Materials on 24 July 2017 year

  • US envoy calls Donbas conflict a war Special Representative of the US Department of State for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that Donbas is now "not a frozen conflict, but a hot war." "A few observations that I would make just…
  • Construction shows 25% growth in H1 In the first half of 2017, construction volumes soared by almost a quarter compared to the same period last year, Ukrainian government said in a facebook release on Monday, 24 July…
  • Tax cops raid distilleries The tax police under the procedural sector of the Prosecutor-General's Office search #41 distillery. "A large-scale offensive on the underground alcohol market has begun, and searches…
  • Poroshenko holds phone conversation in Normandy format Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation in the "Normandy format" with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President…
  • NATO ships call at Odesa The ships of a permanent NATO naval group, the destroyer of the UK Royal Navy Duncan and the frigate of the Turkish Navy Yildirim arrived to the port of Odessa for joint exercises…
  • Police detain 53 criminal rings in six months The criminal investigation department of the National Police has detained 53 organised criminal rings over the first half a year, Deputy Interior Minister Vadym Troyan has said. Police…
  • Militants use new four-tube multiple rocket launchers Pro-Russian militants used four-tube mobile multiple-launch rocket systems on 20 July 2017 to target Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Region, the Ukrainian representative at the Joint Centre…