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      Turchynov dissolves Ukrainian Communist Party faction in parliament
      Jul24

      Turchynov dissolves Ukrainian Communist Party faction in parliament

      Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov has announced the dissolution of the Ukrainian Communist Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada. Earlier, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed amendments to the parliament’s rules of procedure, which paved the way for the dissolution of the Communist Party faction. According to the speaker,...

      Russia can get further European sanctions
      Jul24

      Russia can get further European sanctions

      The European Union today will try to agree on a list of individuals and companies of the Russian Federation, to which the new sanctions may be extended. In particular, new restrictive measures may relate to access to financial markets, defense, dual-purpose products, high technology, particularly in the energy sector. To remind, July 22, the EU...

      Ukrainian flags waving in Lysychansk
      Jul24

      Ukrainian flags waving in Lysychansk

      Blue-yellow flags are already waving in Lysychansk, a city that the ATO forces have been trying to liberate from the pro-Russian terrorists over the past days, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Andriy Parubiy wrote on his Twitter page. “As far as I know, blue-yellow flags are already waving in the vicinity of...

      Terrorists redeploy armored vehicles to Horlivka and Ilovaisk
      Jul24

      Terrorists redeploy armored vehicles to Horlivka and Ilovaisk

      Militants in eastern Ukraine move the armored vehicles to Horlivka and Ilovaisk. The ATO press center informs on Facebook. “Further strengthening and arrangement of firing positions and defenses is observed, as well as redeployment of armored vehicles to the towns around Donetsk, namely: Horlivka, Ilovaisk,” the ATO noted. lk...

      Australian PM Abbott calls Malaysian jet crash ‘atrocity’
      Jul24

      Australian PM Abbott calls Malaysian jet crash ‘atrocity’

      Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott thanked Ukraine for the efforts to help all nations affected by the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. He told this to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday. “I am impressed with the will power that you and the people of Ukraine demonstrate in such difficult circumstances and with the...

      Ukrainian Su-25 warplane could have been downed with air-to-air missile – Yatseniuk
      Jul24

      Ukrainian Su-25 warplane could have been downed with air-to-air missile – Yatseniuk

      One of the two Su-25 military aircraft shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 23 could have been downed with an air-to-air missile launched from a Russian fighter. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this in an interview with BBC. “Probably the second fighter was shot down by an air-to-air missile. This means that it was downed by...

      About 10,000 IDPs in Kyiv, Klitschko says
      Jul23

      About 10,000 IDPs in Kyiv, Klitschko says

      Nearly 10,000 persons moved from the eastern regions and Crimea to Kyiv, a special agency has been set up to coordinate the work with them, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told reporters on Wednesday. “For today, given the data that I have, I can speak about 10,000 persons,” he said. According to him, Kyiv has enough jobs, but people do...

      NSDC says Ukrainian warplanes could have been downed from Russian territory
      Jul23

      NSDC says Ukrainian warplanes could have been downed from Russian territory

      Anti-aircraft missiles that were used to shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 fighter aircraft near the border with Russia on Wednesday could have been launched from Russian territory. The spokesman for the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Andriy Lysenko, said this at a briefing in Kyiv on...

      Putin convenes emergency State Duma meeting on Ukraine – source
      Jul23

      Putin convenes emergency State Duma meeting on Ukraine – source

      State Duma deputies, who are currently on a planned vacation, urgently come to Moscow to participate in an unscheduled meeting because of the situation in eastern Ukraine, a source in the State Duma told Ukrinform on Wednesday. “Maybe something will happen tomorrow. Now this issue is being solved. Something is being planned, because many...

      Foreign ministry prepares documents to ratify association deal
      Jul23

      Foreign ministry prepares documents to ratify association deal

      Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry in the coming days will give for consideration by the President of Ukraine documents for ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, acting Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Information Policy Department Vasyl Zvarych told reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday. “As of today, the Foreign Ministry...