktoria Kushnir told a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “There are no casualties among manpower over 24 hours,” she said. The Defense...
ATO forces conduct exercises in Mariupol
Ukrainian military, using the “silence” regime, carried out practical training. The ATO press center informs. “In the area of Mariupol, the troops learned to counteract the enemy amphibious assault landing and worked through the issue of engineering equipment in the area,” a statement reads. In addition, thanks to the “silence”...
Poroshenko: All captives should return home by Christmas
Interagency cooperation on the release of hostages who are in captivity of militants and in Russia should be intensified so that all captives could be able to return home before Christmas. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies on Sunday, the presidential press service reported....