Materials on 8 June 2017 year

  • Blast shakes US Embassy compound in Kyiv An unidentified device exploded on the territory of the US Embassy in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyy district at around midnight on 8 June, the metropolitan police said. "An unknown person…
  • Rada sets course on NATO membership The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday passed a bill №6470 that defines Ukraine's accession to NATO as a pillar of the nation's foreign policy. The bill garnered the support of 276 lawmakers…
  • EU warned Ukraine against extending export duties on scrap metal The EU Delegation to Ukraine called on the Verkhovna Rada not to extend the export duties on scrap metal. "The Verkhovna Rada plans to consider an extension of export duties on metal…
  • OSCE to increase number of monitors in Donbas Austrian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Sebastien Kurtz announced the OSCE's intention to increase the number of observers of the Special Monitoring Mission (CMM) in Donbas…
  • US Embassy does not view explosion in its compound as terrorist attack The US Embassy in Ukraine does not consider the explosion on its territory a terrorist act. "We can confirm that an incident occurred with the use of a small incendiary device shortly…
  • Rada OKs medical reform bill On Thursday, 8 June, the Verkhovna Rada adopted by a majority of 227 votes the draft law On State Financial Guarantees for the Provision of Medical Services and Medicines. The bill…
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  • Poroshenko: signing of 2009 gas contracts was crime President Petro Poroshenko said that the 2009 gas contract between Russia and Ukraine was criminal. "This signature [under the contract] was criminal and the obligations undertaken…
  • Militants shelled residential quarters in Maryinka On Thursday, at about 1 pm, the Russia-backed militants shelled the positions of the Ukrainian military stationed in the area of Maryinka, Donetsk Region. The residential quarters…