Digests & Analytics Ukraine

Key events of the week | June 23-29, 2014 from "Digests & Analytics Ukraine" Information Agency

• President of Ukraine, Mr. Poroshenko, signed the economic part of the Association Agreement with the EU in Brussels.
• Europe is attempting to influence Russia to de-escalate aggression in eastern Ukraine through multilateral talks and negotiations. 
• Two rounds of talks held in Donetsk between Ukrainian authorities and DPR (Donetsk People Republic) & LNR (Lugansk People Republic) terrorists, aimed to establish a cease-fire. OSCE observers and the Ambassador of Russian Federation were as well engaged in talks. Ukraine was represented by former president Mr. Kuchma, terrorists – by Mr. Shufrych and Mr. Medvedchuk. 
• On public council, held on Maidan square on Sunday, volunteer military battalions of Ukrainian army urged Ukrainian President Poroshenko to urgently end the armistice, as well as demanded to withdraw Mr. Shufrych and Mr. Medvedchuk from negotiations and stressed on urgent enforcement of the military law. 
• Terrorists ubiquitously violated the ceasefire throughout Donbass region, seized administrative buildings and military bases, as well as attacked positions of Ukrainian military. 
• Ukraine presents to the World incontestable evidence of Russian support to terrorists. 
• Terrorists released the OSCE mission observers, kept as hostages from May. 
• Ukraine celebrated the day of the Constitution adoption. President Poroshenko committed to implement necessary amendments to it. 
• Exchange rate of Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) vs major hard currencies being so far stable. 
• Mr. Klitschko started to officially combine two positions – mayor and chairman of the Kyiv city council. 
• Terrorists from LPR (Lugansk People Republic) and DPR (Donetsk People Republic) merged into a single "republic", headed by former parliamentary in exile Mr. Tsaryov. 
• Official casualties of Ukrainian military from the anti-terrorist operation totaled to 145 killed and 312 injured. 
• Former residence of Mr. Yanukovych (former Ukrainian president who’ve fled the country), Mezhigorie have been returned to the state property. 
• The Office of Prosecutor General of Ukraine cut down 1 500 positions. 
• Council of Russian Federation revoked the mandate, previously given to Putin on the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine. 
• Water supply to the Donetsk region through the Seversky Donets-Donbass channel have been restored.