Materials on 23 February 2017 year

  • Ukraine denies arms trade with Russia The information about the expansion of military and technical cooperation between the enterprises that are parts of the state-owned defence concern Ukroboronprom with the defence companies…
  • ATO soldier wounded in Donbas Over the past day, militants 54 times shelled the positions of Ukrainian troops in the zone of the antiterrorist operation in Donbass. One Ukrainian soldier was wounded, the press…
  • Rada amends in absentia conviction law The Verkhovna Rada on 23 February adopted in the first reading a bill that provides more opportunities for the investigation in terms of in absentia conviction of the former president…
  • Parliament scraps tax police bill The Verkhovna Rada on 23 February rejected an amendment suggesting the restoration of the tax police, which was included in the bill on the taxation of inheritance. The discussion…
  • MP Honcharenko reportedly kidnapped People's deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko was kidnapped by unknown individuals, Odessa web outlet Dumskaya, associated with the deputy, reported on 23 February. Local prosecutor's office…
  • Self-Help goes east to back blockade The members of the Self-Help faction in the Verkhovna Rada on Thursday will go to Donbas to join the participants of the blockade railway tracks crossing the frontline. "Today, right…
  • Honcharenko released and safe MP Oleksiy Honcharenko, who was feared to be kidnapped, is safe, said Odessa regional prosecutor Oleh Zhuchenko. He was planned to abducted and mutilated by the father of an anti-Maidan…
  • Honcharenko's abduction turned staged The kidnapping of the people's deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko was staged by the SBU to obtain evidence against the customer, says the head of the SBU department in Odessa Region Serhiy…
  • Our ultimatum is red line for government, says rightist leader The united nationalist forces set a list of national interests that the government must protect, otherwise it is in for a complete reboot, the leader of the Svoboda party Oleh Tyahnybok…