Новости за 04.11.2017

Kazakhstan’s authorities are seeking to extradite Kazakh opposition-minded blogger and journalist Zhanara Akhmetova from Ukraine. Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky District Court on Nov. 2 refused to release Akhmetova despite the fact that reformist lawmaker Svitlana Zalishchuk officially vouched for her. Akhmetova believes the case to be a political vendetta by Kazakh dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s […]

First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Gerashchenko, is preparing a request to the National Police regarding the conduct by unidentified people in balaclavas of compulsory inspection of citizens’ personal things near the parliament building in the center of Kyiv. “Several representatives of non-governmental organizations and ordinary citizens, who came to meet […]

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has named over 150 mercenaries from the “Wagner” private military company (PMC) from Russia, as well as presented intercepts they allege prove the group’s connection to the Russian army and involvement in key battles in Donbas. The PMC took an active part in combat actions against Ukrainian armed forces in […]

In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted tests of medium-range anti-aircraft missiles. This was reported by the press service of the Air Force of Ukraine. Read more here

A reward of Hr 100,000 has been assigned for the information that will help law enforcement officers solve the murder of a deputy of the Severodonetsk City Council, Serhiy Samarsky, Tetiana Pogukay, head of the public relations department of the National Police of Ukraine in Luhansk region, has said. “Dear citizens, the fund of MP […]

MOSCOW – An authorized rally of nationalists on Moscow’s Pererva Street has concluded, about 200 people participated in it, the police said. “The procession marking Unity Day celebrations, authorized by Moscow authorities, has concluded in the city’s southeast. Some 200 people participated in the event,” the Russian Interior Ministry’s main department for Moscow said in […]

The village of Pishchane used to be sleepy settlement of small vacation cottages — homes meant for occupancy and leisure in the balmy months of summer. Today, however, the residents of this small hamlet in Ukraine’s Luhansk region live here year-round. Read more here

The number of terrorists killed in the ATO zone is almost three times more than the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers. This was stated by the head of the Donetsk regional military-civil administration Pavlo Zhebrivsky, reports Channel 5. Read more here

Special representative of the U.S. State Department for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has said that he is ready to visit certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO), as soon as peace and security are restored in these regions. If we achieve security and peace for all people in the east of Ukraine: Russian-speaking and […]

MOSCOW – Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers struck Islamic State targets near the town of Albu Kamal in Syria on Saturday, RIA news agency reported, citing Russia’s Defence Ministry. Read more here

President Donald Trump could be presented with an option to approve a $47 million grant to allow the Ukrainian government to purchase American defense arms aimed at deterring aggression from pro-Russian separatists. Read more here  

The representative of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Verkhovna Rada, member from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, Iryna Lutsenko, has said that the new commissioner of the Human Rights Council cannot be elected because of the uncertainty of the procedure, which should take place through secret or open voting. “When we voted for the […]

Officers of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) Serhiy Syrotenko and Serhiy Kurbatov died as a result of land mine explosion, according to the press service of the NGU. Read more here

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Russia to release the editor of a newspaper in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad and investigate allegations that he was beaten while being detained on suspicion of extortion. Read more here

Chairman of Donetsk Military and Civilian Administration Pavlo Zhebrivsky says the units of the regular troops of the Russian Federation are stationed in the cities of Snizhne, Donetsk, and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. Read more here

The United States has suggested Ukraine not to make a competing resolution on the UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas in response to the Russian initiative, and try to reach an agreement, U.S. State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has said. Ukraine introduced the idea of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in the […]

A bus ran over people in Kyiv today, and a married couple was killed, as local police wrote on Facebook. Read more here

The residents of Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv have become more active in taking care of their city. This became possible due to the city’s recent moves towards a citizen participation budget system. The project Public Budget, which allocates a share of the city’s budget to citizen projects, motivates citizens to create teams and submit proposals […]

Riot police and nationalist demonstrators clashed in Moscow on November 4 at an antigovernment demonstration coinciding with celebrations of Russia’s National Unity Day holiday. Read more here

A Ukrainian serviceman has been detained in the town of Schastia of Luhansk region, who was wanted in connection with the unauthorized leave of the military unit, the ATO headquarters reported. “On November 3, the operational response group of the military commandant’s office in the town of Schastia, together with the officers of the National […]

During an Independence Day celebration in the town of Rohatyn, on the last day of our group tour through Ukraine, a television reporter asked me what we Israelis thought about the country. Put on the spot, I blurted out platitudes, saying that the country was beautiful and that the people were very nice. I did […]

A Russian helicopter that crashed off Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago with eight people onboard last month has been raised from the seabed. Norway’s Accident Investigation Board says none of the missing people were inside the helicopter that went down Oct. 26 near the Svalbard settlement of Barentsburg. So far, only one body has been recovered […]

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has congratulated the railway workers on their professional holiday – the Railway Workers Day. This has been reported by the Governmental portal. Read more here. 

The nation’s chief law enforcement officer is finding himself in a familiar spot: belittled by the president, pressured to investigate political opponents and sucked back into the center of the storm around the investigation into the Trump administration’s campaign ties to Russia. In President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears to be perpetually […]

Ukraine constantly increases exports of high value-added products to Canada. Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister, Trade Representative of Ukraine Natalia Mykolska said this in an interview with Ukrinform. Read more here.