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US allocates $54 million to Ukraine for reforms
The US has allocated $54 million for additional assistance to Ukraine, according to Voice of America.
It was reported that the intergovernmental agreement was signed by the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Susan Fritz. The funds will be used to carry out reforms in Ukraine.
“In accord with this agreement, Ukraine will receive an additional $54 million to carry out critical reforms. The money will …
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Ukraine introduces transport blockade on separatist-held Donbas territories
The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine decided on March 15 to temporarily end freight movement along railway lines and roads across the line of contact with the uncontrolled Donbas territories. In this way they have effectively legalized the trade blockade of several areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions which has been performed by war veterans in Eastern Ukraine.
“Taking into account the capture of Ukrainian companies and the escalation of the security situation in the …
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DPR banned the activities of six charitable organizations in separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine
The leader of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, banned the activities of the Pomozhem Humanitarian Center of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation in the areas of the Donetsk region controlled by the separatists, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
The Rinat Akhmetov Pomozhem Foundation is banned in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic," he said at a press conference on Tuesday.
According to the Donbas News, in addition to the Humanitarian Center, separatists also refused permission for the Danish …
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Ukrainian Minister of Defense urged reserve officers to return to active service
The Minister of Defense, Stepan Poltorak, urged reserve officers to return to service in the Armed Forces in a post on his Facebook page.
Poltorak stressed that, thanks to volunteers, the Ukranian army has doubled in size. However, the threat to the independence of the country still exists.
"I appeal to the reserve officers, those who have received a pension from the state, housing and benefits, those who are in a well-deserved retirement. You went through military service, gained the …
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A case against Yanukovych was transferred to court
The Military Prosecutor’s Office has announced that an indictment in the treason case against the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, was transferred to the Court.
“Today, we have finished the pretrial investigation against Yanukovych and drew up the indictment against the former President of Ukraine. I will now be sending this indictment to the Court. We have gathered a sufficient amount of reasonable and unbiased evidence, and I believe that it gives us an opportunity to prove …