Новости за 25.09.2016

Ukrainian National police official Gen. Vyacheslav Abroskin reports of big amount of militant defectors arrested on the government-held territory of the Donetsk region. Read more here

More than 30 companies participated on Sept. 24 in the Kyiv Post Employment Fair, a major biannual event for employers and job seekers. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Kiltschko, who attended the fair, said that “it’s very good that many companies participate.” “I’d like to thank them because they create jobs, pay taxes and do their best […]

ISTANBUL – Turks donned shorts and gathered in central Istanbul on Sunday to condemn the assault of a young nurse who was attacked on a bus for wearing shorts. Read more here

One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in militant shelling in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in the past day, according to a defense ministry spokesman. Read more here

A driver, who was stopped by Dnipro police patrol because of a traffic violation, killed one officer and injured the other, as the Interior Ministry reports. Read more here

VIENNA – European countries on the route used by more than a million migrants to reach the continent last year agreed on Saturday to focus on the more easily achievable ways to prevent another influx than the big issues the EU is divided over, Austria said. Read more here

Illegal armed formations in Donbas opened fire on Ukrainian troops 29 times in the past day, according to the press center of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. Read more here

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Russia may have committed war crimes in Syria, citing a recent attack on a civilian aid convoy. Read more here

The Interior Ministry of Ukraine revealed the details on the murdered in Luhansk Russian colonel. Read more here

The scandal was complex but its outcome potentially simple – Ukraine tried to fiddle with its murky gas sector and upset its EU partners enough to freeze huge sums of financial help. Read more here

Polish oil and gas Company PGNIG has blocked the payment of about $200 million in dividends in favor of Russia’s Gazprom from the jointly owned EuRoPol Gaz, which would make it impossible for the Russian company to finance the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the Europeiska Pravda online newspaper reported referring to Gazeta […]

The United States and its European allies say it is up to Russia to bring about a cease-fire in Syria, warning that patience with Moscow was “not unlimited.” Read more here