06/14/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Ukraine is ready to provide assistance in the flood relief in Georgia

Flood in Tbilisi

06.14.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• Ukraine is ready to provide assistance in the flood relief in Georgia.
• The fire at the oil delivery terminal near Kyiv finally extinguished.

Key Events of Ukraine

• The Prosecutor General's Office stated that the investigation of the disaster with IL-76 transport aircraft in Luhansk which took place on June 13, 2014,  continues. General Nazarov, who is considered responsible for the deaths of paratroopers is visiting interrogations and continues to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff.

Kyiv

• A public discussion on renaming the streets and infrastructure objects in accordance with the Decommunization Law began in the capital.

Ukraine at War

• The situation in the combat zone near Donetsk  escalated again, Maryinka, Krasnogorivka, Peski, Avdiyivka were shelled by militants from heavy artillery, there are  casualties among civilians. The number of attacks along the demarcation line increased dramatically, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and 21 were injured.

Ukraine and the World

• The Governments of Poland and Lithuania confirmed the fact of conducting negotiations with the US on hosting the US heavy weapons.
• Czech Foreign Minister said that the sanctions against Russia will be extended till the end of 2015. A new package of sanctions is ready to be introduced if the situation escalates in the conflict zone in the Donbass.

• The former President of Georgia, Head of the Odessa regional administration, Saakashvili said that Ukrainian rescuers are ready to assist Georgia in the devastating floods relief in Tbilisi. Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that no Ukrainian citizens were harmed.

The Trends

• Opinions of Ukrainian and foreign experts on the possible resignation of the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Nalyvaychenko coinside - the resignation will be a major victory of the Russian lobby and will cause disbalance in the power structures. Following Nalyvaychenko, the "Right Sector", which he informally supports, could be subject to repressions.