17.08.2015

14:10

Members of sabotage group arrested in Kharkiv

14:04

Shelling of Sartana qualified as terrorist attack

13:45

Ukraine accumulates natural gas

In the second half of August Ukraine increases gas imports from the EU.

13:37

ATO headquarters Press Center informs

14.08.2015

18:06

Deputy Attorney General: 366 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 429 wounded in Ilovaisk ambush in 2014

The death toll of Ukrainian army, National Guard, police forces totaled 366 killed in action and 429 wounded servicemen in the last year's tragedy at the city of Ilovaisk, 40 kilometers southeast of Donetsk, Deputy Attorney General of Ukraine, Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoly Matios told reporters while presenting expert opinions on the events related to the military operation in the city of Ilovaisk, Ukrinform reports.

17:30

Poroshenko creates seven district military-civilian administrations in Donbas

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has created five district military-civilian administrations in the Donetsk region on the division line in the eastern part of the country and two district military-civilian administrations in the populated areas of the Luhansk region.

17:00

Ukraine wants local elections to be held on uncontrolled part of Donbas, but only with security guarantees – deputy PM

The Ukrainian administration is interested in local elections being held in all regions of Donbas, but only with security guarantees, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko said.

16:35

NSDC secretary sees tangible progress in Ukrainian defence sector

Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has lauded the current condition of the national defence sector.

16:10

Yatsenyuk urges police to track down forest arsonists

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has demanded that arsonists who are guilty in causing recent large-scale fires in the ecosystem of Ukraine be identified and tried.

15:25

One Ukrainian soldier killed, six wounded in ATO area in past day

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed; six soldiers were wounded in ATO area in past 24 hours, spokesman for the Presidential Administration on army operation Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing, Ukrinform reports.

15:10

Poroshenko, Duda agree on latter's envoy visiting Ukraine to agree on roadmap of political dialogue

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and Poland's President Andrzej Duda during a telephone conversation discussed the visit of the special envoy of the Polish president and preparation for the upcoming Ukrainian-Polish summit.

14:35

Peat bog fires spreading in Ukraine's Lviv region, cause casualties

Over 53,000 square meters of peat bogs are ablaze in Lviv region, the Lviv region department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said.

13:45

Ukrainian shadow economy reaches 47% of GDP in Q1, 2015 - Economy Ministry

The level of the shadow economy in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2015 increased by 5 percentage points compared to the corresponding period in 2014, to 47% of official GDP, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry has reported on its website.

13:20

Court confirms legality of appointing Gontareva as NBU head

The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine has rejected the claim of MP Yuriy Karmazin and lawyer Natalia Tselovalnychenko to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Head Valeriya Gontareva as a third party, according to a press release issued by the regulator.

12:40

Turchynov: Martial law to be introduced in case of Russian aggression

Secretary of the National Security and Defence Oleksandr Turchynov admits a possibility of the introduction of martial law in case of aggravation of the situation in the eastern Ukraine war zone, Ukrinform reported.