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Poroshenko agrees with Putin on lasting ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has agreed during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a lasting ceasefire in Donbas, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported. “Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The conversation resulted...
EU preliminarily agrees on new sanctions against Russia
The European Union wants to expand economic sanctions against Russia, first and foremost, in the financial market, ZN.UA has reported, citing Reuters. “Other measures discussed at Monday’s meeting [of EU ambassadors in Brussels] included banning syndicated EU loans to Russian government-owned banks and institutions. The European...
80 ATO soldiers held captive by terrorists near Ilovaisk – Semenchenko
Eighty soldiers of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces remain in the captivity of separatist fighters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) near Ilovaisk, Donbas battalion commander Semen Semenchenko has said live on Hromadske.TV. “I know that 80 people remain in captivity. These are those wounded. I do not know...
Views of Poroshenko, Putin finally coincide – Peskov
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Donbas by a telephone, their views largely coincide. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said, BBC informs. According to Peskov, the Heads of state exchange opinions on what should be done for “the soonest stopping of the...
Ukraine, US will hold joint military exercises
In Ukraine’s west, near the border with Poland, military exercises of the Armed Forces of Ukraine jointly with the U.S. and its allies will be held with participation of more than 1,000 military from the Western countries. Reuters reports. “The decision to go ahead with the Rapid Trident exercise Sept. 16-26 is seen as a sign of the...
Government approves new program of cooperation with NATO
The Cabinet of Ministers at its regular meeting endorsed a draft presidential decree on the approval of the Ukraine-NATO annual national program for 2014, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday. “The drafts of this decree and this year’s program were developed by the Foreign Ministry last year,...
Aggressor shells our positions 20 times over night
Ukrainian forces in the area of direct contact with Russian battalion-tactical groups and bandit forces of separatists in Donbas were under the enemy’s fire all the night. Shelling from Grad rocket launchers was led also from the territory of Russia. Head of the NSDC Center of Military and Political Studies and coordinator of the...
OSCE says release of detainees, delivery of humanitarian aid discussed in Minsk
The participants of the Trilateral Contact Group on the settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine, at a meeting held in Minsk on September 1, discussed the further release of persons detained during the conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid with a possible participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, reads a...
IMF may allocate next two tranches to Ukraine in December
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may consider the allocation for the next two tranches totaling $2.7-2.8 billion to Ukraine in December this year. Nikolay Gueorguiev, the IMF’s mission chief for Ukraine, said this in a conference call on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. He said that the total amount under the two payments...
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