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Russian airforce in training exercises on possible air strikes on Ukraine targets – Intel
The Russian Federation continues to prepare for a possible large-scale offensive against Ukraine, which is to include massive airstrikes on the country`s strategic facilities, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine`s Defense Ministry Vadym Skibytskiy told a Kyiv briefing Friday, according to an UaPosition correspondent....
Ukraine politicians` huge cash piles exposed in reform drive
Ukraine`s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has revealed that he and his wife possess $1.8 million in cash, the BBC reports. Mr Groysman published a list of his assets in line with Ukraine`s new anti-corruption rules, which compel all senior public officials to declare their wealth in a new electronic database, according to the BBC. He has been a...
U.S. Mission to OSCE: Russia continues sending troops, equipment into Ukraine
The United States is deeply concerned about the recent escalation in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where the ”school year” ceasefire appears to be unraveling while combined Russian-separatist forces continue to deny access to OSCE monitors, reads the report by the U.S. Mission to the OSCE. ”Despite combined-separatist forces` restrictions, the SMM...
Two EU countries ”hinder” visa liberalization for Ukraine
France and Belgium have ”concerns” over the level of Ukraine`s anti-corruption efforts and in this regard, they have hinted at Kyiv`s failure to complete the implementation of criteria required to obtain a visa-free travel with the EU, according to journalists and experts on visa-free subjects after the meeting of EU ambassadors, held on October...
Ukraine repels Russian attack on Avdiyivka`s ”promzone”: Russian militants suffer losses
In a failed attack on the industrial zone in the town of Avdiyivka [the so-called ”promzone”] in Donbas, the occupation forces suffered losses, in particular seven KIA and another 17 WIA, that`s according to Andriy Lysenko, the speaker of the Defense Ministry on ATO. ”Yesterday`s aggressive actions have cost the enemy dearly. Enemy losses over...
Share of nuclear power in electricity generationin Ukraine to amount to 53% in 2017 – Energy Ministry
The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine has developed the forecast balance of electricity for 2017, according to which it is planned to increase the share of nuclear power plants, operated by the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom, in the production of electricity up to 53%, to 83.3 billion kWh, Director of the...
National Bank of Ukraine raises forecast for Foreign Direct Investment in 2016
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has raised its forecast for the income from foreign direct investment in the current year from $2.4 billion to $3.3 billion, NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva said at a press conference. ”The main driver of economic growth will be a significant increase in investment activity, which started this year. Reduced risk...
Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine reveals UAH 1 bln fraud at insolvent Finance and Credit Bank
The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) has exposed an illegal financial transaction by employees of insolvent Finance and Credit Bank, a spokeswoman for Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko Larysa Sargan wrote on Facebook. ”The department for investigation of particularly important cases in the field of economy with the operational support...
Ukraine`s consolidated budget deficit touches UAH 32 billion
Ukraine`s consolidated budget deficit in the first nine months of 2016 was at UAH 31.692 billion, compared to a surplus of UAH 32.509 billion in the same period last year, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported on its website. The consolidated budget revenues for the first nine months of 2016, excluding intergovernmental transfers, amounted...
Russian political scientist suggests Putin, Surkov`s goal in Ukraine
The Russian president`s envoy Vladislav Surkov pursues no private goals in Ukraine, Russian political scientist, scholar and publicist Andrey Piontkovsky said in an interview with Online.ua. ”Had they told him to love Ukraine, he would have loved it. They told him to destabilize [the country] – so he has been destabilizing it. Surkov is Putin`s...