Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Lutsenko: Ukrainian Verkohvna Rada will vote on Shokin's resignation on Tuesday
The resignation of the Prosecutor General, Viktor Shokin, will be voted on this Tuesday, March 29, 2016 according to a statement made by the head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" (PPB) Party, Yuriy Lutsenko, on the Inter TV channel, as reported by the Press Service of the Party.Lutsenko indicated that Shokin "having lost the public support, wrote his resignation." "He resigned and this resignation will be voted upon on Tuesday. The President will be ready to appoint the next candidate …
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Zakharova: Russia is not subject to the Minsk Agreements, so it is not obligated to release Savchenko
The Russian Foreign Ministry claims that Russia is not a party to the Minsk Agreements, and therefore it does not understand the claims concerning the case of the Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko, as stated by the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
"Russia is not a party to the Minsk Agreements. These agreements only concern two sides that are part of the conflict," she said.
"We have the responsibility to influence the parties of the conflict exactly the same way as France or …
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Pro-Russian separatists attack Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka
On March 27th, pro-Russian separatists attempted to overtake the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdiivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, as reported by the press center of the Ukrainian Military.
According to the report, separatists initiated the attack, and Ukrainian forces returned fire.
"As a result of the combat, the sabotage and reconnaissance enemy group, that consisted of six fighters, retreated. There are no casualties among the ATO military [Ukrainian Armed …
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Yatsenyuk: Ukraine has a crisis in morals and ethics
The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, said that the government crises actually do not exist. “However, the struggle for position distracts the public attention from the really fundamental problems,” Yatsenyuk said, expressing his criticism of the political elite of the country as well as his proposals in the program 10 Minutes with the Prime Minister on Sunday, March 27, 2016.
"The main cause of the artificial crisis is not a political one but an ethical and moral one. The crisis …
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President of Bulgaria calls for Savchenko’s release; says Crimea is Ukraine
During his visit to Kiev, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev told his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Crimea belongs to Ukraine. He also stated that Nadiya Savchenko and other Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia should be released immediately, Poroshenko’s Press Secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko wrote on Twitter, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
"The President of Bulgaria: 'In every speech I emphasize that the Crimea is Ukraine. And Ukraine is Europe,'" Tsegolko wrote.
The …
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Nadiya Savchenko's health has deteriorated significantly
According to Vera Savchenko, the health of her sister, Nadiya Savchenko, has deteriorated significantly, and she desperately needs medical attention. Vera Savchenko said this on the TV channel 112 Ukraine.
"Consuls visited her on Friday, and the information about her symptoms I received from them. They listed the symptoms. Nadiya always says that everything is fine, everything is great. When I saw her last time, she was the one who said to me: ‘All is well’, and because of all the events I …
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John Herbst: The US is against the federalization of Ukraine
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst said that Washington will not agree to the federalization of Ukraine as a resolution for the situation in the Donbas, Rosbalt reported.
The federalization of Ukraine is Russia’s proposed solution to the war in the former Soviet republic.
"Our administration has repeatedly stated that there is no connection between our diplomacy on Syria and our diplomacy with regard to Ukraine. I believe them," the former ambassador said to the TV channel Inter when …
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Security Service of Ukraine releases names of 1,400 of its employees who defected
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) disclosed the names of 1,391 of its former employees who defected following the Ukrainian Revolution in the spring of 2014. The list was published on the SSU’s website on Saturday, RBC reported. Most of the SSU employees on the list were stationed in the Crimea prior to its annexation in March of 2014.
The list was primarily comprised of individuals who served in the 3rd SSU Alpha Group, located in Simferopol in the Crimea, as well as employees of the Main …
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Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council approves Savchenko sanctions list
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has approved the list of sanctions against persons involved in the illegal convictions of Nadiya Savchenko and other Ukrainian citizens in Russia as reported by the Press Secretary of the President, Svyatoslav Tsegolko, on Facebook.
"The National Security Council has approved the 'Savchenko and Sentsov sanctions list' against those who fabricated the case against the Ukrainians in Russia. This list will later be expanded to include …
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Poroshenko signs demobilization decree
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, at a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) on Friday, March 25th, signed a decree demobilizing soldiers who were called up during the fourth wave of the military draft.
"I signed a decree demobilizing those servicemen, drafted by the decrees of July 21, 2014 and January 14, 2015", Poroshenko said, according to a statement on the website of the President of Ukraine. Poroshenko stated that the document affects about 45,0 …