Section: Main news

      OSCE to expand mission in Donbas to 350 observers
      Sep23

      OSCE to expand mission in Donbas to 350 observers

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine plans soon to increase the number of observers monitoring a truce in Donbas to 350 people. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “It is planned soon to expand the composition of the mission and...

      Ukraine will get off “gas eagle” over 10 years – Yatseniuk
      Sep23

      Ukraine will get off “gas eagle” over 10 years – Yatseniuk

      Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk believes that Ukraine will not depend on Russian gas in 10 years. He said this at a meeting of the Cabinet today, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the 10-year perspective, I see that we will diversify our gas supply sources to the extent that Russia will stop blackmailing Ukraine forever,” the...

      Yatseniuk says what will stop Russia’s blackmail
      Sep23

      Yatseniuk says what will stop Russia’s blackmail

      Only a common approach by Ukraine and the European community to solving the gas issue will help resist Russia’s blackmail. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this while opening the 12th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community in Kyiv on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “There is a very...

      European Commission proposes Ukraine, Russia sign interim gas contract
      Sep23

      European Commission proposes Ukraine, Russia sign interim gas contract

      The European side, at a trilateral meeting in Berlin on September 26, will propose a compromise solution that will help restore Russian gas supplies to Ukraine without waiting for a Stockholm arbitration court ruling. European Commission Vice-President for Energy Guenther Oettinger said this after the 12th meeting of the Ministerial Council of...

      NSDC confirms Ukrainian positions not shelled last night
      Sep23

      NSDC confirms Ukrainian positions not shelled last night

      Ukrainian security forces have recorded the cessation of shelling by Russian militants from approximately 23.00 on September 22. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “In general, we can...

      Rotation of Russian troops reported in eastern Ukraine
      Sep23

      Rotation of Russian troops reported in eastern Ukraine

      Russian troops are holding a rotation on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “The redeployment of Russian troops is reported on the Ukrainian-Russian...

      Ukraine News Roundup | September 23
      Sep23

      Ukraine News Roundup | September 23

      Ukraine’s President Wowed Congress, But His Party Has a Dark Side via The Daily Beast Protesters and Counterprotesters at Moscow’s Big Anti-War March via Slate Ukraine is on the Brink of Total Economic Collapse via Business Insider Russia and the West: Looking Back in Anger and Forward With Dread via The Atlantic No Safeguards...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Sep23

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map

      Russian-terrorist forces stopped shelling the positions of the anti-terrorist operation forces at about 23.00 on September 22.

      Bomb not found at Ukrinform
      Sep23

      Bomb not found at Ukrinform

      A bomb has not been found in the building of the Ukrinform Ukrainian National News Agency, whose employees were evacuated at 12.03 on Tuesday due to reports of a bomb threat. The agency is currently operating normally. The police received an anonymous call at 10.59 on September 23 that the agency’s building had been...

      Tymoshenko: Putin has three goals now
      Sep23

      Tymoshenko: Putin has three goals now

      The Minsk agreements on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine’s east is only an illusion of peaceful intentions of the Kremlin. Ex-Prime Minister, leader of the All-Ukrainian Association Batkivshchyna Yulia Tymoshenko told on air of the Freedom of Speech program on the ICTV on Monday. Putin, according to Tymoshenko, has three goals....