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Poroshenko informs G7 and EU ambassadors about Donbas and difficult situation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with the ambassadors of the Group of Seven (G7) and European Union countries to discuss the coordination of further action on the international arena to promote the peace process, the presidential press service has reported. The head of state expressed his gratitude for the support that Ukraine...
Ukraine will buy US newest weapons systems – media
Ukraine will buy one of the newest weapons systems in the United States in the near future – funds are provided in the budget. Journalist Yuriy Butusov writes on Facebook. “According to the source Tsenzor.Net, Ukraine will buy one of the newest weapons systems in the United States in the near future – funds are provided in the...
Obama ready to lift sanctions against Russia if it stops aggression against Ukraine
Washington is ready to lift current sanctions against Russia if Moscow stops aggression against Ukraine. U.S. President Barack Obama said this at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. “A different path is available – the path of diplomacy and peace and the ideals this institution is designed to uphold. The recent...
Sanctions against Russia effective in long term, but Ukraine needs quick solution – Yatseniuk
Western sanctions against Russia are effective in the medium and long term, but Ukraine now needs a quick solution because of the situation in the east of the country. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “Sanctions are an effective...
Avakov requests help from Poland for funding weapons
Poland, which has more than others to understand the threat of Russian aggression, could help Ukraine with funding of Polish weapons supplies through establishment of “correct and smooth prices and credits” for these supplies. This opinion was expressed by Interior Minister Arsen Avakov at the 12th International Special Exhibition “Weapons and...
Map of Russian invasion – 24.09.2014
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President orders government to abandon Ukraine’s non-aligned status – decree
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on “urgent measures” to protect Ukraine and strengthen its defense capability. The text of the decree was published on the official website of the head of state on September 24. According to the report, the decree was passed in connection with the further worsening of the...
Yatseniuk addresses Putin in his speech at UN
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, in his speech at the UN General Assembly session, has openly addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging him to stop the aggression against Ukraine. He said this in his ten-minute speech, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “Mr. Putin, you can win the fight against the troops, but you...
NSDC proposes government temporarily close border with Russia
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has recommended that the Cabinet of Ministers decide on the temporary closure of checkpoints on Ukraine’s state border with Russia for vehicles, vessels and pedestrians. This is stated in Ukrainian presidential decree No. 744/2014 of September 24 enacting the NSDC decision of...
New laws on Donbas allow Ukraine “to go out” of Putin’s plan – Serhiy Popov
Putin’s plan envisages a permanent war in Ukraine, so only by stopping combat actions we will be able to stop acting according to the Russian scenario and win. Coordinator of the Anti-crisis media center Serhiy Popov expressed this opinion at a briefing in Kyiv, Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We can win only when we go out...