Section: Main news
Terrorists rob all banks of Novoazovsk
Pro-Russian terrorists seized Novoazovsk, robbed the bank branches and disrupted all social payments. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing. “In Novoazovsk, terrorists robbed the local bank branch. Due to this, social payments are suspended in the city, there is a shortage of food, the remains...
Luhansk airport completely ruined
The Luhansk airport is completely ruined, there is no possibility to land an aircraft there. Acting head of the Luhansk regional state administration Iryna Verihina told on air of the 112 Ukraine TV. “The airport is completely ruined. Our military retreated, but the runway is destroyed so there is no possibility to land a plane there,” she said....
Fifteen soldiers killed in Donbas over past 24 hours
Fifteen Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 49 more wounded in the Donbas over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Tuesday. He added that 22 cases of fighting between Ukrainian military and militants had been recorded...
ATO press center says Donetsk Airport controlled by Ukrainians
Donetsk Airport remains under the control of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces, ATO press officer Leonid Matiukhin has said. “We cannot confirm this report. The airport is ours,” he said, while commenting on a report by Reuters that Ukrainian military supposedly left their positions at the Donetsk airport on Monday as a result...
Rada abolishes duty for defense products
MPs approved the law on exemption of defense products imported into Ukraine from duty. As a Ukrinform correspondent reports, 234 MPs voted for the law number 4555a “On amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine on simplification of defense imports.” This legislative act simplified imports of defense products to the customs territory of...
Verkhovna Rada does not accept Sheremeta’s resignation
The Verkhovna Rada has not accepted the resignation of Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Pavlo Sheremeta. Only 213 MPs voted for his resignation on Tuesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. UDAR representatives believe that if Sheremeta does not go to work, he should be dismissed under an article of the Labor Code. UDAR faction...
Losses at UAH 3.2 billion counted in Donetsk region
Losses of Donetsk region from the ruin during the conflict makes up UAH 3.2 billion. The press service of the Donetsk regional state administration informs. “The economic department of the regional state administration sent a list of ruined and damaged objects as a result of the armed conflict in Donetsk region totaling more than UAH 3.2 billion...
Hryvnia strengthens on interbank market
Trading in the U.S. dollar on Ukraine’s interbank currency market on Tuesday opened with a continuing drop in quotations – UAH 12.50-12.90/$1 (as of 10.30), compared to yesterday’s closing at UAH 13.10-13.50/$1, InterBusinessConsulting has reported. Euro-hryvnia quotations went down as of 10.30 – UAH 16.407-16.936/EUR 1....
Another 11 Ukrainian soldiers leave encircled area near Ilovaisk
Another 11 Ukrainian soldiers have broken the siege near Ilovaisk, Donbas battalion commander Semen Semenchenko has said. “Eleven more people left the area. We are bringing them to hospital,” he wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday. Earlier, the head of the Center for Exchanging Prisoners, Colonel-General Volodymyr Ruban, said that...
Law enforcers killed 50 militants over past day
The ATO forces for the past day killed 50 militants, as well as multiple rocket launch system Grad and two military automobiles. The ATO press center informs on its Facebook page. “For the past day, the ATO forces destroyed one module BM-21 Grad, two automobiles for charging MRLS and 50 militants,” the press center informs. Law enforcers...