Section: Main news
NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 24.91 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by five kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 24.91 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for June 15:$100 costs UAH 2,491.4945 (on June 14, it was UAH...
McCain`s Defense Act: Ukraine may get $500 mln in U.S. security, lethal aid
The U.S. Senate has passed U.S. Senator John McCain`s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 foreseeing, among other things, up to $500 million in security assistance to Ukraine. ”[The act] authorizes up to $500 million to provide security assistance to Ukraine, including lethal assistance,” reads a statement released by...
NATO defense ministers agree to enhance collective defense, deterrence
NATO Defense Ministers agreed on important measures to strengthen the Alliance`s defense and deterrence on Tuesday, June 14.”NATO will deploy by rotation four robust multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. And I welcome the commitments made by many Allies today to contribute,” said NATO Secretary General Jens...
NSDC tells how Russia makes Donbas test ground for new military technology
The Russian command of the Donbas militants has been systematically working out modern methods and technologies of land combat, new fire control systems, and the use of hi-end military equipment and weaponry, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, said in an interview with Novoye Vremya...
”Through torture and pain”: Afanasyev addresses foreign journalists
Hennadiy Afanasyev, the Ukrainian citizen who was returned to Ukraine from Russian imprisonment in a successful swap operation, through the foreign reporters urged foreign governments not to lift sanctions against the Russian Federation, an UaPosition correspondent reported from a briefing held after Afanasyev`s and Yuriy Soloshenko`s meeting...
NATO standards to be guidebook for 70% of Ukraine`s Defense Ministry by year-end
Up to 70% of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will be transformed according to NATO standards, according to Deputy Defense Minister on European integration Ihor Dolgov who spoke at the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Inter-Parliamentary Council in Kyiv Tuesday, an UaPosition correspondent reported.”We are taking steps to reform the structure and...
Poroshenko pardons Odesa separatist Didenko handed over to Russia
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has pardoned a Ukrainian citizen Vitaliy Didenko, according to Presidential Decree No.251/2016.”Having reviewed the petition for clemency of V.I. Didenko, the proposals of Pardons Commission, and other circumstances, in accordance with paragraph 27 of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree to...
NATO to boost presence in Black Sea region – Stoltenberg
The North Atlantic Treaty Alliance is considering strengthening its presence in the Black Sea region in response to Russia`s actions, that`s according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg who spoke to the journalists ahead of the meeting of the Bloc`s defense ministers, an UaPosition correspondent in Brussels reports.”We are looking into...
Poroshenko says general mobilization plan must be ”polished” to be ready for Russia`s full-scale invasion
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tasked the military with drawing up a general mobilization plan and a plan for the operation under martial law in case Russia goes on a full-scale offensive.The Ukrainian president drew attention to the necessity of examining the opportunities of territorial defense of the state, speaking at the...
Plane with Soloshenko, Afanasyev lands at Boryspil airport: Swap operation over
The aircraft of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry with the released Ukrainian citizens on board has landed on a designated area of the airfield used by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.Both Ukrainian citizens were immediately taken to the hospital upon arrival, accompanied by a security convoy.President Poroshenko is expected to meet at the...