Section: Main news
Far from political settlement of conflict in Donbas – Steinmeir
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against hopes for quick solution of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. He told this in New York, Thursday, DW informs. “In Eastern Ukraine we managed to prevent, likely, a large military confrontation… But still we are far from the political solution and further away from real political...
Yatseniuk: Russia wants to freeze us
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk believes that Russia intends “to freeze Ukraine.” Yatseniuk said to the Reuters agency on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. “They (Russia – Ed.) want to freeze us. This is a goal, and there is another trump in the Russian hands. Besides the military operation against Ukraine, they have...
IMF mission to visit Kyiv to review cooperation program
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Ukraine in November 2014 to review the program of cooperation with the country, the press office of the National Bank of Ukraine has reported. “The mission is coming for the second review of the stand-by program,” the report says. On September 25, Ukrainian President...
Naftogaz confirms halt of reverse gas supplies from Hungary
Hungary has halted reverse natural gas supplies to Ukraine, Naftogaz’s press service has reported. “On September 25, at 17.55 Kyiv time, Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) operator Ukrtransgaz received a statement by email from Hungarian GTS operator FGSZ on the termination of gas supply from 19.00 for technical reasons ‘until...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 25
Poroshenko Sees Ukraine’s EU Application by 2020; Lays Out Reform Program via RFE/RLBorderland: Ukraine’s Dilemma via The New Yorker Ukraine in Turmoil: A Somalia Scenario? via The Economist Lithuania’s President: ‘Russia is Terrorizing Its Neighbors and Using Terrorist Methods’ via Washington Post Cementing Front Lines in...
Poroshenko promises to make his press conferences regular
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is convinced that meetings at press conferences with journalists are necessary and promises to make them more regular. He said this at a press conference Strategy 2020, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “I will remind that before such press conferences were held in a format “annual press conference.” We will...
There will be no peacekeeping troops in Ukraine – president
There will be no peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this at a press conference “Strategy 2020,” while answering questions from journalists, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “There will be no peacekeeping forces, because the experience of using peacekeeping troops in Transdniestria...
President says how he will save hryvnia
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko assured that he would do everything possible to prevent a further fall of the hryvnia. He said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Everyone has to do one’s job in order to save the country. Preservation of the national currency is also a way to protect the state...
President – for early local elections
Ukraine should hold early elections of local governments after the parliamentary elections. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a press conference, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Increasing the authority (of the local government – Ed.) must be accompanied by early elections so that the local communities...
Poroshenko says he could meet with Putin within three weeks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Europe within the next three weeks. He said this at a press conference while presenting Strategy 2020 in Kyiv on Thursday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “I think that within the next three weeks I will meet with Vladimir Vladimirovich...