Section: Main news

      Turchynov wants to abolish amnesty law in Donbas
      Nov05

      Turchynov wants to abolish amnesty law in Donbas

      Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov registered a draft resolution, which proposes to abolish the Law “On avoiding prosecution and punishment of persons, participating in events in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.” The parliament’s website reads. The relevant resolution was registered under number 5082-P1. To remind,...

      Estonia ratifies Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
      Nov05

      Estonia ratifies Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

      The Estonian parliament ratified the Association Agreement of Ukraine with the EU on November 4. Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote on Twitter. “Estonia ratified the Association Agreement / Thank you, Estonia, for ratifying Ukraine-EU Association Agreement,” a statement reads. Earlier, the Agreement was ratified by Romania, Latvia,...

      Poroshenko, Kerry discuss pseudo-elections
      Nov05

      Poroshenko, Kerry discuss pseudo-elections

      The President of Ukraine had a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The press service of the Head of State informs. The President of Ukraine expressed gratitude for significant role of the U.S. in consolidation of international support of territorial integrity of Ukraine. He also noted the importance of the U.S. statements...

      Tymchuk names ATO flash points
      Nov05

      Tymchuk names ATO flash points

      In the ATO area, the tensest situation is observed on Debalteve and Donetsk directions. Head of the Center of Military and Political Studies Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. “The tensest situation is on Debaltseve and Donetsk directions – 18 and 10 fire blows respectively. The situation is difficult in the area of the Donetsk airport...

      Summary information and map from National Security and Defense Council – 04.11.2014
      Nov05

      Summary information and map from National Security and Defense Council – 04.11.2014

      Kyiv, 4 November 2014 – Situation in the east of Ukraine remains tense. Russia builds up its military presence in the districts controlled by terrorists. “Terrorists use tactics that combines psychological pressure on Ukrainian servicemen (ultimatum to leave the block-posts) and massive shelling of our positions with rocket launcher systems,...

      Ukraine News Roundup | November 4
      Nov04

      Ukraine News Roundup | November 4

      Separatist Elections in Donbas Were a Step Toward Permanent Stalemate via New Republic Dangerous Duty: The Donbas Volunteer Who Retrieves Bodies from the Battlefield via Mashable Ukraine’s Revolutionary No. 1 Goes to Parliament via Bloomberg Among the Rebels: Welcome to the Cossack People’s Republic of Stakhanov via Politico On...

      Danish foreign minister to visit Ukraine next week
      Nov04

      Danish foreign minister to visit Ukraine next week

      Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard will visit Ukraine on November 10. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “He is to hold talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin,” he said. Lidegaard will visit Odesa, where he will...

      Ukraine again demands Kremlin remove troops from Donbas
      Nov04

      Ukraine again demands Kremlin remove troops from Donbas

      The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sent a note of protest to the Russian Foreign Ministry due to Russia’s continued military aggression in Donbas. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “Along with propaganda convoys, Russia, less...

      National Bank bans investments in occupied Crimea
      Nov04

      National Bank bans investments in occupied Crimea

      The National Bank of Ukraine bans Ukrainians to invest in objects of investment activities, located on the temporary occupied territory of the free economic zone Crimea. This is said in the NBU resolution No. 699 “On the use of some norms of currency legislation during a regime of temporary occupation of the territory of the free economic area...

      OSCE secretary general to visit Ukraine on Wednesday
      Nov04

      OSCE secretary general to visit Ukraine on Wednesday

      OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier plans to visit Kyiv on Wednesday. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier will visit Ukraine on November 5. It is expected that he will hold talks with Ukrainian...