Section: Main news
President passes ten Cougar armored cars to OSCE
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has attended the ceremony to hand over ten KrAZ Cougar armored cars to representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. He handed over the car keys to Chief of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan, the presidential press service reported. “None of these...
Seventh Putin’s “humanitarian convoy” will be sent to Donbas tomorrow
Russia is planning to send the seventh so-called «humanitarian convoy” to Donbas on Friday, November 14. At the same time, they say in Moscow that “count on Kyiv’s assistance” as concerns its delivery to the east of Ukraine. Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Lukashevich said, TASS informs. “We...
NBU strengthens hryvnia to UAH 15.56 per U.S. dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Thursday, November 13, strengthened the official exchange rate of the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar by 18 kopecks, to UAH 15.56/$1, according to the website of the central bank. The official exchange rate against the euro is UAH 19.3986/EUR 1. Trading on Ukraine’s interbank market on Thursday opened...
Russia’s economy grows by 0.7%
Russia’s economic growth rate slowed slightly in the third quarter as the economy struggled with Western sanctions and the crisis in Ukraine, official statistics published showed. ||| Moscow – Russia’s economic growth rate slowed slightly in the third quarter as the economy struggled with Western sanctions and the crisis in...
Ukrainian border guards repulse attack of militants
Terrorists carried out shelling of positions of Ukrainian border guards two times – one time in Luhansk and one time in Donetsk regions. The press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine informs, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. As reported on Wednesday, November 12, near the border on the suburbs of the settlement of Milove...
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine: 4 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 19 wounded over past 24 hours
Kyiv, 13 November 2014 – The situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions is consistently aggravating. Ukrainian military observe constant movement of Russian military equipment with terrorist marks to the delimitation line. Russian military units (including anti-aircraft systems for long-range targets, aviation brigades) are being concentrated along...
Ukraine gets EUR 260 mln from EU
Ukraine has received EUR 260 million worth of the second and third tranches of the EU’s macro-financial assistance, the Ukrainian government portal has reported. “As part of financial cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union Ukraine has received a loan of 260 million euros (the second and third tranches of the EU...
Poroshenko calls on Europe to support Ukraine in countering aggressor
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during a phone conversation with President of Finland Sauli Niinisto expressed considerable concern about the mass inflow of troops and heavy armament from the Russian border. The press service of the Head of Ukrainian State informs. The parties discussed the results of the UN Security Council emergency...
Ukraine has no plans to violate truce – Lysenko
Ukraine will continue to adhere to the ceasefire and will not resort to offensive actions, despite the Russian provocations. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “There are no intentions to refuse (from the ceasefire – Ed.),” he said. The Ukrainian side,...
Ukraine not planning to abandon ceasefire – Lysenko
Ukraine will continue to observe the ceasefire and will not resort to offensive operations, despite provocations from Russia. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Thursday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “There is no intention to...