Materials on 27 April 2016 year

  • Militants keep Grads, tanks in Luhansk - OSCE The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said in a report that its monitors saw the heavy weapons banned under the Minsk agreements…
  • President said ordered sending extra National Guard troops to Odesa President Petro Poroshenko ordered the head of the National Police and the Chief of the National Guard to send up to 1 thousand National Guards to Odessa, chairman of the Odessa Regional…
  • EU-Ukraine summit postponed The annual Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for May 19 in Brussels, was postponed. "Ukrainian government needs more time to carry out reforms," Brussels reporter for Radio Free Europe…
  • Government troops attacked 30 times in Donbas Over the past day militants 30 times attacked the positions the antiterrorist operation forces in Donbas along the contact line, the ATO press centre reported via Facebook. Over 20…
  • Government set to level out gas price for households, industry The Cabinet decided to set a uniform price of gas 6,879 hryvnya per cu m as of 1 May, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman stated at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. "Today, we must make…
  • Cabinet to draft bill to abolish pension taxation Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says his government intends to submit to parliament a bill to scrap the taxation of pensions to be effective as of May 1. "We need to introduce two…
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  • Five ATO soldiers wounded in Donbas Over the past day, five soldiers of government troops are reported wounded in the zone of antiterrorist operation in Donbas. At a press briefing, the ATO spokesman for the Presidential…
  • Postponed EU-Ukraine summit slated for September The EU-Ukraine summit scheduled to be held on May 19 has been postponed until September on the agreement reached by the parties. The exact date will be specified at a high-level meeting…
  • US Secretary of State Kerry to visit Ukraine US Secretary of State John Kerry is going to visit Ukraine before June, US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told a news conference on Wednesday. "State Secretary Kerry would…
  • US diplomat denies discussing dates of Donbas election The matter of providing US financial and technical assistance to Ukraine depends on its progress in reforms and not on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, US Assistant Secretary…
  • Cabinet appoints acting health minister The Cabinet on Wednesday appointed Viktor Shafransky acting minister of health, Vice-Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko reported via Twitter. Viktor Shafranskiy held the post of a deputy…
  • Germany sceptical about armed OSCE mission to Ukraine Germany and France do not hold any discussions on the possible armed OSCE mission to eastern Ukraine. The civil status of the observers is a necessary compromise between all sides…
  • Ukraine blames separatists for failed prisoner exchange The self-proclaimed separatist Donetsk People's Republic has disrupted an Easter exchange of 25 people in its captivity for 50 separatists detained by Ukraine, Kiev's representative…
  • A Ukrainian-made rocket, which was first tested in late March, has turned out to be a Vilkha (Olkha) high-precision rocket for the Smerch multiple rocket launcher. "The successful…
  • Kharkiv tractor plant changes hands DCH Group owner Oleksandr Yaroslavskyy bought a controlling interest in the Kharkiv tractor plant on 27 April, DCH's press service has said. Yaroslavskyy accepted the proposal of…
  • Odious town mayor suspended The Kiev Pecherskyy district court has upheld an appeal filed by the Kiev regional prosecutor's office to suspend Vyshhorod mayor Oleksiy Momot who is accused of extorting 500,000…