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      Militants again shell Donetsk airport
      Nov12

      Militants again shell Donetsk airport

      Terrorists this morning again shelled the Donetsk airport, with one Ukrainian soldier sustaining injuries, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) has reported on its Facebook page. “This morning militants again shelled our positions at the airport. Due to the shelling one of the Ukrainian defenders was injured, and now he...

      Russian rouble’s plunge resumes

      The rouble resumed its dramatic slide, a day after the Russian central bank floated the currency that has been driven sharply lower by falling oil prices and economic sanctions imposed over Russia’s policy in Ukraine. ||| Moscow – The rouble resumed its dramatic slide on Tuesday, a day after the Russian central bank floated the...

      Coalition negotiations resumed in Rada
      Nov11

      Coalition negotiations resumed in Rada

      Next meeting of a working group on the Coalition Agreement started at the Verkhovna Rada. Participating in this meeting are representatives of five parties, which overcame the 5% percent threshold. As reported by a Ukrinform correspondent, representatives of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, People’s Front, Samopomich, Batkivshchyna and Radical...

      Foreign Ministry warns against “hasty attacks” on OSCE
      Nov11

      Foreign Ministry warns against “hasty attacks” on OSCE

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs highly appreciates work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and warns against attacks on the organization. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis told a briefing. “We highly appreciate work of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. We caution against hasty attacks towards the...

      Defense Ministry says OSCE observers call Ukrainian soldiers “Ukropy”
      Nov11

      Defense Ministry says OSCE observers call Ukrainian soldiers “Ukropy”

      OSCE representatives, who work in Mariupol, Donetsk region, have a negative attitude toward Ukrainian military and call them “Ukropy.” Adviser to the Defense Minister on exchange of captives Vasyl Budyk told Ukrainska Pravda. “I’ve heard talks when they call our soldiers “Ukropy.” Then I’ve heard that “they (Ukrainian military...

      Army funding will be tripled in 2015 – Defense Ministry
      Nov11

      Army funding will be tripled in 2015 – Defense Ministry

      Funding of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2015 is envisaged at 3% of gross domestic product (GDP). This was announced during a roundtable “Battle for Ukraine: banks are at war” at Ukrinform by representative of the Finance Department of the Defense Ministry Colonel Viacheslav Salakhov, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The...

      Hryvnia collapse: Dollar more than 16, euro – 19.00 UAH/USD
      Nov11

      Hryvnia collapse: Dollar more than 16, euro – 19.00 UAH/USD

      On the interbank currency market, 16.10 UAH is given for one dollar. Hryvnia-euro quotations overcame UAH 20 and made up 19.6315/20.0042, however, they went down to 19.6267/19.9994 UAH/EUR. Tyzhden informs about this. As of 14:00, November 11, the National Bank set the currency rate at 15.77 UAH/USD.

      Steinmeier insists on dialogue with Russia
      Nov11

      Steinmeier insists on dialogue with Russia

      German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on continuation of a dialogue, including with Russia, despite aggravation of the situation on the east of Ukraine. He said at a conference Fourth Berlin Foreign Policy Forum on Tuesday, a special correspondent of Ukrinform in Germany reports. “We should not refuse from conducting a dialogue...

      SA to resume seafood exports to Russia

      South Africa will resume seafood exports to Russia for the first time in almost two decades. ||| Cape Town – South Africa will resume seafood exports to Russia for the first time in almost two decades, a leading fishing company said on Tuesday, as Moscow looks elsewhere for food sources following Western sanctions against it over Ukraine....

      Militants hold full mobilization in Torez, Snizhne, Makiyivka and Shakhtarsk
      Nov11

      Militants hold full mobilization in Torez, Snizhne, Makiyivka and Shakhtarsk

      Full mobilization of local residents to the ranks of militants is held in Donetsk region in Torez, Snizhne, Makiyivka and Shakhtarsk. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “Full mobilization of local residents is announced in the towns, controlled by militants, such as Torez, Snizhne, Makiyivka and...