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Lutsenko: Saakashvili will not be expelled from Ukraine over incident at Shehyni border checkpoint
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko has made assurances that Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the party "Movement of New Forces" (Rukh Novykh Syl) and former head of the Odessa regional administration, will not be expelled from Ukraine and will not be arrested in connection with the incident at the Shehyni border checkpoint.
"As Prosecutor General, I tell you clearly: Saakashvili will not be arrested in relation to this case, [and] Saakashvili cannot be extradited from this country while …
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Poroshenko: peacekeepers have to be in all of the Donbas including the areas where Russia stores weapons
The UN peacekeeping mission should be deployed throughout the Donbas, including the territories where the Russian Federation stores weapons, as expressed by President Petro Poroshenko on his Facebook page.
"Peacekeepers should be present everywhere, including the territories where Russia keeps weapons and on the uncontrolled part of the Ukrainian-Russian border," he wrote.
"It would stop the flow of Russian troops, weapons, and ammunition very quickly. The potential for aggression would have …
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Volker: deployment of peacekeepers in Donbas according to Russia’s proposal will further divide Ukraine
The introduction of UN peacekeepers into the conflict zone in the Donbas according to the scenario proposed by Russia will aggravate the division of Ukraine, as stated by Special Envoy of the US State Department on Ukraine Kurt Volker, who arrived in Kyiv to participate in the forum "Yalta European Strategy" on Saturday, September 16.
Volker stressed that the dispatch of peacekeepers by itself is an "interesting offer" but the international forces should replace the Russian troops in the …
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Ukraine plans to attract $2 billion in borrowings on foreign markets in 2018 and 2019
Ukraine plans to attract $4 billion in borrowings on foreign markets in 2018 and 2019, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk told reporters at the 14th annual Yalta European Strategy meeting.
“We plan, and this is in the IMF program, to raise $2 billion in 2018 and another $2 billion in 2019. This is our benchmark. Of course, the amounts could ultimately differ,” the minister said.
Next week Ukraine is scheduled to issue the first eurobonds in 3 years. The proceeds are expected to be used to …
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US special representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s aide Surkov to meet in October
US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will meet with Russian Presidential Advisor Vladislav Surkov again in October.
Volker mentioned this while speaking at the 14th annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) session, organized by the Viktor Pinchuk Foundation, LB.ua reported.
“I have visited the conflict line in Adviivka… I hope to go to the city again on the Ukrainian side… As for the other side of the demarcation line, we will need to coordinate with those people – that’s why I met …