Section: Main news

      U.S. prosecutor tasked with selecting officers to oversee prosecutors` actions
      Aug08

      U.S. prosecutor tasked with selecting officers to oversee prosecutors` actions

      Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has signed a decree ”On urgent organizational measures to appoint staff of the General Inspectorate,” the press service of the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) reported. Deputy Prosecutor General Anzhela Stryzhevska and former U.S. Federal Prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney of the U.S. Attorney`s...

      Kharkiv armored tank plant quadruplicates output in H1
      Aug08

      Kharkiv armored tank plant quadruplicates output in H1

      Kharkiv armored tank plant, which is part of the state-run Ukroboronprom concern, quadruplicated its output in the first half of 2016, year-on-year, according to Ukroboronprom`s press service. ”In the first half of 2016, the plant transferred 25 pieces of armored military hardware to the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 13 T64BV tanks and 12 T-80BV tanks...

      Recent Mariupol quake has no impact on Zaproizhia nuclear power plant
      Aug08

      Recent Mariupol quake has no impact on Zaproizhia nuclear power plant

      An earthquake registered in the Ukrainian-controlled strategic port city of Mariupol in the southern part of Donetsk region at about 11:15 local time on August 7 has had no impact on nuclear reactors at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP), Ukrainian officials stated. The epicenter of the 4.9 magnitude earthquake was located near Mariupol at...

      Ukraine accumulates 10.97 bcm of gas in underground facilities
      Aug08

      Ukraine accumulates 10.97 bcm of gas in underground facilities

      Stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 3.9%, or 414 million cubic meters (mcm), from 10.559 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas on July 30 to 10.973 bcm of gas on August 6, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system. The amount of gas pumped daily into the underground facilities, as of...

      Savchenko announces agreement to swap two  prisoners of war in Donbas
      Aug08

      Savchenko announces agreement to swap two prisoners of war in Donbas

      There is an agreement on the exchange of prisoners of war (POW) in Donbas under the ”two for two” arrangement, Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko stated after coming out of the Presidential Administration, according to Ukrainska Pravda. ”At present, there is an agreement to swap two for two – and it must be done now,” she said. ”The president should do...

      Ukraine`s government to launch investment promotion agency on Sept 1
      Aug08

      Ukraine`s government to launch investment promotion agency on Sept 1

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has announced that his government plans to launch an Investment Promotion Office on September 1, 2016. ”The office will start work from September 1,” he stated at a government meeting on Monday. The office staffing will be sponsored by the U.S.-based Western NIS Enterprise Fund. Deputy Finance Minister...

      Ukraine reports 11 wounded in action in past 24 hours
      Aug08

      Ukraine reports 11 wounded in action in past 24 hours

      Eleven Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to Oleksandr Motuzianyk, presidential spokesman for ATO issues. ”There were 11 wounded in action (WIA),” Motuzianyk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a UaPosition correspondent reported. As UaPosition reported earlier, combined...

      Lithuanian FM stands for maintaning anti-Russian sanctions
      Aug08

      Lithuanian FM stands for maintaning anti-Russian sanctions

      Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius supports the continuation of sanctions in connection with Russia`s annexation of Crimea. ”Eight years ago, Russia`s war in Georgia was meant to be a lesson to the world. RU annexing Crimea showed that was not the case. Sanctions must continue,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius wrote on...

      SBU detains two women, who informed militants about AFU positions, in Luhansk region
      Aug08

      SBU detains two women, who informed militants about AFU positions, in Luhansk region

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have detained two local women who informed militants about the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the SBU`s press center has reported. ”Two local women were regularly in contact with a representative of the terrorists and informed him about the number, locations and...

      ”Yefremov`s case”: Former ex-Regions Party faction MP Medianyk arrested
      Aug08

      ”Yefremov`s case”: Former ex-Regions Party faction MP Medianyk arrested

      Kyiv`s Pechersk District Court has satisfied the petition of the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) on the 60-day custody of former Party of Regions MP Volodymyr Medianyk. The relevant decision was announced by Judge Iryna Lytvynova, according to a UaPosition correspondent. As stated in the court decision, the PGO`s petition should be satisfied,...