• Russia denies that the soldier captured by Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas is enlisted in Russian army

    The Russian Ministry of Defense denies that the Russian Viktor Ageyev, who was taken prisoner in the Luhansk region, is currently enlisted.

    “Viktor Ageyev never served in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under contract. According to the records of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ageyev served in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after which, in May 2016, he resigned in accordance with established procedure to the reserve. Information regarding the alleged subsequent entry …

  • Ukraine signs agreement to join EU energy system

    On Wednesday June 28 in Brussels, the company Ukrenergo signed an agreement on the conditions for the joining of Ukraine’s energy system with the European energy system ENTSO-E.

    As reported by the company’s press service, this document consists of three main parts: a catalog of the conditions which need to be met for joining; a list of necessary additional research, and a roadmap.

    Although technically operation with ENTSO-E and operation with Russia, Belarus and Moldova are similar, there are …

  • Ukrainian President proposes to abolish parliamentary immunity

    During his speech for Constitution Day, President Petro Poroshenko called for parliamentary immunity to be abolished.

    “The high profile cases, the decisive steps in the fight against corruption, which are being demonstrated by the Prosecutor General’s Office and the National Anti-corruption Bureau, remind us all of what an anachronism parliamentary immunity is. My bill to change the constitution is ready. It will require political will from the MPs – once and for all, to put themselves on the …

  • Ukraine’s state debt decreases by $422 million thanks to the strengthening of the hryvnia

    The total public debt of Ukraine guaranteed by the state decreased by 11.34 billion hryvnia ($422 million) or by 0.6% to 1.97 trillion hryvnia ($75 billion) in May 2017, thanks to the strengthening of the hryvnia. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine, citing data from the Ministry of Finance.

    Since the beginning of the year, the total national publicly guaranteed debt in hryvnia has increased by 2% or by 38.22 billion hryvnia ($1.5 billion).

    In dollar terms, public debt in May increased by $1 …

  • Lithuanian Parliament votes to send more military instructors to Ukraine

    The Lithuanian Seimas passed a law that provides for sending twice as many military instructors to Ukraine for training purposes, according to baltnews.lt.

    The vote took place on Tuesday. Of 114 Lithuanian parliamentarians, 103 voted for the bill. There were none who voted against it or abstained from voting.

    Up to 30 instructors from the Lithuanian army could be sent before this law was passed. But now up to 60 servicemen or civil servants of the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania can be …