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Russian troops fired on Ukrainian forces: used mortars and Grad multiple rocket launcher
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 25 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. One Ukrainian soldier was killed and three others were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, In the Mariupol sector, the...
Growth of industrial production in Ukraine slows to 0.8% in Oct
Growth of industrial production in Ukraine in October 2016 slowed to 0.8% from October 2015 against 2% in September 2016 year-over-year, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. At the same time, industrial production in October 2016 grew to 5.7% from September 2016 against 4.4% in September 2016 from August 2016. From January to...
Ukraine to modernize Pakistan`s armored vehicles
Ukrainian defense industry will receive an order worth $600 million, according to the report by Ukraine`s Ministry of Defense. The state-owned Ukrspecexport, which is part of UkrOboronProm State Concern, being Ukraine`s major arms exporter, on Wednesday, November 23 signed a $600 million contract with Pakistan for technical servicing, maintenance...
Kyiv not to get visa lib at EU-Ukraine summit, media explain reasons
The agenda of Ukraine-EU summit to be held in Brussels November 24 does not include an official statement of the parties with respect to the completion of the visa liberalization process for Ukraine. However, a press release published on the European Commission website states that the summit will be an opportunity to praise the final steps for...
Security areas in areas of Donbas, opening of checkpoint Zolote, hostage release to be discussed in Minsk Wed
The Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk has on the agenda of its Wednesday meeting the issue of opening a Zolote checkpoint for passage of civilians across the line of demarcation in Donbas, as reported by 112.ua. The main round of talks to be headed by Martin Sajdik will start at 14:00 and be held behind closed doors, reads the report by 112.ua....
Ukraine hands over application to join BEPS from January 1
Ukraine plans to join the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development`s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) from January 1, 2017. According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, a letter with the corresponding proposal was handed over by Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk to Secretary General of the...
Crimean Tatars set up religious administration of Crimea Muslims in Kyiv
Kyiv hosted the assembly of delegates of the Crimean Tatar Muslim organizations where the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea was set up on mainland Ukraine, the 15 Minutes news agency reports referring to the ATR. The Congress was attended by 40 representatives from 14 different Tatar Muslim Organizations of Ukraine (Kherson region,...
Yelchenko urges Kremlin not to exploit Crimea`s drinking water problem in propaganda
Ukraine`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko during a UN Security Council open debate on water, peace and security urged not to use the drinking water shortage problem in occupied Crimea with the aim of propaganda. Yelchenko said that Russia and the situation in occupied Crimea were not on the debate`s agenda, but...
Program for installation of heat meters in houses fails – Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister
The program for the installation of meters for heat has been failed by the local authorities and heat suppliers, Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko said on 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”I can say that the plans, which have been provided to local authorities and heat supplier enterprises to install meters in every household, failed. Local...
Ukraine designers boast unique UAV
Ukrainian volunteer drone designers have developed a new multitask unmanned aerial vehicle, that`s according to Yuriy Kasyanov, one of the participants to the project. ”We have built a really unique drone. This large copter can fly for several hours, covering a distance of hundreds of kilometers, and take on board dozens of kilograms of load. No...