President Poroshenko conducted consultations with parliament fractions leaders, that according to the legislation in place should precede the dismissal of Verkhovna Rada, where he pointed out that dismissal doesn’t mean termination of activities, as deputies have to adopt significant amount of laws, including, ratification of the association agreement with the EU, amendments to the 2014 budget, 2015 budget, and the elections law.
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk gave an interview on to main Ukrainian TV channels, concerning key challenges Ukraine is facing, where he claimed that simple and clear to everyone Ukraine revival plan will be presented during next Government meeting on August 27. In his opinion, exchange rate of Ukrainian Hryvnya should be kept at the level of 12 UAH / 1$ in case the situation in the Country will stabilize. More than 3bln. $ have been reserved on NBU accounts for gas purchases in case compromise with Russia will be reached. But most probably this will not happen, as Russian mercenaries destroy coal mines in the east, that could make the situation in the energy sector even worse.
While speaking about the coming elections, he’ve proposed to agree on the format of new coalition beforehand, listed key achievements of the Government in place, informed that the cabinet of ministers have completed the implementation of the agreement with the EU and parliament must ratify it until the end of the cadence.
Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) continued sharp decline, once again reaching new historical minimum. National Bank established the following exchange rate: 13.36 UAH / 1$ (-25 cop), 17.72 UAH / 1€ (-30 cop), 3.68 UAH / 10 RUR (-6 cop). Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Gontareva, on her Facebook page, informed on set of actions, targeting market players misbalancing the currency market.
Russian «humanitarian convoy», consisting of 227 trucks, invaded Ukrainian territory without permission from Ukrainian state and without accompaniment from the side of international organizations, part of convoy have already reached Luhans'k. As the column moved through the territory controlled by terrorists, its route is impossible to be tracked. Column movement is being supported by Russian heavy armored vehicles, approached from Molodogvardiys'k area, operated by Russian citizens - Russians and Chechens. At the same time, terrorists didn’t admit the Ukrainian humanitarian aid, accompanied by the International Red Cross.
Deputy Head of the State Border Guards Shisholin informed, that around 100 km of the border are out of Ukrainian control and that weapons supply haven’t been the key objective of the «humanitarian convoy», as armed terrorists already being easily done through uncontrolled and non guarded border areas.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner on Human Rights Lutkovska, in the interview to the TV channel «Ukraine», stressed that civilians would better leave the conflict zone. Luhans'k and Donets'k are continuously shelled by mobile terrorists groups. 3 weeks have passed since water and electricity have been cut in Luhans'k, as well as garbage haven’t been cleaned, entry of the «humanitarian convoy» from Russia will not resolve the situation. Heavy fights are ongoing in Ilovays'k. Evidence of Russian militaries and armored vehicles being ubiquitously documented.
Honored Consul of Lithuania Zelenec have been kidnapped and brutally killed in Luhansk.
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