Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine asks Poland to stop buying coal from LPR separatists
Poland must stop buying coal from the occupied Donbas, said Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk.
“This is not at all partnership-like, and we hope that the Polish government will react to this situation,” Nasalyk said on Wednesday during a meeting with a Polish business in Warsaw, Ukrinform reports.
According to the minister, the origin of the coal can easily be tested with chemical indicators. Nasalyk reiterated that Ukraine does not use anthracite coal from the …
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Ukrainian Parliament publishes draft bill on integration of Donbas
The main highlights of the new Presidential bill on the Donbas were published on the web site of the Verkhovna Rada.
The purpose of the Bill is stated to be “the liberation of the territory of the Donbas”.
The word "aggression" and its derivatives occur 42 times in the text of the Bill. At the same time, the Bill does not call Russia an "aggressor country." Nevertheless, the authors directly declare that it is the Russian Federation that has been carrying out armed aggression on the territory …
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US Representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s Aide Surkov to meet on October 7 in Serbia
US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will meet with Vladislav Surkov, aide to the Russian president and curator of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), on October 7 in Serbia.
This was reported by Interfax, citing Alexey Chesnakov, director of the Russian Center for Political Conjuncture.
“The second meeting is planned for October 7 in Serbia,” Chesnakov said.
Volker was appointed as the US Special Representative for Ukraine …
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National Security Committee of Ukrainian Parliament demands dismissal of Chief of Staff Muzhenko
The Committee on National Security and Defense of the Verkhovna Rada decided to propose to President Petro Poroshenko that Chief of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko be dismissed. The deputies believe that he made systematic miscalculations connected with safe storage of ammunition, which eventually led to explosions in warehouses in Balakliia, Kalynivka and others.
This decision was made at a meeting of the committee on Wednesday.
The committee also proposed to dismiss the head of the Law …
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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs denies he has a conflict with President Poroshenko
The Minister of Interior Affairs, Arsen Avakov, denies his conflict with the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, as he discussed on Ukrainian News.
"We don’t have a conflict with the President," he said. The Minister added that he and Poroshenko have "absolutely friendly discussions concerning their work."
Earlier, the former adviser of the Minister of Interior Affairs, Verkhovna Rada People’s Deputy Anton Gerashchenko, stated that there has been a conflict between Avakov and Poroshenko …
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World Bank urges Ukraine to withdraw moratorium on land sale
The World Bank has prepared a thematic note on land reform in Ukraine, calling for the ban on land trade to be removed.
“The moratorium on the sale of agricultural land, in conjunction with the inadequate transparency in the area of land ownership rights and deals involving land, results in low productivity, a low level of investment in the agricultural sector, and low income from letting out land for millions of Ukrainians. Land reform is extremely important for improving the living standards …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands that Russia stop military conscription in the Crimea
In a statement released on October 3 on the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands that Russia cancel conscription for military service in annexed Crimea.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest over the intention of the Russian Federation to draft citizens for military service in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and in the city of Sevastopol," Ukrainian diplomats …
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U.S. calls on Russia to free Ilmi Umerov
The United States of America called on Russia to release Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People.
“The United States is deeply troubled by the September 27, conviction and two-year prison sentence for Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov in Russian-occupied Crimea. He was convicted for his opposition to Russia’s attempted annexation of Crimea and given a harsher sentence than the Russian occupation prosecutor requested. This compounds past injustices in the case, …
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Ukraine: 30 ships visited annexed Crimea in September
During September, 30 cargo ships illegally visited annexed Crimean ports, the Ukrainian Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons reported.
“During the period between September 1 and October 1 this year, the visits of 30 violating vessels to occupied Crimean ports were recorded. Overall, these vessels made 79 visits in the ports of Kerch, Sevastopol and Feodosia. 23 of them were under the flag of the Russian Federation, and 7 were under the flag of other …
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Steel production in Ukraine reaches a record high
In September 2017, steel production in Ukraine reached the highest recorded volume in the last eight months. This was reported by UAprom, referring to the data of the Association of Enterprises of Ukrmetallurgprom.
The average daily steel production in Ukraine increased significantly. The country produced 64,500 tons in September, bringing the year-long production output to a total of 526,200 tons. At the same time, the average daily production of pig iron continues to grow, topping out at 488, …