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Russian officer on active service killed in Donbas – Ukraine intel
A Russian officer Alexander Bushuev was killed near the militant-occupied city of Donetsk, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on Facebook Monday.”The death is confrmed of the commander of the 7th separate motorized rifle brigade, Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Alexander Bushuev near the town...
Ukraine to host one of biggest tech conferences in Eastern Europe
More than 2500 tech lovers from Ukraine and Eastern Europe will gather in Lviv for a major IT event, Lviv IT Arena 2016, to be held on September 30 – October 2 in Ukraine`s western city. Named by organizers the best IT event in the country, it will unite professionals to network while discussing business, IT trends, and products, according to...
Ukrainians protesting against Poland`s suspension of small border traffic with Ukraine
On Monday morning, residents of three districts of Lviv region partially blocked the traffic near the Ukrainian-Polish border checkpoints, protesting against the suspension by Poland of the small border traffic with Ukraine, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv region Svitlana Dobrovolska told an...
Ukrainian soldier freed from militant captivity near Maiorsk
A fighter from the engineering unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Kuchevskiy has been released from the militant captivity near the village of Maiorsk, Vasyl Budik, the advisor to the Deputy Defense Minister, wrote on Facebook.According to him, the work on his release took place with the direct participation of Ukrainian President Petro...
Ukraine Gov`t prepares mirror response to Russia`s transit restrictions
Ukraine`s Cabinet of Ministers has worked out and is ready to immediately put in place the mirror measures against the Russian Federation, which since July 1 have introduced additional restrictive measures against the transit of Ukrainian goods through the Russian territory towards the third countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and other...
Ukraine reduces gas consumption by almost 13% in 1H 2016
Ukraine has dropped consumption of natural gas in January-June 2016 by 12.5% year-over-year from 18.4 bcm to 16.1 billion cubic meters, according to Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the country`s gas transportation system.The company also reported that the consumption of gas in the country amounted to 1 bcm in June.As UaPosition reported earlier,...
Ukrtransgaz to be divided into two companies: operators of gas pipelines and USFv
Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the gas transportation system (GTS) and underground storage facilities (USFs) of natural gas, will be divided into two new state-owned companies – the operator of GTS ”Main Gas Pipelines of Ukraine” and the operator of USFs ”Underground Gas Storage Facilities of Ukraine,” the press service of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy,...
Russian troops near Ukraine`s borders may exceed 70,000 by 2018 – intel
7,000 Russian regular servicemen are currently stationed in the Donbas conflict zone, as part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics, according to Vadym Skibitsky, representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine`s Defence Ministry who spoke with 112 Ukraine TV channel, Ukraine Today reports.”In the...
Turkey may let Russia use its Incirlik air base – media
Turkey could let Russia use its Incirlik air base to fight the Islamic state terrorist group (banned in Russia) in Syria, as follows from the words of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, according to Russian news agency TASS.”We will cooperate with everybody who is fighting Islamic State,” Cavusoglu said, TASS reports.”Ankara has opened...
Russian gas transit via Ukraine up by one-third in 1H 2016
Transit shipments of Russian gas via Ukraine to the European Union in January-June 2016 increased by 31% year-over-year, to 38 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the country`s gas transportation system.”Transit of Russian gas to Europe increased by 31%. Almost 38 bcm have already been transported,” the report...