Section: Main news

      Klitschko refuses to serve as MP
      Nov21

      Klitschko refuses to serve as MP

      Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has refused a people’s deputy mandate. A respective application has already been submitted to the Central Election Commission, Klitschko’s press service reported. “I have repeatedly stated that I will remain mayor of the capital and that I won’t let down Kyiv’s residents who entrusted me...

      Russia mulls oil output cut

      Russia may cut oil production to shore up flagging prices, but its ability to change output is limited. ||| Moscow – Russia may cut oil production to shore up flagging prices, but its ability to change output is limited and no decision has been made yet, its energy minister said, underlining Moscow’s desire for a higher oil price....

      Donbas again shelled from Russia
      Nov21

      Donbas again shelled from Russia

      Ukraine’s State Border Service has recorded the shelling of Ukrainian territory from the side of Russia for the first time since the signing of the Minsk agreements. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday. “Artillery fire from...

      Coalition agreement signed in parliament
      Nov21

      Coalition agreement signed in parliament

      Members of a future coalition in the newly elected Verkhovna Rada have publicly signed a coalition formation agreement. The agreement was signed by representatives of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, People’s Front, Samopomich, Radical Party and Batkivshchyna. “The signing of the agreement on the Maidan anniversary is a landmark event....

      Yatseniuk meets with Biden
      Nov21

      Yatseniuk meets with Biden

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has held talks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who is on a visit to Kyiv, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has told Ukrinform. According to the press service, Yatseniuk told Biden that a coalition agreement had already been initialed and that Ukraine expected the speedy formation of a...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Nov21

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map

      The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to shell Ukrainian army positions. The map that reflects the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on November 21 has been released by the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council.

      Column of tanks enters Ukraine last night – Tymchuk
      Nov21

      Column of tanks enters Ukraine last night – Tymchuk

      Tanks again entered Ukraine from Russia last night. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk reported this on his Facebook page. “Tonight a column of three tanks entered Ukraine from the direction of Gukovo (Russia), whereas five disabled armored vehicles were taken in the opposite direction,” he wrote. Near Fashchivka, in...

      Poroshenko to confer Hero of Ukraine title on Heavenly Hundred
      Nov21

      Poroshenko to confer Hero of Ukraine title on Heavenly Hundred

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has decided to confer the Hero of Ukraine title on all heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. The head of state wrote this on his Twitter page on Friday. “I have decided to confer the Hero of Ukraine title on all Heavenly Hundred Heroes,” Poroshenko wrote. While communicating with the relatives of those...

      Ukraine marks first anniversary of Euromaidan protests
      Nov21

      Ukraine marks first anniversary of Euromaidan protests

      Euromaidan protests began in Ukraine on November 21, 2013, which are now called the Revolution of Dignity. On that day, journalists and people not indifferent to the fate of the country gathered on Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kyiv to protest against the refusal by the government led by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to sign an...

      Two civilians, one serviceman killed in Donbas over past 24 hours
      Nov21

      Two civilians, one serviceman killed in Donbas over past 24 hours

      Terrorists have killed two civilians and one Ukrainian serviceman in Donbas over the past 24 hours, the anti-terrorist operation’s press center has reported. “Eighteen of our soldiers have been wounded and one soldier has been killed over the past 24 hours,” reads the report. In general, militants shelled Ukrainian position 39...